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=== Origin of Constellation ===
=== Origin of Constellation ===


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==== Greco-Roman ====

===== Aratos =====

===== Eratosthenes =====

===== Hipparchus =====

===== Geminos =====

==== Almagest ====
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=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
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File:Aur Fortin1795.jpg|Auriga as Erichtonius in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
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== Mythology ==
== Mythology ==
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* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (medieval)]]
* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (medieval)]]


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Latest revision as of 07:46, 18 April 2025

star chart
Auriga 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

id Greek

(Heiberg 1898)

English

(Toomer 1984)

ident.
1
2
3
4
5
6

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References