Carina - Revision history

Sushoff at 13:14, 20 January 2026

2026-01-20T13:14:26Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:14, 20 January 2026
Line 1:		Line 1:
			Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
			----
	[[File:Carina IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Car star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]		[[File:Carina IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Car star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].

Dorvic: /* Origin of Constellation */

2025-05-02T05:24:19Z

Origin of Constellation

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:24, 2 May 2025
Line 7:		Line 7:

	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
			====Babylonian====
			[[File:Kugel Globe Tri.JPG\|thumb\|Kugel Globe: Aries and Triangulum, 1st century BCE (drawing by SMH 2024)]]
			====Greco-Roman====
			=====Aratos=====
			[342] Beside the tail of the Great Dog the ship Argo is hauled stern-foremost. For not hers is the proper course of a ship in motion, but she is borne backwards, reversed even as real ships, when already the sailors turn the stern to the land as they enter the haven, and every one back-paddles the ship, but she rushing sternward lays hold of the shore. Even so is the Argo of Jason borne along stern-foremost. Partly in mist is she borne along, and starless from her prow even to the mast, but the hull is wholly wreathed in light. Loosed is her Rudder and is set beneath the hind feet of the Dog, as he runs in front.

			[607] Nor can the rising Claws [Libra], though faintly shining, pass unremarked, when at a bound the mighty sign of Boötes rises, jeweled with Arcturus. Aloft is risen all of Argo, but the Hydra, shed as she is afar over the heavens, will lack her tail.

			[683] His [Auriga] head, hand and waist set at the rising of Aegoceros [Capricorn]; from waist to foot he sets at the rising of the Archer. Nor do Perseus and the end of the stern of jeweled Argo remain on high, but Perseus sets all save his knee and right foot and Argo is gone save her curved stern. She sinks wholly at the rising of Aegoceros, when Procyon sets too, and there rise the Bird and the Eagle and the gems of the winged Arrow and the sacred Altar, that is established in the South.

			(Kidd 1997)

	==== Almagest ====		==== Almagest ====

Sushoff: /* Almagest */

2025-04-26T19:13:52Z

Almagest

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:13, 26 April 2025
Line 9:		Line 9:

	==== Almagest ====		==== Almagest ====
			[[File:Argo over time (smh 2024).gif\|alt=animated GIF for Argo\|thumb\|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]]".		The constellation is a modern invention, but the stars of Carina were mentioned in the Almagest under "[[Argo]]".
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"

Sushoff at 18:56, 26 April 2025

2025-04-26T18:56:31Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:56, 26 April 2025
Line 9:		Line 9:

	==== Almagest ====		==== Almagest ====
	The constellation is a modern invention, but the stars of Carina were mentioned in the Almagest.		The constellation is a modern invention, but the stars of Carina were mentioned in the Almagest under "[[Argo]]".
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	!		!

Sushoff: /* Origin of Constellation */

2025-04-26T18:54:45Z

Origin of Constellation

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:54, 26 April 2025
Line 7:		Line 7:

	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===

			==== Almagest ====
			The constellation is a modern invention, but the stars of Carina were mentioned in the Almagest.
			{\| class="wikitable"
			!
			!
			!
			!
			\|-
			!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
			\|}

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

Sushoff at 19:35, 25 January 2025

2025-01-25T19:35:15Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:35, 25 January 2025
Line 24:		Line 24:

	[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Almagest]] [[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Modern]]		[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Almagest]] [[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Modern]]
	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:European]][[Category:4work]][[Category:~~Argo~~]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:European]][[Category:4work]][[Category:Arg]]

Sushoff at 19:09, 25 January 2025

2025-01-25T19:09:39Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:09, 25 January 2025
Line 1:		Line 1:
			[[File:Carina IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Car star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].

Sushoff: Created page with "One of the 88 IAU constellations. ==Etymology and History== The Greek constellation ... === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == == Weblinks == * == References == * References (general) * References (Babylonian) * References (ancient Greco-Roman) * References (medieval) Categor..."

2025-01-25T19:08:30Z

Created page with "One of the 88 IAU constellations. ==Etymology and History== The Greek constellation ... === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == == Weblinks == * == References == * References (general) * References (Babylonian) * References (ancient Greco-Roman) * References (medieval) Categor..."

New page

One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]].

==Etymology and History==
The Greek constellation ...

=== Origin of Constellation ===

=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

== Mythology ==

== Weblinks ==

*

== References ==

* [[References]] (general)
* [[References (Babylonian)]]
* [[References (Greco-Roman)|References (ancient Greco-Roman)]]
* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (medieval)]]

[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Almagest]] [[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Modern]]
[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:European]][[Category:4work]][[Category:Argo]]