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==== Babylonian ====
==== Babylonian ====
[[File:Kugel family.JPG|thumb|Kugel Globe (1st c.BCE): Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Cepheus, drawing by SMH 2024.]]


==== Greco-Roman ====
==== Greco-Roman ====
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===== Geminos =====
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==== Almagest ====
==== Almagest Κασσιέπεια ====
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(Toomer 1984)
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!Κασσιεπείας ἀστερισμός.
!Constellation of Cassiopeia
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|1
|1
|ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς
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|The star on the head
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|zet Cas
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|2
|2
|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει
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|The star in the breast
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|alf Cas
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|3
|3
|ὁ βορειότερος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ξώνης
|The one north of that, on the belt
|eta Cas
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|4
|ὁ ὑπὲρ τὴν καθέδραη κατὰ τῶν μηρῶν
|The star over the throne, just over the thighs
|gam Cas
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|5
|ὁ ἐν τοῖς γόνασια.
|The star in the knees
|del Cas
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|6
|ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κυήμης.
|The star on the lower leg
|eps Cas
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|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδός
|The star on the end of the leg
|iot Cas
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχίουος
|The star on the left upper arm
|tet Cas
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|ὁ ὑποκάτω τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἀγκῶνος
|The star below the left elbow
|phi Cas
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|4
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πήχεως
|The star on the right fore-arm
|sig Cas
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|ὁ ἐπάνω τοῦ ποδὸς τοῦ θρόνου
|The star above the foot of the throne
|kap Cas
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|ὁ ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου
|The star on the middlil of the· back of the throne
|bet Cas
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|5
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|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου
|The star on the top of the throne-back
|rho Cas
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|6
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|ἀστέρες τῇ, ὥυ γ’ μεγέθους ὅ, δ’ ὅ, ε’ ἂ, ϛ’ β
|13 stars, 4 of the third magnitude, 6 of the fourth, 1 of the fifth, 2 of the sixth}
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Latest revision as of 14:09, 26 April 2025

star chart
Cas 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

Kugel Globe (1st c.BCE): Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Cepheus, drawing by SMH 2024.

Greco-Roman

Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos

Almagest Κασσιέπεια

id Greek

(Heiberg 1898)

English

(Toomer 1984)

ident.
Κασσιεπείας ἀστερισμός. Constellation of Cassiopeia
1 ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς The star on the head zet Cas
2 ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει The star in the breast alf Cas
3 ὁ βορειότερος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ξώνης The one north of that, on the belt eta Cas
4 ὁ ὑπὲρ τὴν καθέδραη κατὰ τῶν μηρῶν The star over the throne, just over the thighs gam Cas
5 ὁ ἐν τοῖς γόνασια. The star in the knees del Cas
6 ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κυήμης. The star on the lower leg eps Cas
ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδός The star on the end of the leg iot Cas
ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχίουος The star on the left upper arm tet Cas
ὁ ὑποκάτω τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἀγκῶνος The star below the left elbow phi Cas
ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πήχεως The star on the right fore-arm sig Cas
ὁ ἐπάνω τοῦ ποδὸς τοῦ θρόνου The star above the foot of the throne kap Cas
ὁ ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου The star on the middlil of the· back of the throne bet Cas
ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου The star on the top of the throne-back rho Cas
ἀστέρες τῇ, ὥυ γ’ μεγέθους ὅ, δ’ ὅ, ε’ ἂ, ϛ’ β 13 stars, 4 of the third magnitude, 6 of the fourth, 1 of the fifth, 2 of the sixth}

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References