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[[File:Canis Minor IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|CMi star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]] |
[[File:Canis Minor IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|CMi star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]] |
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One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. |
One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. |
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[[File:Ori-grp Kugel hi smh.gif|thumb|Orion-Group of constellations on the Kugel Globe, drawing and animated GIF by SMH 2025.]] |
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==Etymology and History== |
==Etymology and History== |
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Revision as of 08:22, 20 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 Προκύων
| id | Greek
(Heiberg 1898) |
English
(Toomer 1984) |
ident. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πρόκυνος ἀστερισμός. | |||
| 1 | ὁ ἐν τῷ αὐχένι | The star in the neck | |
| 2 | ὁ κατὰ τῶν ὀπισθίωυ λαμπρὸς καλούμενος Προκύωυ. | The bright star just over the hindquarters, called Procyon | |
| all | ἀστέρες β, ὧν α μεγέθους α, δ’ ἄ. | {2 Stars, 1 of the lirst magnitude, 1 of the fourth} |
