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Grus is bordered by Piscis Austrinus to the north, Sculptor to the northeast, Phoenix to the east, Tucana to the south, Indus to the southwest, and Microscopium to the west. Bayer straightened the tail of Piscis Austrinus to make way for Grus in hisUranometria.[2] Covering 366 square degrees, it ranks 45th of the 88 modern constellations in size and covers 0.887% of the night sky.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grus_%28constellation%29 Grus]]</ref> | Grus is bordered by Piscis Austrinus to the north, Sculptor to the northeast, Phoenix to the east, Tucana to the south, Indus to the southwest, and Microscopium to the west. Bayer straightened the tail of Piscis Austrinus to make way for Grus in hisUranometria.[2] Covering 366 square degrees, it ranks 45th of the 88 modern constellations in size and covers 0.887% of the night sky.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grus_%28constellation%29 Grus]]</ref> | ||
Nicknamed the spare-tyre nebula, IC 5148 is a planetary nebula located around 1 degree west of Lambda Gruis. Around 3000 light-years distant, it is expanding at 50 kilometres a second, one of the fastest rates of expansion of all planetary nebulae. | |||
Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family. The Latin word grus and English word crane are cognates as Klein explains: crane, from Middle English crane, crone, Middle High German krone.<ref>[http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Grus.html Constellations of Words]]</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Found in HGS Manual on Page 108 | Found in HGS Manual on Page 108 | ||
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[[Category: Ascension]] | [[Category: Ascension]] | ||