Fixed bounds of narrowly southern faintish constellation. Asterism wine cup; Alpha in W, Beta in S, Gamma (beside Lambda) in E, Delta in north, beyond which Epsilon, Theta: east. Reaches out to Zeta & Eta.
Crater (constellation) (Wikipedia)Crater is a small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. Its name is the latinization of the Greek krater, a type of cup used to water down wine. One of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, it depicts a cup that has been associated with the god Apollo and is perched on the back of Hydra the water snake.