Sagittarius: Difference between revisions

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

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).

Babylonian "Sagittarius", Dictionnaire des Antiquités grecques et romaines, Daremberg et Saglio, article Zodiaque, vol. V 2. Source : Wikisource, https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionnaire_des_Antiquit%C3%A9s_grecques_et_romaines_-_Daremberg_-_V_2.djvu/444
Kugel Globe (1st c. BCE): Sgr, CrA and Sco
Sagittarius in Hevelius (1690)
Sagittarius in Flamsteed (1776).
Bode (1805) Sagittarius and Sobieski's Shield
Sgr in Jamieson (1822)
Sagittarius in Sidney Hall (1825) Urania's Mirror.

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 ===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
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+File:Sagittaire-babylonien.jpg|Babylonian "Sagittarius", Dictionnaire des Antiquités grecques et romaines, Daremberg et Saglio, article Zodiaque, vol. V 2. Source : Wikisource, <nowiki>https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionnaire_des_Antiquit%C3%A9s_grecques_et_romaines_-_Daremberg_-_V_2.djvu/444</nowiki>
+File:Kugel Sgr+CrA+Sco.JPG|Kugel Globe (1st c. BCE): Sgr, CrA and Sco
+File:Sagittarius Hevelius.jpg|Sagittarius in Hevelius (1690)
+File:1776 - John Flamsteed - La Sagittaire (Sagittarius).jpg|Sagittarius in Flamsteed (1776).
+File:Johann Elert Bode - Sagittarius and Sobieski's Shield.jpg|Bode (1805) Sagittarius and Sobieski's Shield
+File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Sagittarius, The Archer.jpg|Sgr in Jamieson (1822)
+File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium.png|Sagittarius in Sidney Hall (1825) Urania's Mirror.
+</gallery>
 ==Mythology==