Corvus: Difference between revisions

From All Skies Encyclopaedia
No edit summary
 
Line 36: Line 36:
|1
|1
|ὁ ἐν τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου.
|ὁ ἐν τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου.
|The star in the beak, which is [applied in] common to Hydra
|
|alf Crv
|
|-
|-
|2
|2
|ὁ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇἡ
|ὁ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇἡ
|The star in the neck, by the head
|
|eps Crv
|
|-
|-
|3
|3
|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει.
|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει.
|The star in the breast
|
|zet Crv
|
|-
|-
|4
|4
|ὁ ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ καὶ δεξιᾷ πτέρυγι.
|ὁ ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ καὶ δεξιᾷ πτέρυγι.
|The star in the advance, right wing
|
|gam Crv
|
|-
|-
|5
|5
|τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐπομένῃ πτέρογι β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος;
|τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐπομένῃ πτέρογι β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος;
|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the rear wing
|
|del Crv
|
|-
|-
|6
|6
|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ
|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ
|The rearmost of them
|
|ety Crv
|
|-
|-
|7
|7
|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδὸς κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου
|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
|
|-
|-
|
|

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