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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | Corvus Latin: raven or crow is a small southern constellation with only 11 stars visible to the naked eye brighter than magnitude 5.5. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy who only counted 7 stars.[1] It is among the 88 modern constellations. n Greek mythology a raven serves Apollo and is sent to fetch water but it rests lazily on the journey because it sees a fig tree by the pond. The crow waits while the figs ripen and then slowly eats them. He sees a water snake and decides that he can use it as an excuse and after finally obtaining the water in a cup takes back the water snake as well. According to the myth Apollo saw through the fraud and angrily cast the crow cup and snake into the sky. The origin of this story is likely to be the juxtaposition of this constellation with those of Crater constellation and Hydra constellation in the area of the sky known as the Sea. | | Headline | Corvus Latin: raven or crow is a small southern constellation with only 11 stars visible to the naked eye brighter than magnitude 5.5. | | Copyright Notice | wiki/Corvus_constellation | | Credit | hubblesource.stsci.edu | | URL | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_constellation |
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