Crater
Quick Facts| Name: | Crater
KRAY-turr | | Meaning: | Cup | | Abbreviation: | Crt | | Genitive: | Crateris | | Visible in Latitudes: | 65° thru -90° | | Viewing Season: | Spring | | Best Seen In: | April, 9:00 pm | | Transit Date: | March 24 | | Right Ascension: | 12.43 hours | | Declination: | -12.0 degrees | | Area: | 282.398 sq. degrees |
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About CraterTo the Greeks, Crater, the Cup, represented the globlet of Apollo. Cicero called it Cratera, and Manilius decscribed it as gratus Iaccho Crater, a poetic name for Bacchus. It may be found in ancient manuscripts as Creter. The Greeks also called it the Cinerary Urn, a water bucket.
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