Constellations · Constellation · Crateris · Crt
Constellation
Crater
The cup of Apollo, riding on the back of Hydra beside the crow who failed to fill it.
- Genitive
- Crateris
- Area
- 282 square degrees · 53rd of 88
- Brightest star
- · magnitude 3.56
- Naked-eye stars
- 33 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- mid March
Myth
Apollo sent his crow for water. It stopped to wait for figs to ripen, then brought back a water snake as its excuse. Apollo set all three in the sky — the cup forever just out of the crow’s reach.