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==Etymology and History==
==Etymology and History==
[[File:Pabilsag, ancêtre mésopotamien du Sagittaire,.jpg|thumb|profile of the figure of Pabilsag from a 12th century BC kudurru. è.c. (Roland Laffitte 2023)]]
The Greek constellation ...
The Greek constellation ...



[[File:Kugel cen-lup-ara+sgr-sco.JPG|thumb|earliest known Greek depiction: Kugel Globe (1st c. BCE): two centaurs in Cen and Sgr with Lup+Ara in between (drawing by SMH 2024).]]


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

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star chart
Sgr star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

profile of the figure of Pabilsag from a 12th century BC kudurru. è.c. (Roland Laffitte 2023)

The Greek constellation ...


earliest known Greek depiction: Kugel Globe (1st c. BCE): two centaurs in Cen and Sgr with Lup+Ara in between (drawing by SMH 2024).

Origin of Constellation

Babylonian

Greco-Roman

Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos

Almagest

id Greek

(Heiberg 1898)

English

(Toomer 1984)

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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

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