Grus

star chart

Grus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

Etymology and History

"Reygher" (Heron) was the original name of the constellation in Dutch: see de Houtman (1603) "den Reygher", modern Grus. screenshot of star catalogue.

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

• 
  Grus in Bayer (1603)
• 
  Grus in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)