Puppis

Pup 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

Almagest

animated GIF of the transformation of the constellation Argo over the course of the centuries from ancient Greek to modern depictions (map: Stellarium)

The ancient constellation of Argo, The Ship, was mainly formed from stars in modern Puppis and Pyxis.

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Ἀργοῦς ἀστερισμός.	Part of Argo
1	τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀκροστολίῳ β ὁ προηγούμενος.	The more advanced of the 2 stars in the stern-ornament	11 (e) Pup
2	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.	The rearmost of them	rho Pup
3	τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ἐν τῇ πρύμυῃ ἀσπιδίσκην β συνεχῶν ὁ βορειότερος	The northernmost of the 2 stars close together over the little shield in the poop	xi Pup
4	ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶ	The southernmost of them	o Pup
5	ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος.	The star in advance of these	m Pup HR 2944
6	ὁ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ ἀσπιδίσκῃ λαμπφός	The bright star in the middle of the little shield	HR 2948 +29
7	τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν ἀσπιδίσκηη γ’ ὁ προηγούμενος	The most advanced of the 3 stars under the little shield	p Pup HR 2922
8	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν	The rearmost of them	3 Pup
9	ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.	The middle one of the three	1 Pup
10	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ χηρίσκου.	The star on the goose[-neck]	HR 3113
11	τῶν ἐν τῇ τρόπει τῆς πρύμνης β ὁ βορειότερος	The northernmost of the 2 stars in the stern-keel	?
12	ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶ	The southernmost of them	pi Pup
13	τῶν ἐν τῷ καταστρώματι τῆς πρόμνης ὁ βορειότερος.	Stars in the poop-deck: 1. the northernmost	f Pup HR 2937
14	τῶν ἐφεξῆς ἡ ὁ προηγούμενος!	2. the most advanced of the next 3	HR 2961 + 64
15	ὁ μέσος αὐτῶ	3. the middle one	c Pup HR 3017
16	ὁ ἐπόμευος τῶν τριῶν	4. the rearmost of the three	b Pup HR 3084
17	ὁ τούτοις ἐπόμευος ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος λαμπρός	5. the bright star on the deck to the rear of these	zet Pup
18	τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν λαμπρὸν ἀμαυρῶν β ὁ προηγούμενος	6. the more advanced of the 2 faint stars under the bright one	a Pup HR 3080
19	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ	7. the rearmost of them	HR 3162
20	τῶν ὑπὲρ τὸν εἰρημένου λαμπρὸν β ὁ ἠγούμενοςἡ	8. the more advanced of the 2 stars over the above-mentioned bright one	h1 Pup HR 3225
21	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν	9. the rearmost of them	h2 Pup HR 3243
33	ὁ μεταξὺ τῶν πηδαλίωυ ἐν τῇ τρόπει	The star between the steering-oars, in the keel	sig Pup
43	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.	The rearmost of them [advance steering-oar]	nu Pup
45	ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.	The other, rearmost star	tau Pup

References

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