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


==== Babylonian ====
Greco-Roman


==== Greco-Roman ====
Almagest

===== Aratos =====

===== Eratosthenes =====

===== Hipparchus =====

===== Geminos =====

==== Almagest ====
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Revision as of 07:53, 18 April 2025

star chart
Aqr star chart as defined since the 1920s (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.
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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References