Around the second century C.E., the Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy listed 48 "official" constellations in his book Almagest. No original copy of Almagest has survived, so we don't know how he ...
It is a large constellation that straddles the celestial equator. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος (ophioûkhos), meaning "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented ...
Star charts show Corvus appearing in the southeast night sky during mid-March. It will make its way across the southern skies through the summer.