Corvus Constellation | Constellations In The Southern Hemisphere
CORVUS CONSTELLATION – In this topic, we are going to know and learn about the southern constellation Corvus , the Crow.
It is a constellation in the southern hemisphere. Its name means “crow” or “raven” in Latin and represents Apollo’s sacred bird in Greek mythology.
The raven originally had white feathers. Apollo told the bird to watch over Coronis, one of his lovers, who was pregnant at the time.
Coronis gradually lost interest in Apollo and fell in love with a mortal man, Ischys. When the raven reported the affair, the god was was so enraged that the bird did nothing to stop it and cursed the raven, scorching its feathers.
The constellation houses a very famous pair of interacting galaxies, the Antennae Galaxies.
It is the 70th largest constellation and occupies an area of about 184 square degrees. It lies in SQ3, the third quadrant of the southern hemisphere.
Corvus belongs to the Hercules family, along with Aquila, Ara, Centaurus, Corona Australis, Crater, Crux, Cygnus, Hercules, Hydra, Lupus, Lyra, Ophiuchus, Sagitta, Scutum, Sextans, Serpens, Triangulum Australe, and Vulpecula.
Stars
Among the stars include:
- Alchiba
- Algorab
- Eta Corvi
- Gienah
- Kraz
- Minkar
- The Sail Asterism | Spica’s Spanker
- VV Corvi
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