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I still think the wording "The inspiration for this constellation was drawn from Ancient Egypt, where the crane symbolized a stargazer because of its high flight" is tosh. What is the source? The references given all seem to repeat each other. Given that they credit Bayer as the originator rather than Keyser and de Houtman suggests that the scholarship leaves something to be desired. Keyser and de Houtman based their constellations on exotic animals they had seen on their travels. I may do them a disservice, but I doubt they knew anything about ancient Egypt.
Skeptic2 (
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23:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Thank you. Incidentally, I note that some editors are placing rather too much trust in the works of sources such as R.H. Allen and J. Staal, who are not always reliable. This needs watching.
Skeptic2 (
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11:23, 19 November 2013 (UTC)reply
An alternative name for the constellation, Phoenicopterus (Latin "flamingo"), was used briefly during the early 17th century, seen in the 1605 work Cosmographiae Generalis by Paul Merula of Leiden University and a c, 1625 globe by Dutch globe maker Pieter van den Keere.
In Central Australia, the Arrernte and Luritja people living in on a mission in Hermannsburg viewed the sky as divided between them, east of the Milky Way representing Arrernte camps and west denoting Luritja camps.
Grus is located too far south and hence remains below the horizon for observers in the British Isles and northern United States, though can be easily seen from Florida or California.[9]
CE Gruis (also known as Grus V-1) is a faint (magnitude 18–21) star system also composed of a white dwarf and donor star, in this case the two are so close and fused into orbit facing one another.
Gliese 832 is a red dwarf of spectral type M1.5V and apparent magnitude 8.66 located only 16.1 light-years distant, hence one of the nearest stars to the Solar System.
(Question only. No action necessarily needed.) Does the article as a whole follow British or U.S. spelling? Does a template need to be placed on the Talk page?
SN 2001ig, one of the two supernovas within NGC7424, was discovered in 2001 and classified as a Type IIb supernova, one that initially shows a weak hydrogen line in its spectrum, but whose H emission later becomes undetectable and is replaced by lines of oxygen, magnesium and calcium, as well as other features that resemble the spectrum of a Type Ib supernova.[citation needed]
The correct figure is 0.887%. All sources that I have checked agree, including Philip M. Bagnall, The Star Atlas Companion: What you need to know about the Constellations which was cited incorrectly in the text.Stigmatella aurantiaca (
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21:48, 20 February 2014 (UTC)reply
whoops - fixed now. Not sure how that happened - I think I must have cut-and-pasted the text from another constellation but accidentally not changed that like I changed everything else.....Cas Liber (
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03:18, 21 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I removed some material stating the constellation is not visible from the British Isles or northern North America, but it is visible from Florida and California. It's been put back, due possibly to some problem with referencing. My question is, what is the relevance of this constellation not being visible from certain locations, or being visible from certain very specific locations? I would suggest none. We don't say that Ursa Major is not visible from New Zealand, why should we? Similarly, we should avoid this US/UK centric stuff and remove the text - I would respectfully suggest.
MidnightBlue(Talk)14:37, 21 February 2015 (UTC)reply
The language spoken on en.wp is English, hence visibility or otherwise from an English speaking country is more significant. Also, locales are more accessible than latitudes for lay readers. Florida is obviously at the bottom of the US and it is by its latitude that it highlights to the lay reader where the constellation can be seen.
Cas Liber (
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21:13, 21 February 2015 (UTC)reply
And it can bee seen from the whole southern hemisphere so no need to say anything. When I write about a northern constellation there will be similar material on how far south it can be seen (if I can find it).
Cas Liber (
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21:14, 21 February 2015 (UTC)reply