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Revision as of 14:01, 18 April 2025

star chart
CMi 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 Προκύων

id Greek

(Heiberg 1898)

English

(Toomer 1984)

ident.
Πρόκυνος ἀστερισμός.
1 ὁ ἐν τῷ αὐχένι
2 ὁ κατὰ τῶν ὀπισθίωυ λαμπρὸς καλούμενος Προκύωυ.
all ἀστέρες β, ὧν α μεγέθους α, δ’ ἄ.

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References