Corvus

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Corvus is a small southern constellation known for its distinctive quadrilateral shape, often interpreted as a crow or raven in classical mythology.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Corvus canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
southern constellation ⓘ
abbreviation Crv ⓘ
areaRank 70 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees 184 ⓘ
associatedWith Apollo ⓘ
Crater constellation ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Hydra constellation ⓘ
linked to: constellation Hydra
bestViewingMonth May ⓘ
borderedBy Centaurus ⓘ
Crater ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ
Virgo ⓘ
brightestStar Gamma Corvi ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 2.59 ⓘ
containsBrightStar Alpha Corvi ⓘ
Beta Corvi ⓘ
Delta Corvi ⓘ
Epsilon Corvi ⓘ
Gamma Corvi ⓘ
containsDeepSkyObject Antennae Galaxies ⓘ
NGC 4027 ⓘ
NGC 4038 ⓘ
NGC 4039 ⓘ
NGC 4361 ⓘ
NGC 4782 ⓘ
NGC 4783 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 4782
declinationRange approximately −11° to −25° ⓘ
family Hercules family of constellations ⓘ
genitiveForm Corvi ⓘ
hasAsterism distinctive quadrilateral of bright stars ⓘ
hasQuadrilateralStars Beta Corvi ⓘ
Delta Corvi ⓘ
Epsilon Corvi ⓘ
Gamma Corvi ⓘ
hasShape quadrilateral ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility best visible from southern latitudes ⓘ
isOneOf 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy ⓘ
88 modern constellations recognized by the IAU ⓘ
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
mythologicalRole crow sent by Apollo ⓘ
mythologicalTheme punishment for bringing bad news or lying ⓘ
nameMeaning crow ⓘ
raven ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately 11h to 12h ⓘ
symbolizes crow ⓘ
raven ⓘ
visibleBetweenLatitudes +60° and −90° ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heretic → protagonistName → Corvus ⓘ
subject linked to: Heretic (video game)
Hydra → borderedByConstellation → Corvus ⓘ
subject linked to: constellation Hydra
Virgo → bordersConstellation → Corvus ⓘ
subject linked to: Virgo constellation