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[[File:Leo+vir umzeichng4plani black.png|thumb|Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).]] |
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===Origin of Constellation=== |
===Origin of Constellation=== |
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==== Babylonian ==== |
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[[File:Hya kugel smh2024.jpg|thumb|Constellation Hydra with Crater and Corvus on the Kugel Globe (1st century BCE), detail from drawing by SMH (Hoffmann 2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169.]] |
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==== Greco-Roman ==== |
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===== Aratos ===== |
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===== Eratosthenes ===== |
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===== Hipparchus ===== |
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===== Geminos ===== |
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==== Almagest Κόραξ. ==== |
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!id |
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!Greek |
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!English |
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!ident. |
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!Κόρακος ἀστερισμός |
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|ὁ ἐν τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου. |
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|The star in the beak, which is [applied in] common to Hydra |
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|alf Crv |
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|ὁ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇἡ |
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|The star in the neck, by the head |
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|eps Crv |
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|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει. |
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|The star in the breast |
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|zet Crv |
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|ὁ ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ καὶ δεξιᾷ πτέρυγι. |
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|The star in the advance, right wing |
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|gam Crv |
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|τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐπομένῃ πτέρογι β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος; |
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|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the rear wing |
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|del Crv |
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|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ |
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|The rearmost of them |
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|ety Crv |
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|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδὸς κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου |
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|The star on the end of the leg, which is [applied in] common to Hydra |
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|bet Crv |
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|ὁ ἀστέρες ξ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους ἔ, δ’ ἂ, ε’ ἄ |
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===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== |
===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== |
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<gallery> |
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File:Hya kugel smh2024.jpg|Hydra with Crater and Corvus on the Kugel Globe (-1st c., drawing by SMH) |
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File:Hydra Corvus et Crater - Mercator.jpeg|Hydra with Corvus and Crater on the Mercator Globe (1551) |
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File:Hydra Uranometria.jpg|Hydra in the Uranometria (1603), Corvus not drawn but in map |
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File:1776 - John Flamsteed - L'Hydre, La Coupe, Le Corbeau (Hydra, Crater, Virgo).jpg|Corvus in Flamsteed (1776) |
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File:Crv+Crt Fortin1795.jpg|Corvus and Crater in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795). |
File:Crv+Crt Fortin1795.jpg|Corvus and Crater in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795). |
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File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg|Corvus in Hall (1825) |
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 25 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 Κόραξ.
| id | Greek
(Heiberg 1898) |
English
(Toomer 1984) |
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| 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
Hydra with Crater and Corvus on the Kugel Globe (-1st c., drawing by SMH)
Hydra with Corvus and Crater on the Mercator Globe (1551)
Hydra in the Uranometria (1603), Corvus not drawn but in map
Corvus in Flamsteed (1776)
Corvus and Crater in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
Corvus in Hall (1825)
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