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2. There are 11 stars in the first hour of 'winter in the sky' acccording to my astronomy book. But below I have added Gienah, the brightest star in the Corvus constellation (and strangely omitted from the book):

Minkar 12h 10m 07.53s 12h 10.126m 184.7
Gienah 12h 15m 48.47s 12h 15.808m 186.1

13th hour:
Alchita α Corvi 4.02 24° 27′ S 12h 06m 184.1 592.1
Minkar ε Corvi 3.02 22° 20′ S 12h 08m 184.7 592.7
Megrez δ Ursa Majoris 3.32 57° 19′ N 12h 13m 185.9 593.9
Gienah γ Corvi −0.94 22° 37′ S 12h 14m 186.1 594.1
Acrux α Crucis 1.40 62° 49′ S 12h 23m 188.5 596.5
Algorab δ Corvi 2.94 16° 14′ S 12h 27m 189.5 597.5
Asterion β Canum Venaticorum 4.24 41° 38′ N 12h 31m 190.5 598.5
Kraz β Corvi 2.65 23° 07′ S 12h 32m 190.7 598.7
Porrima γ Virginis 2.74 01° 11′ S 12h 39m 192.5 600.5
Alioth ε Ursa Majoris 1.76 56° 14′ N 12h 52m 195.8 603.8
Minelauva δ Virginis 3.39 03° 40′ N 12h 53m 196.1 604.1
Cor Caroli α Canum Venaticorum 2.89 38° 35′ N 12h 54m 196.3 604.3

Our present subject matter is Corvus, which means Raven or Crow:

Maybe we should add to our list also ζ and η Corvi, making it to be 7 stars in the constellation:

Minkar 12h 10m 07.53s 12h 10.126m 184.7
ζ 12h 20m 33.71s 12h 20.562m 187.3
η 12h 32m 04.48s 12h 32.075m 190.3
Chang Sha ζ Corvi 5.20 22° 13′ S 12h 18m 187.3 595.3
Avis Satyra η Corvi 4.30 16° 12′ S 12h 30m 190.3 598.3