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==== Almagest ====
===== Aratos =====

===== Eratosthenes =====

===== Hipparchus =====

===== Geminos =====

==== Almagest Κόραξ. ====
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|ὁ ἐν τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου.
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|The star in the beak, which is [applied in] common to Hydra
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|alf Crv
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|ὁ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇἡ
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|The star in the neck, by the head
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|eps Crv
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|3
|3
|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει.
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|The star in the breast
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|zet Crv
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|4
|4
|ὁ ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ καὶ δεξιᾷ πτέρυγι.
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|The star in the advance, right wing
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|gam Crv
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|5
|τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐπομένῃ πτέρογι β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος;
|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the rear wing
|del Crv
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|6
|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ
|The rearmost of them
|ety Crv
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|7
|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδὸς κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου
|The star on the end of the leg, which is [applied in] common to Hydra
|bet Crv
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|ὁ ἀστέρες ξ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους ἔ, δ’ ἂ, ε’ ἄ
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 19 April 2025

star chart
Corvus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...


Origin of Constellation

Babylonian

Greco-Roman

Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos

Almagest Κόραξ.

id Greek

(Heiberg 1898)

English

(Toomer 1984)

ident.
Κόρακος ἀστερισμός
1 ὁ ἐν τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου. The star in the beak, which is [applied in] common to Hydra alf Crv
2 ὁ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇἡ The star in the neck, by the head eps Crv
3 ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει. The star in the breast zet Crv
4 ὁ ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ καὶ δεξιᾷ πτέρυγι. The star in the advance, right wing gam Crv
5 τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐπομένῃ πτέρογι β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος; The more advanced of the 2 stars in the rear wing del Crv
6 ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ The rearmost of them ety Crv
7 ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδὸς κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου The star on the end of the leg, which is [applied in] common to Hydra bet Crv
all ὁ ἀστέρες ξ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους ἔ, δ’ ἂ, ε’ ἄ

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References