Argo
Argo Navis (short: Argo) is one of the constellations of the Almagest star catalogue (137 CE) that became standardized by common usage of several cultures in the subsequent centuries. In the Early Modern Era, the constellation was changed and finally included in the set of constellations, globally defined by the IAU over the course of the 1920s.
Babylonian Constellation
In the place of the Greek Argo, the Babylonian uranology recognizes the constellations of the Harrow and the Asterism of Eridu.
The Babylonian uranology does contain a constellation of a ship or rather a boat but this is at the opposite site of the sky, frequently identified with the stars in the modern constellations Sgr, CrA and Cap (or only CrA).
Transformation of Argo
Ptolemy's Almagest
Argo, The Ship is one of the southern constellations.
| No. | English translation (Toomer 1984) | ident. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The more advanccd of the 2 stars in the stern-ornament | 11 (e) Pup |
| 2 | The rearmost of them | rho Pup |
| 3 | The northernmost of the 2 stars close tagether over the
little shield in the poop |
xi Pup |
| 4 | The southernmost of them | o Pup |
| 5 | The star in advance of these | m Pup
HR 2944 |
| 6 | The bright star in the middle of the little shield | HR 2948 +29 |
| 7 | The most advanced of the 3 stars under the little shield | p Pup
HR 2922 |
| 8 | The rearmost of them | 3 Pup |
| 9 | The middle one of the three | 1 Pup |
| 10 | The star on the goose[-neck | HR 3113 |
| 11 | The northernmost of the 2 stars in the stern-keel | ? |
| 12 | The southernmost of them | pi Pup |
| 13 | Stars in the poop-deck:
1. the northernmost |
f Pup
HR 2937 |
| 14 | 2. the most advanced of the next 3 | HR 2961 + 64 |
| 15 | 3. the middle one | c Pup
HR 3017 |
| 16 | 4. the reannost of the three | b Pup
HR 3084 |
| 17 | 5. the bright star on the deck to the rear of these | zet Pup |
| 18 | The bright star to the south of this, an the lower [part of the] keel | chi Car |
| 19 | The most advanced of the 3 stars to the rear of this | omi Vel |
| 20 | The middle one | del Vel |
| 21 | The rearmost of the three | HR 3498 |
| 22 | The more advanced of the 2 stars to the rear of these, near the cut-off | kap Vel |
| 23 | The rearmost of them | N Vel
HR 3803 |
| 24 | The more advanced of the 2 stars in the northem, advance steering-oar | eta Col |
| 25 | The rearmost of them | nu Pup |
| 26 | The more advanced of the 2 stars in the other steering-oar, called
Canopus |
alf Car |
| 27 | The other, rearmost star | tau Pup |
