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===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== |
===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== |
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File:Lib1+2 Huntington212 asSufi1170.JPG|Libra (two versions) in as-Sufi, Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah, Mosul 1170, [https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/fba70a3f-2cf2-40cd-8d43-017b3eaed5c3/surfaces/d4170798-5328-447d-943e-008deb38a788/ Bodleian Libraries], University of Oxford, |
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File:Libra Uranometria.jpg|Libra in Bayer (1603). |
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File:1776 - John Flamsteed - La Balance, et Le Scorpion (Libra & Scorpio).jpg|Libra in Flamsteed (1776) |
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File:Johann Elert Bode - Scorpio & Libra.jpg|Libra in Bode (1782,1805) |
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File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Scorpio and Libra.jpg|Libra in Jamieson (1822) |
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File:Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India.jpg|Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
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Latest revision as of 15:53, 21 April 2025
One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest
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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
Libra (two versions) in as-Sufi, Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah, Mosul 1170, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford,
Libra in Bayer (1603).
Libra in Flamsteed (1776)
Libra in Bode (1782,1805)
Libra in Jamieson (1822)
Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India
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