Carina

Car 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

Almagest

animated GIF of the transformation of the constellation Argo over the course of the centuries from ancient Greek to modern depictions (map: Stellarium)

The constellation is a modern invention, but the stars of Carina were mentioned in the Almagest under "Argo".

No.	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English translation (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Ἀργοῦς ἀστερισμός.	Argo (Almagest)
36	ὁ τούτου πρὸς νότου ἐπὶ τῆς κάτω τρόπεως λαμπρός	The bright star to the south of this, on the lower [part of the] keel	chi Car
44	ὁ τῶν ἐν τῷ λοιπῷ πηδαλίῳ β ὁ προηγούμενος καλούμενος. Κάνωβος	The more advanced of the 2 stars in the other steering-oar, called Canopus	alf Car

References

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• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
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