The Sky Tonight— images from historic star atlases, keyed to the modern constellationsOn the back of Hydra, kite-shaped pattern, low in the south.
Corvus is included in the ancient star catalogs of Eudoxos of Knidos, Aratos of Soli, and Ptolemy.
Sent by Apollo to report on Coronis, his lover. When Corvis told Apollo that she was unfaithful, Apollo turned his feathers black.
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Corvus | 1661 |
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Corvus, detail | 1661 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 19: Corvus | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 19: Hydra | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 2: Libra Planisphere Uranographia Tab II. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Librae. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
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Hyginus (1485) figure: Corvus | 1485 |
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Hyginus (1485) figure: Hydra With tree. |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Hydra more Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Hydra, Crater, Corvus, Sextans, Noctua, Felis, Antla Pneumatica. |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) figure: Corvus more | 1825 |
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