Cassiopeia - Revision history

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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
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			File:Cas Kugel.jpg\|Cas on the Kugel Globe (private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris)
	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-017.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Cassiopeia		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-017.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Cassiopeia
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-017.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Cassiopeia		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-017.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Cassiopeia

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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> 82-84)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τῆς Κασσιεπίασ)''': Cassiopeia, of whom we speak, according to the account given by the tragic poet Sophocles in his Andromeda, issued a challenge of beauty, and thus she fell into misfortune, and Poseidon sent the sea monster to ravage her country because of her. That is why, as has been said, this figure has been placed amongst the constellations. She herself is depicted seated against the chair. </blockquote><blockquote>Cassiopeia has a bright star on her head, one on each shoulder, one on her right elbow, a bright one at the tip of her right hand, a large and bright one at the small of her back, two bright ones on her left thigh, one on her knee, and a bright one on each corner of the seat. Thirteen in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Κασσιεπίασ)''': According to the account given by the poet Sophocles in his tragedy Andromeda, she defied the Nereids in a beauty contest, and thus she fell into misfortune, and Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage her country. It is because of her that her daughter is exposed to the monster. Cassiopeia is depicted beside her daughter, [comfortably] seated in an armchair. </blockquote><blockquote>Cassiopeia has a bright star on her head, one on each shoulder, one on her right breast, a dim one on her right elbow, one on her hand, a large and bright one at the small of her back, two bright ones on her left thigh, one on her knee, and, on the seat of the chair on which she sits, one on each corner. Fourteen in all.</blockquote>		Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 82-84)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τῆς Κασσιεπίασ)''': Cassiopeia, of whom we speak, according to the account given by the tragic poet Sophocles in his Andromeda, issued a challenge of beauty, and thus she fell into misfortune, and Poseidon sent the sea monster to ravage her country because of her. That is why, as has been said, this figure has been placed amongst the constellations. She herself is depicted seated against the chair. </blockquote><blockquote>Cassiopeia has a bright star on her head, one on each shoulder, one on her right elbow, a bright one at the tip of her right hand, a large and bright one at the small of her back, two bright ones on her left thigh, one on her knee, and a bright one on each corner of the seat. Thirteen in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Κασσιεπίασ)''': According to the account given by the poet Sophocles in his tragedy Andromeda, she defied the Nereids in a beauty contest, and thus she fell into misfortune, and Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage her country. It is because of her that her daughter is exposed to the monster. Cassiopeia is depicted beside her daughter, [comfortably] seated in an armchair. </blockquote><blockquote>Cassiopeia has a bright star on her head, one on each shoulder, one on her right breast, a dim one on her right elbow, one on her hand, a large and bright one at the small of her back, two bright ones on her left thigh, one on her knee, and, on the seat of the chair on which she sits, one on each corner. Fourteen 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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	====== ~~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
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|150
	\|		\|1
	\|		\|
	\|		\|α Cas
	\|		\|3179
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, first~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|151
	\|		\|2
	\|		\|
	\|		\|β Cas
	\|		\|746
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, last~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|152
	\|		\|3
	\|		\|
	\|		\|γ Cas
	\|		\|4427
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §2~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting CrB, south, last~~
	~~\|Psc 13.5~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|153
	\|		\|4
	\|		\|
	\|		\|δ Cas
	\|		\|6686
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §13~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting Aql, south, first~~
	~~\|Ari 2~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|154
	\|		\|5
	\|		\|
	\|		\|ε Cas
	\|		\|8886
	\|~~Lib III Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising Ori, south, last~~		\|-
	\|~~Psc 13~~		\|155
			\|6
			\|
			\|ζ Cas
			\|2920
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|156
			\|7
			\|
			\|η Cas
			\|3821
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|157
			\|8
			\|
			\|κ Cas
			\|2599
			\|CPAE
	\|}		\|}

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	[[File:Cassiopeia ~~IAU~~.~~svg\|alt=star chart~~\|thumb\|Cas star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]		[[File:Cassiopeia (cas).jpg\|thumb\|Cas star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
	{{Infobox constellation		{{Infobox constellation
	\| name = Κασσιέπεiα (Kassiepeia)		\| name = Κασσιέπεiα (Kassiepeia)

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	\|eps Cas		\|eps Cas
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|7
	\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδός		\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδός
	\|The star on the end of the leg		\|The star on the end of the leg
	\|iot Cas		\|iot Cas
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|8
	\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχίουος		\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχίουος
	\|The star on the left upper arm		\|The star on the left upper arm
	\|tet Cas		\|tet Cas
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|9
	\|ὁ ὑποκάτω τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἀγκῶνος		\|ὁ ὑποκάτω τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἀγκῶνος
	\|The star below the left elbow		\|The star below the left elbow
	\|phi Cas		\|phi Cas
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|10
	\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πήχεως		\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πήχεως
	\|The star on the right fore-arm		\|The star on the right fore-arm
	\|sig Cas		\|sig Cas
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|11
	\|ὁ ἐπάνω τοῦ ποδὸς τοῦ θρόνου		\|ὁ ἐπάνω τοῦ ποδὸς τοῦ θρόνου
	\|The star above the foot of the throne		\|The star above the foot of the throne
	\|kap Cas		\|kap Cas
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|12
	\|ὁ ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου		\|ὁ ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου
	\|The star on the middle of the back of the throne		\|The star on the middle of the back of the throne
	\|bet Cas		\|bet Cas
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|13
	\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου		\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου
	\|The star on the top of the throne-back		\|The star on the top of the throne-back

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	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==
	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017048 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Cassiopeia]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017048 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Cassiopeia]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cassiopeia.html – Cassiopeia]

	==References==		==References==

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	\| bordering = Cas		\| bordering = Cas
	\| notes =		\| notes =
			\| cat = Almagest constellation
	}}		}}
	Cassiopeia, The Queen, one of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].		Cassiopeia, The Queen, one of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].

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	\| translation = Queen Kassiepeia		\| translation = Queen Kassiepeia
	\| pronounce = Kassiepeia		\| pronounce = Kassiepeia
	\| IPA =		\| IPA = Kassiepeia
	\| culture = ~~Greek (~~Almagest)		\| culture = Almagest
	\| RA = 37.~~266320870000015~~ to 359.~~7522425~~		\| RA = 9.242852031 to 359.7522429
	\| dec = 53.89691044 to 67.4023867		\| dec = 53.89691044 to 67.4023867
	\| areatotal = ~~1088~~.32		\| areatotal = 139.25
	\| numbermainstars = ~~199~~		\| numbermainstars = 34
	\| numberbfstars = 95		\| numberbfstars = 20
	\| numberstarsplanets =		\| numberstarsplanets =
	\| numberbrightstars = 7		\| numberbrightstars = 3
	\| numbernearbystars =		\| numbernearbystars =
	\| brighteststarname = ~~Alioth~~		\| brighteststarname = [[Schedar]]
	\| starmagnitude = 1.77		\| starmagnitude = 2.23
	\| neareststarname =		\| neareststarname =
	\| stardistance =		\| stardistance =
	\| numbermessierobjects =		\| numbermessierobjects =
	\| meteorshowers =		\| meteorshowers =
	\| bordering = Cas~~, Per, Cam, Aur, Lyn, UMa, Dra, Cyg, Cep, Lac~~		\| bordering = Cas
	\| notes =		\| notes =
	~~\| cat = Almagest constellation~~
	}}		}}
	Cassiopeia, The Queen, one of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].		Cassiopeia, The Queen, one of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].