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==Etymology and History== |
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[[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)]] |
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The Greek constellation ... |
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[[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).]] |
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===Origin of Constellation=== |
===Origin of Constellation=== |
Revision as of 20:39, 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
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(Heiberg 1898) |
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(Toomer 1984) |
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