Grus (constellation)

**Grus**
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	List of stars in Grus
Abbreviation:	Gru
Genitive:	Gruis
Symbology:
Right ascension:	21h 27.4m to 23h 27.1m h
Declination:	−36.31° to −56.39°°
Area:	366 sq. deg. (45th)
Main stars:	7
Bayer/Flamsteed stars:	28
Stars known to have planets:	6
Bright stars:	3
Nearby stars:	1
Brightest star:	α Gru (Alnair) (1.73m)
Nearest star:	Gliese 832 ( ly)
Messier objects:	0
Meteor showers:	none
Bordering constellations:	Piscis Austrinus; Microscopium; Indus; Tucana; Phoenix; Sculptor
	Visible at latitudes between +34° and −90°; Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of October

Grus is a constellation in the southern sky.

Grus (constellation) Media

The constellations Grus and Piscis Austrinus, which once formed a single constellation, as depicted in Atlas Coelestis by Johann Doppelmayr, ca. 1742
The "southern birds", as depicted in Johann Bayer's Uranometria
The constellation Grus as it can be seen by the naked eye
IC 5148, the spare-tyre nebula as imaged by the ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (EFOSC2) on the New Technology Telescope at La Silla

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List of stars in Grus
Abbreviation:	Gru
Genitive:	Gruis
Symbology:
Right ascension:	21^h 27.4^m to 23^h 27.1^m^[1] h
Declination:	−36.31° to −56.39°^[1]°
Area:	366 sq. deg. (45th)
Main stars:	7
Bayer/Flamsteed stars:	28
Stars known to have planets:	6
Bright stars:	3
Nearby stars:	1
Brightest star:	α Gru (Alnair) (1.73^m)
Nearest star:	Gliese 832 ( ly)
Messier objects:	0
Meteor showers:	none
Bordering constellations:	Piscis Austrinus Microscopium Indus Tucana Phoenix Sculptor
Visible at latitudes between +34° and −90° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of October