Constellations · Constellation · Corvi · Crv
Constellation
Corvus
The crow, punished for lying to Apollo — cursed to be black, and to perch forever next to a cup of water it cannot drink.
- Genitive
- Corvi
- Area
- 184 square degrees · 70th of 88
- Brightest star
- Gienah · magnitude 2.58
- Naked-eye stars
- 28 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- late March
Look for
Four stars in a lopsided square make a “sail” shape. Gienah and Algorab mark the top; follow them to Spica.
Look for
Just over the border is the Sombrero Galaxy, seen edge-on, with a dark lane of dust across it.