✨ Crater

Crt · krater (bowl for mixing wine) · Southern sky

Crater is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning krater (bowl for mixing wine); stars within it are named in the genitive form Crateris.

Facts about Crater

Constellation	Crater
IAU abbreviation	Crt
Genitive (Latin)	Crateris
Meaning	krater (bowl for mixing wine)
Brightest star	δ Crateris (apparent magnitude 3.56)
Area	282 square degrees
Hemisphere	Southern

Deep-sky objects in Crater

No Messier-catalogued object lies within this constellation’s borders.

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.