Aquarius
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One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest Ὕδρος
id | Greek
(Heiberg 1898) |
English
(Toomer 1984) |
ident. |
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Ὕδρου ἀστερισμός. | Constellation of Aquarius | ||
1 | ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ Ὑδροχόου | The star on the head of Aquarius | 25 Aqr |
2 | τῶν ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ ὤμῳ β ὁ λαμπρότερος | The brighter of the 2 stars in the right shoulder | alf Aqr |
3 | ὁ ὑπ’ αὐτὸν ἀμαυρότερος | The fainter one, under it | omi Aqr |
4 | ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀριστερῷ ὤμῳ. | The star in the left shouldcr | bet Aqr |
5 | ὁ ὑπ’ αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ νώτῳ ὡς ὑπὸ τὴν μασχάλην | The one under that, in the back, approximately under the armpit | xi Aqr |
6 | ὁ τῶν ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ χειρὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱματίου ἢ’ ὁ ἐπόμενοςἡ | The rearmost of the three stars in the left arm, on the coat | nu Aqr |
ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν | The middle one of these | mu Aqr | |
ὁ προηγούμευος τῶν τριῶν. | The most advanced of the three | eps Aqr | |
ὁ ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ πήχει | The star in the right forearm | gam Aqr | |
τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ἀκροχείρου γ’ ὁ βόρειος. | The northernmost of the 3 stars an the right hand | pi Aqr | |
Τὸ τῶν λοιπῶν καὶ βορείωυ β ὁ προηγούμενος | The more advanced of the other 2 to the south | zet Aqr | |
ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν | The rearmost of them | eta Aqr | |
τῶν ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ κοτύλη συνεχῶν β ὁ προηγούμενος. | The more advanced of the 2 stars close tagether in the hollow of the right [hip] | tet Aqr | |
ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν | The rearmost of them | rho Aqr | |
ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ γλουτοῦ | The star on the right buttock | sig Aqr | |
τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀριστερῷ γλουτῷ Κ’ ὁ νότιος | The southernmost of the 2 stars in the left buttock | iot Aqr | |
ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν | The northernmost of them | 38 Aqr | |
τῶν ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ κνήμῃ β’ ὁ νοτιώτερος | The southernmost of the 2 stars in the right lower leg | del Aqr | |
ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν ἀγκύλην | The northernmost of the·m, under the knee-bend | tau Aqr | |
ὁ ἐο τῷ ἀριστερῷ ὀπισθομήρῳ. | The star in the back of the left thigh | 53 Aqr | |
τῶν ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ κνήμῃ β ὁ νοτιώτερος. | The southernmost of the 2 stars in the left lower leg | 68 Aqr | |
ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τὸ γόνυ. | The northernmost of these, under the knee | 66 Aqr | |
τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς ῥύσεως τοῦ ὕδατος ἀπὸ τῆς χειρὸς ὁ προηγούμενος. | The stars on the flow of water: the most advanced [in the section] beginning at the hand | kap Aqr | |
ὁ ἐχόμενος ἐκ φότου τοῦ προειρημένου | the one next to the latter towards the south | lam Aqr | |
ὁ τούτουυ ἐχόμενος μετὰ τὴν καμπήη | the one next to this, aftcr [the beginning of] the bend | 83 Aqr | |
ὁ ἔτι τούτῳ ἑπόμενος | the onc to the rear again of this | phi Aqr | |
ὁ τούτου ἐν καμπῇ ἀπὸ μεσημβρίας… | the one in the bend to the south of this | chi Aqr | |
τῶν ἀπὸ μεσημβρίας αὐτοῦ β’ ὁ βορειότερος. | the northcrnmost of the 2 stars to the south of this | psi1 Aqr | |
ὁ νοτιώτερος τῶν δύο. | the southcrnmost of the two | psi3 Aqr | |
ὁ διεστὼς αὐτῶν πρὸς μεσημβρύαν μουαχός- | the lone star at some distance from thcsc [two] towards the south | HR 8958 | |
τῶν μετ’ αὐτὸν β συνεχῶν ὁ προηγούμενος | the morc advanccd of the 2 stars dose tagether after the latter | ome1 Aqr | |
ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν | the rearmost of them | ome2 Aqr | |
τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐχομένῃ συστροφῇ ἢ’ ὁ βόρειος. | the northernmost of the 3 stars in the next group | 103 + 104 Aqr | |
ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν | the middlc one of the three | 106 Aqr | |
ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν | the rearmost of them | 108 Aqr | |
ὁμοίως τῶν ἐφεξῆς γ' ὁ βόρειος. | thc northernmost of thc nexl 3 [arranged] likewise | 98 Aqr | |
ὁ νότιος τῶν τριῶν | the southernmost of the thrcc | 101 Aqr | |
ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν | thc middle one of thc three | 99 Aqr | |
τῶν ἐν τῇ λοιπῇ συστροφῇ ’ ὁ ἠγούμενος | the most advanced of thc 3 stars in the rcmaining group | 86 Aqr | |
τῶν λοιπῶν β’ ὁ νοτιώτερος | the southcrnmost of the other 2 | 89 Aqr | |
ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν | the not·thcrnmost of them | 88 Aqr | |
ὁ ἔσχατος τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ νοτίου Ἰχθύος | the star at the end of thc water and on the mouth of Piscis Austrinus | alf PsA | |
all | ἀστέρερ μβ, ὥν αἱ μεγέθους ἂ, γ’ 3, δ’ ἢ, εἴ φ, ς’ ἄ. | 42 stars, I of the first magnitude, 9 of the third, 18 of the fourth, 13 of the fifth, I of the sixth | |
Οἱ περὶ τὸν Ὕδρου ἀμόρφωτοι | Stars round Aquarius outside the constelfation | ||
ὁ τῶν ἐπομένων τῇ καμπῇ τοῦ ὕδατος φ’ ὁ ἠγούμενος | The most advanced of the 3 stars to the rear of the bend in the water | 2 Cet | |
τῶν λοιπῶν β’ ὁ βορειότερος | The northernmost of the other 2 | 6 Cet | |
ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶν. | The southernmost of them | 7 Cet | |
ἀστέρες γ μεγέθους δ’ μ. | {3 stars of magnitude greater than the fourth} |