Puppis
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One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Almagest
| id | Greek
(Heiberg 1898) |
English
(Toomer 1984) |
ident. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀκροστολίῳ β ὁ προηγούμενος. | The more advanced of the 2 stars in the stern-ornament | 11 (e) Pup |
| 2 | ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν. | The rearmost of them | rho Pup |
| 3 | τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ἐν τῇ πρύμυῃ ἀσπιδίσκην β συνεχῶν ὁ βορειότερος | The northernmost of the 2 stars close together over the little shield in the poop | xi Pup |
| 4 | ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶ | The southernmost of them | o Pup |
| 5 | ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος. | The star in advance of these | m Pup
HR 2944 |
| 6 | ὁ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ ἀσπιδίσκῃ λαμπφός | The bright star in the middle of the little shield | HR 2948 +29 |
| 7 | τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν ἀσπιδίσκηη γ’ ὁ προηγούμενος | The most advanced of the 3 stars under the little shield | p Pup
HR 2922 |
| 8 | ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν | The rearmost of them | 3 Pup |
| 9 | ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν. | The middle one of the three | 1 Pup |
| 10 | ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ χηρίσκου. | The star on the goose[-neck] | HR 3113 |
| 11 | τῶν ἐν τῇ τρόπει τῆς πρύμνης β ὁ βορειότερος | The northernmost of the 2 stars in the stern-keel | ? |
| 12 | ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶ | The southernmost of them | pi Pup |
| 13 | τῶν ἐν τῷ καταστρώματι τῆς πρόμνης ὁ βορειότερος. | Stars in the poop-deck:
1. the northernmost |
f Pup
HR 2937 |
| 14 | τῶν ἐφεξῆς ἡ ὁ προηγούμενος! | 2. the most advanced of the next 3 | HR 2961 + 64 |
| 15 | ὁ μέσος αὐτῶ | 3. the middle one | c Pup
HR 3017 |
| 16 | ὁ ἐπόμευος τῶν τριῶν | 4. the rearmost of the three | b Pup
HR 3084 |
| 17 | ὁ τούτοις ἐπόμευος ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος λαμπρός | 5. the bright star on the deck to the rear of these | zet Pup |
| 18 | τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν λαμπρὸν ἀμαυρῶν β ὁ προηγούμενος | 6. the more advanced of the 2 faint stars under the bright one | a Pup
HR 3080 |
| 19 | ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ | 7. the rearmost of them | HR 3162 |
| 20 | τῶν ὑπὲρ τὸν εἰρημένου λαμπρὸν β ὁ ἠγούμενοςἡ | 8. the more advanced of the 2 stars over the above-mentioned bright one | h1 Pup
HR 3225 |
| 21 | ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν | 9. the rearmost of them | h2 Pup
HR 3243 |
| 33 | ὁ μεταξὺ τῶν πηδαλίωυ ἐν τῇ τρόπει | The star between the steering-oars, in the keel | sig Pup |
| 43 | ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν. | The rearmost of them [advance steering-oar] | nu Pup |
| 45 | ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν. | The other, rearmost star | tau Pup |
