Corvus Constellation

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The Corvus constellation, located in the southern quadrant of the sky, was first catalogued in the second century, by the greek astronomer Ptolemy. It has four bright stars: Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Beta Corvi (Corvi is the nominative plural of the latin word corvus, meaning raven or crow.) I chose the Corvus constellation because these four stars are some of my personal favourites to investigate.

The myth surrounding Corvus constellation comes from Greek mythology, which states that Apollo's sacred bird was a crow. Apollo, about to offer a sacrifice to his father Zeus, realized he did not have the necessary water for it, and so he ordered his crow to fetch it for him. Along the way, the crow found figs. After a moment of hesitation, the crow decided to eat them, and completely forgot the order he had been given. Once he realized what he had done (disobeying the order of a god is not a good way to stay alive), the crow pecked a snake and took it to Apollo. He told the god the snake had kept him away from the water. One thing no one shold ever forget about Apollo is that he is the god of honesty. Of course he realized the crow was lying, and in a fit of rage, he threw both the crow and the snake into the sky, making them into constellations. …show more content…
He was young and bright and had enough strenght to be the best; but he couldn't fly. No matter how he moved his wings, they were unable to keep him in the air. The rest of the crows laughed at him, called him idiot, weak, stupid; wingless crow, they chanted, useless crow. The crow who couldn't fly run away from the woods of his childhood. He would find a way to fly, he promised, even if it cost him his
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