Australian Sky & Telescope

Corvus and company

et’s look at the many marvellous and helpful connections that Corvus, the Crow, has with other constellations. In last issue’s column, I focused on the stars outlining the rhombus or sail shape of Corvus. That pattern is still high in the sky on May evenings, so there’s plenty of time for the Crow to guide us

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