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Eratosthenes

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 101-103)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Κυνός)''': It is said that this was the one given to Europa along with the spear, to protect her. Minos received both of them and, subsequently, when he was cured of his illness by Procris, he presented them to her; later, Cephalus came into possession of both as Procris’s husband. He went to Thebes, taking the dog with him, to hunt the vixen which, according to an oracle, could not be killed by anyone. Zeus, who did not know what to do, turned the vixen to stone and, judging that the dog deserved it, raised it up among the constellations. Amphis, the comedy writer, said of its rising that it is by men. </blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Κυνός)''': It is said that this was the one given to Europa along with the spear, to protect her. Minos received both of them and, subsequently, when he was cured of his illness by Procris, he presented them to her; later, Cephalus came into possession of both as Procris’s husband. He went to Thebes, taking the dog with him, to hunt the vixen which, according to an oracle, could not be killed by anyone. Zeus, not knowing what to do, turned the vixen to stone and, judging that the dog deserved it, raised it up among the constellations. But others say that this is Orion’s dog, who accompanied him when he was hunting, which fits with the animal’s reputation for also defending all hunters against wild beasts. It is said to have been raised among the constellations when Orion ascended, which is only natural given that it never abandoned Orion in any of his trials.</blockquote><blockquote>The Dog has a star on its head or tongue, also known as Sirius—it is large and bright, and stars of this type are called “Sirian” by astronomers because of their brilliance—one dim star on each shoulder, two on the chest, three on the front paw, two on the belly, one on the left hip, one at the tip of the paw, one on the right paw, and four on the tail. Seventeen in all.</blockquote>		Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 101-103)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Κυνός)''': It is said that this was the one given to Europa along with the spear, to protect her. Minos received both of them and, subsequently, when he was cured of his illness by Procris, he presented them to her; later, Cephalus came into possession of both as Procris’s husband. He went to Thebes, taking the dog with him, to hunt the vixen which, according to an oracle, could not be killed by anyone. Zeus, who did not know what to do, turned the vixen to stone and, judging that the dog deserved it, raised it up among the constellations. Amphis, the comedy writer, said of its rising that it is by men. </blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Κυνός)''': It is said that this was the one given to Europa along with the spear, to protect her. Minos received both of them and, subsequently, when he was cured of his illness by Procris, he presented them to her; later, Cephalus came into possession of both as Procris’s husband. He went to Thebes, taking the dog with him, to hunt the vixen which, according to an oracle, could not be killed by anyone. Zeus, not knowing what to do, turned the vixen to stone and, judging that the dog deserved it, raised it up among the constellations. But others say that this is Orion’s dog, who accompanied him when he was hunting, which fits with the animal’s reputation for also defending all hunters against wild beasts. It is said to have been raised among the constellations when Orion ascended, which is only natural given that it never abandoned Orion in any of his trials.</blockquote><blockquote>The Dog has a star on its head or tongue, also known as Sirius—it is large and bright, and stars of this type are called “Sirian” by astronomers because of their brilliance—one dim star on each shoulder, two on the chest, three on the front paw, two on the belly, one on the left hip, one at the tip of the paw, one on the right paw, and four on the tail. Seventeen in all.</blockquote>'''Eratosthenes's star catalogue''' can be reconstructed from the list of stars he mentions in the last section of each of the constelllation descriptions. Hoffmann (2017)<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> made such a catalogue and used it for computational comparison with Hipparchus's, Ptolemy's and Babylonian data; it is based on the edition and translation by Pamias and Geus (2007)<ref>Eratosthenes: Sternsagen, übersetzt von Pamìas, Jordi und Geus, Klaus, Verlag Utopica, Oberhaid 2007</ref> and presented here in English translation.

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Sushoff: /* Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue */

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Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue

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	====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======

	The star catalogue of Hipparchus is not preserved. Yet, several scholars have reconstructed it in the past century: Vogt (1925)<ref>Vogt, H., “Versuch einer Wiederherstellung von Hipparchs Fixsternver zeichnis”, <nowiki><i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i></nowiki>, vol. 224, no. 2, Wiley, p. 17, 1925. doi:10.1002/asna.19252240202.</ref>, Grasshoff (1990)<ref>Graßhoff, G., <nowiki><i>The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue</i></nowiki>, Springer, New York, 1990 </ref>, Hoffmann (2017)<ref>Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> and Glover (2026)<ref>Glover, E. (2026). ''The Astronomy of Hipparchus'', Cambridge University Press</ref>. Grasshoff's catalogue and computations are not published digitally, Hoffmann published three versions of the Manitius+Hoffmann<ref>Hipparchus's Lost Star Catalogue (1/2 reconstructed) (Hoffmann, 2017) in VizieR</ref> star lists in the CDS [https://vizier.unistra.fr/ VizieR] "catalog of catalogs", and Glover printed the star lists constellationwise in his book.		The star catalogue of Hipparchus is not preserved. Yet, several scholars have reconstructed it in the past century: Vogt (1925)<ref>Vogt, H., “Versuch einer Wiederherstellung von Hipparchs Fixsternver zeichnis”, <nowiki><i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i></nowiki>, vol. 224, no. 2, Wiley, p. 17, 1925. doi:10.1002/asna.19252240202.</ref>, Grasshoff (1990)<ref>Graßhoff, G., <nowiki><i>The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue</i></nowiki>, Springer, New York, 1990 </ref>, Hoffmann (2017)<ref>Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> and Glover (2026)<ref>Glover, E. (2026). ''The Astronomy of Hipparchus'', Cambridge University Press</ref>. Grasshoff's catalogue and computations are not published digitally, Hoffmann published three versions of the Manitius+Hoffmann<ref>Hipparchus's Lost Star Catalogue (1/2 reconstructed) (Hoffmann, 2017) in VizieR</ref> star lists in the CDS [https://vizier.unistra.fr/ VizieR] "catalog of catalogs", and Glover printed the star lists constellationwise in his book (*=optical double).
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Stars Mentioned

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	====== ~~Stars Mentioned~~ ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======
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	\|+		The star catalogue of Hipparchus is not preserved. Yet, several scholars have reconstructed it in the past century: Vogt (1925)<ref>Vogt, H., “Versuch einer Wiederherstellung von Hipparchs Fixsternver zeichnis”, <nowiki><i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i></nowiki>, vol. 224, no. 2, Wiley, p. 17, 1925. doi:10.1002/asna.19252240202.</ref>, Grasshoff (1990)<ref>Graßhoff, G., <nowiki><i>The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue</i></nowiki>, Springer, New York, 1990 </ref>, Hoffmann (2017)<ref>Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> and Glover (2026)<ref>Glover, E. (2026). ''The Astronomy of Hipparchus'', Cambridge University Press</ref>. Grasshoff's catalogue and computations are not published digitally, Hoffmann published three versions of the Manitius+Hoffmann<ref>Hipparchus's Lost Star Catalogue (1/2 reconstructed) (Hoffmann, 2017) in VizieR</ref> star lists in the CDS [https://vizier.unistra.fr/ VizieR] "catalog of catalogs", and Glover printed the star lists constellationwise in his book.
	!		{\|class="wikitable"
	!~~Greek~~		\|+ Hipparchus's star in Aquarius (Glover 2026)
	!~~German~~
	!~~English~~		!hipp.Cat.ID
	!ident.		!constStarID
	!~~src~~		!starName
	!		!ident.Bayer
	!~~lam_culm~~		!ident.HIP
			!concordance
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|121
	\|		\|1
	\|		\|
	\|		\|α CMa
	\|		\|32349
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|non-CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, first~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|122
	\|		\|2
	\|		\|
	\|		\|β CMa
	\|		\|30324
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, last~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|123
	\|		\|3
	\|		\|
	\|		\|γ CMa
	\|		\|34045
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §2~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting CrB, south, last~~
	~~\|Psc 13.5~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|124
	\|		\|4
	\|		\|
	\|		\|δ CMa
	\|		\|34444
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §13~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting Aql, south, first~~
	~~\|Ari 2~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|125
	\|		\|5
	\|		\|
	\|		\|ζ CMa
	\|		\|30122
	\|~~Lib III Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising Ori, south, last~~		\|-
	\|~~Psc 13~~		\|126
			\|6
			\|
			\|η CMa
			\|35904
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|127
			\|7
			\|
			\|θ CMa
			\|33160
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|128
			\|8
			\|
			\|ι CMa
			\|33347
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|129
			\|9
			\|
			\|κ CMa
			\|32759
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|130
			\|10
			\|
			\|ξ1 CMa
			\|31125
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|131
			\|11
			\|
			\|ξ2 CMa
			\|31416
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|132
			\|12
			\|
			\|ο CMa (ο1)*
			\|33152
			\|CPAE
	\|}		\|}

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Eratosthenes

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	\| 535		\| 535
	\| 1		\| 1
	\| one on the head or tongue, called Sirius - it is large and bright; astronomers call such stars "~~siric~~" because of their fiery twinkling		\| one on the head or tongue, called Sirius - it is large and bright; astronomers call such stars "sirian" because of their fiery twinkling
	\| alpha CMa		\| alpha CMa
	\| 32349		\| 32349

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Eratosthenes

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	\| 546		\| 546
	\| 12 \| one on the tip of the [left] paw		\| 12
			\| one on the tip of the [left] paw
	\| eta CMa		\| eta CMa
	\| 35904		\| 35904

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Eratosthenes

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	\| 34444		\| 34444
	\| 2		\| 2
	\|-		\|-
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	\| 12 \| one on the tip of the [left] paw		\| 12 \| one on the tip of the [left] paw
	\| eta CMa		\| eta CMa

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Sushoff at 08:43, 29 July 2026

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 [[File:Canis Major (cma).tif|alt=star chart|thumb|CMa star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]
 One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. This is the (one and only) constellation of the Dog in ancient Greek astronomy. Ptolemy ‍in ‍the ‍''‍Almagest'' ‍called ‍it ‍simply ‍‍Κύων ‍(Kyon), ‍the ‍Dog. ‍
 [[File:Ori-grp Kugel hi smh.gif|thumb|Orion-Group of constellations on the Kugel Globe, drawing and animated GIF by SMH 2025.]]

IanRidpath: Superscripts

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Superscripts

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	\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ στήθους.		\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ στήθους.
	\|The star on the chest		\|The star on the chest
	\|~~nu3~~ CMa		\|nu<sup>3</sup> CMa
	\|-		\|-
	\|7		\|7
	\|τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ γόνατος β ὁ βόρειος.		\|τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ γόνατος β ὁ βόρειος.
	\|The northernmost of the 2 stars on the right knee		\|The northernmost of the 2 stars on the right knee
	\|~~nu2~~ CMa		\|nu<sup>2</sup> CMa
	\|-		\|-
	\|8		\|8
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	\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρῳ τῷ ἐμπροσθίῳ ποδί		\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρῳ τῷ ἐμπροσθίῳ ποδί
	\|The star on the end of the front leg		\|The star on the end of the front leg
	\|~~xi1~~ CMa		\|xi<sup>1</sup> CMa
	\|-		\|-
	\|10		\|10
	\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀριστερῷ γόνατι β ὁ προηγούμευος.		\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀριστερῷ γόνατι β ὁ προηγούμευος.
	\|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the left knee		\|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the left knee
	\|~~xi2~~ CMa		\|xi<sup>2</sup> CMa
	\|-		\|-
	\|11		\|11
	\|ὁ ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν		\|ὁ ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν
	\|The rearmost of them		\|The rearmost of them
	\|~~omi2~~ CMa		\|omi<sup>2</sup> CMa
	\|-		\|-
	\|12		\|12
	\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀριστερῷ ὤμῳ β’ ὁ ἑπόμενος;		\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀριστερῷ ὤμῳ β’ ὁ ἑπόμενος;
	\|The rearmost of the 2 stars in the left shoulder		\|The rearmost of the 2 stars in the left shoulder
	\|~~omi1~~ CMa		\|omi<sup>1</sup> CMa
	\|-		\|-
	\|13		\|13
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	\|-		\|-
	\|9		\|9
	\|ο 2 Canis Majoris		\|ο<sup>2</sup> Canis Majoris
	\|HIP 33977		\|HIP 33977
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|12		\|12
	\|ο 1 Canis Majoris		\|ο<sup>1</sup> Canis Majoris
	\|HIP 33152		\|HIP 33152
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|14		\|14
	\|ν 2 Canis Majoris		\|ν<sup>2</sup> Canis Majoris
	\|HIP 31592		\|HIP 31592
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|17		\|17
	\|ξ 1 Canis Majoris		\|ξ<sup>1</sup> Canis Majoris
	\|HIP 31125		\|HIP 31125
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|20		\|20
	\|ν 3 Canis Majoris		\|ν<sup>3</sup> Canis Majoris
	\|HIP 31700		\|HIP 31700
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|21		\|21
	\|ξ 2 Canis Majoris		\|ξ<sup>2</sup> Canis Majoris
	\|HIP 31416		\|HIP 31416
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|22		\|22
	\|~~M 41~~		\|M41
	\|~~M 41~~		\|M41
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
	\|4.5		\|4.5
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	\|-		\|-
	\|44		\|44
	\|ν 1 Canis Majoris		\|ν<sup>1</sup> Canis Majoris
	\|HIP 31564		\|HIP 31564
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull

IanRidpath: /* Weblinks */ Added link

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Weblinks: Added link

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	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017643 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Canis Major]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017643 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Canis Major]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/canismajor.html – Canis Major]

	==References==		==References==