Cerberus - Revision history

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	[[File:Hercules Cerberus Hevelius.jpg\|thumb\|Cerberus in Hevelius (1690): Prodromus Astronomiæ.]]		[[File:Hercules Cerberus Hevelius.jpg\|thumb\|Cerberus in Hevelius (1690): Prodromus Astronomiæ.]]
	This constellation was invented in Early Modern Time; it first occurs in Hevelius (1690). Cerberus (later Cerberus et Ramus) is an obsolete constellation of four stars, according to Hevelius: 93, 95, 102, and 109 Herculis. (R. H. Allen wrongly states 96 Herculis to have been a member).		This constellation was invented in Early Modern Time; it first occurs in Hevelius (1690). Cerberus (later Cerberus et Ramus) is an obsolete constellation of four stars, according to Hevelius: 93, 95, 102, and 109 Herculis. (R. H. Allen<ref>Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899). Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc., New York</ref> wrongly states 96 Herculis to have been a member).<ref>Barentine, John C. (2016). The Lost Constellations - A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore, Springer</ref>

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	[[File:Hercules Cerberus Hevelius.jpg\|thumb\|Cerberus in Hevelius (1690): Prodromus Astronomiæ.]]		[[File:Hercules Cerberus Hevelius.jpg\|thumb\|Cerberus in Hevelius (1690): Prodromus Astronomiæ.]]
	This constellation was invented in Early Modern Time; it first occurs in Hevelius (1690).		This constellation was invented in Early Modern Time; it first occurs in Hevelius (1690). Cerberus (later Cerberus et Ramus) is an obsolete constellation of four stars, according to Hevelius: 93, 95, 102, and 109 Herculis. (R. H. Allen wrongly states 96 Herculis to have been a member).

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	[[File:Hades-et-Cerberus-III.jpg\|thumb\|Hades & Cerberus in museum of Archeology in Crete (2nd century CE (from wikicommons, cc-by Aviad Bublil).]]		[[File:Hades-et-Cerberus-III.jpg\|thumb\|Hades & Cerberus in museum of Archeology in Crete (2nd century CE (from wikicommons, cc-by Aviad Bublil).]]

	Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (Online Edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cerberus.html Cerberus] </ref> <blockquote>Hevelius’s Cerberus replaced another figure, the branch from the tree of the golden apples, that Johann Bayer had previously depicted in the hand of Hercules. Bayer’s elaborate apple branch consisted of 10 stars. R. H. Allen in his book Star Names says that Bayer called the apple branch Ramus Pomifer, but ~~I can find no mention of it in Bayer’s Uranometria~~; ~~in fact he left it unnamed. Rather~~, the name Ramus Pomifer seems to have ~~arisen~~ with Alexander Jamieson on Plate 8 of his Celestial Atlas of 1822.		Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (Online Edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cerberus.html Cerberus] </ref> <blockquote>Hevelius’s Cerberus replaced another figure, the branch from the tree of the golden apples, that Johann Bayer had previously depicted in the hand of Hercules. Bayer’s elaborate apple branch consisted of 10 stars in the region of the present-day 93 to 113 Herculis. R. H. Allen in his book ''Star Names'' says that Bayer called the apple branch Ramus Pomifer, but this is not entirely correct; Bayer used the Latin term ''ramum pomiferum'' to refer to the apple branch held by Hercules, but the specific name Ramus Pomifer seems to have first appeared with Alexander Jamieson on Plate 8 of his ''Celestial Atlas'' of 1822.

	Further modifications were to come after Hevelius. In or around 1721 the English cartographer and engraver John Senex (1678–1740), a friend of Edmond Halley, combined Cerberus with Bayer’s apple branch to produce what he labelled Ramus Cerberus. This combined figure first appeared on Senex’s chart of the northern celestial hemisphere, Stellarum Fixarum Hemisphaerium Boreale, which he produced from Halley’s pirate edition of Flamsteed’s unfinished star catalogue. Johann Bode subsequently showed them on his Uranographia atlas of 1801 under the name Cerberus et Ramus ~~(see illustration below)~~. However, Flamsteed’s own chart of Hercules, published in his Atlas Coelestis of 1729, includes neither Cerberus nor Ramus; instead, Hercules is drawn grasping thin air.</blockquote>		Further modifications were to come after Hevelius. In or around 1721 the English cartographer and engraver John Senex (1678–1740), a friend of Edmond Halley, combined Cerberus with Bayer’s apple branch to produce what he labelled Ramus Cerberus. This combined figure first appeared on Senex’s chart of the northern celestial hemisphere, ''Stellarum Fixarum Hemisphaerium Boreale'', which he produced from Halley’s pirate edition of Flamsteed’s unfinished star catalogue. Johann Bode subsequently showed them on his ''Uranographia'' atlas of 1801 under the name Cerberus et Ramus. However, Flamsteed’s own chart of Hercules, published in his ''Atlas Coelestis'' of 1729, includes neither Cerberus nor Ramus; instead, Hercules is drawn grasping thin air.</blockquote>

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

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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	File:Bode cerberus.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)		File:Bode cerberus.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)
	File:8 Uranographia.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)		File:8 Uranographia.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)
			File:Young1807 Her+Cerberos cer-hi.JPG\|Cerberus in Hercules's hand in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.
	File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Corona Borealis, Hercules and Cerberus and Lyra.jpg\|Cerberus in Jamieson (1822)		File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Corona Borealis, Hercules and Cerberus and Lyra.jpg\|Cerberus in Jamieson (1822)
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Etymology and History

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	The Greek mythology derived "Kerberos" Κέρβερος (the Daemon of the Pit)) probably from a Babylonian original, perhaps the [[MUŠ]]-dragon that is depicted in the sky in constellation [[Hydra]]. This creature was a dog-headed snake with front feed and wings. Still, there was no Greek or Roman constellation "Kerberos" or "Cerberus". It was introduced in Early Modern time in Europe and formed part of the constellation Hercules.		[[File:Herakles Kerberos Eurystheus Louvre E701.jpg\|thumb\|Herakles, Cerberus and Eurystheus on an ancient Greek piece (525 BCE, Louvre)]]
			The Greek mythology derived "Kerberos" Κέρβερος (the Daemon of the Pit) probably from a Babylonian original, perhaps the [[MUŠ]]-dragon that is depicted in the sky in constellation [[Hydra]]. This creature was a dog-headed snake with front feed and wings. Still, there was no Greek or Roman constellation "Kerberos" or "Cerberus". It was introduced in Early Modern time in Europe and formed part of the constellation Hercules.
	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
			[[File:Hades-et-Cerberus-III.jpg\|thumb\|Hades & Cerberus in museum of Archeology in Crete (2nd century CE (from wikicommons, cc-by Aviad Bublil).]]

	Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (Online Edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cerberus.html Cerberus] </ref> <blockquote>Hevelius’s Cerberus replaced another figure, the branch from the tree of the golden apples, that Johann Bayer had previously depicted in the hand of Hercules. Bayer’s elaborate apple branch consisted of 10 stars. R. H. Allen in his book Star Names says that Bayer called the apple branch Ramus Pomifer, but I can find no mention of it in Bayer’s Uranometria; in fact he left it unnamed. Rather, the name Ramus Pomifer seems to have arisen with Alexander Jamieson on Plate 8 of his Celestial Atlas of 1822.		Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (Online Edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cerberus.html Cerberus] </ref> <blockquote>Hevelius’s Cerberus replaced another figure, the branch from the tree of the golden apples, that Johann Bayer had previously depicted in the hand of Hercules. Bayer’s elaborate apple branch consisted of 10 stars. R. H. Allen in his book Star Names says that Bayer called the apple branch Ramus Pomifer, but I can find no mention of it in Bayer’s Uranometria; in fact he left it unnamed. Rather, the name Ramus Pomifer seems to have arisen with Alexander Jamieson on Plate 8 of his Celestial Atlas of 1822.

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	The Greek mythology derived "Kerberos" probably from a Babylonian original, perhaps the [[MUŠ]]-dragon that is depicted in the sky in constellation [[Hydra]]. This creature was a dog-headed snake with front feed. Still, there was no Greek or Roman constellation "Kerberos" or "Cerberus". It was introduced in Early Modern time in Europe and formed part of the constellation Hercules.		The Greek mythology derived "Kerberos" Κέρβερος (the Daemon of the Pit)) probably from a Babylonian original, perhaps the [[MUŠ]]-dragon that is depicted in the sky in constellation [[Hydra]]. This creature was a dog-headed snake with front feed and wings. Still, there was no Greek or Roman constellation "Kerberos" or "Cerberus". It was introduced in Early Modern time in Europe and formed part of the constellation Hercules.
	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
	Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (Online Edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cerberus.html Cerberus] </ref> <blockquote>Hevelius’s Cerberus replaced another figure, the branch from the tree of the golden apples, that Johann Bayer had previously depicted in the hand of Hercules. Bayer’s elaborate apple branch consisted of 10 stars. R. H. Allen in his book Star Names says that Bayer called the apple branch Ramus Pomifer, but I can find no mention of it in Bayer’s Uranometria; in fact he left it unnamed. Rather, the name Ramus Pomifer seems to have arisen with Alexander Jamieson on Plate 8 of his Celestial Atlas of 1822.		Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (Online Edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cerberus.html Cerberus] </ref> <blockquote>Hevelius’s Cerberus replaced another figure, the branch from the tree of the golden apples, that Johann Bayer had previously depicted in the hand of Hercules. Bayer’s elaborate apple branch consisted of 10 stars. R. H. Allen in his book Star Names says that Bayer called the apple branch Ramus Pomifer, but I can find no mention of it in Bayer’s Uranometria; in fact he left it unnamed. Rather, the name Ramus Pomifer seems to have arisen with Alexander Jamieson on Plate 8 of his Celestial Atlas of 1822.

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	This constellation was invented in Early Modern Time .		[[File:Hercules Cerberus Hevelius.jpg\|thumb\|Cerberus in Hevelius (1690): Prodromus Astronomiæ.]]
			This constellation was invented in Early Modern Time; it first occurs in Hevelius (1690).

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	The Greek constellation ...		The Greek mythology derived "Kerberos" probably from a Babylonian original, perhaps the [[MUŠ]]-dragon that is depicted in the sky in constellation [[Hydra]]. This creature was a dog-headed snake with front feed. Still, there was no Greek or Roman constellation "Kerberos" or "Cerberus". It was introduced in Early Modern time in Europe and formed part of the constellation Hercules.
			=== Origin of Constellation ===
			Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (Online Edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cerberus.html Cerberus] </ref> <blockquote>Hevelius’s Cerberus replaced another figure, the branch from the tree of the golden apples, that Johann Bayer had previously depicted in the hand of Hercules. Bayer’s elaborate apple branch consisted of 10 stars. R. H. Allen in his book Star Names says that Bayer called the apple branch Ramus Pomifer, but I can find no mention of it in Bayer’s Uranometria; in fact he left it unnamed. Rather, the name Ramus Pomifer seems to have arisen with Alexander Jamieson on Plate 8 of his Celestial Atlas of 1822.

			Further modifications were to come after Hevelius. In or around 1721 the English cartographer and engraver John Senex (1678–1740), a friend of Edmond Halley, combined Cerberus with Bayer’s apple branch to produce what he labelled Ramus Cerberus. This combined figure first appeared on Senex’s chart of the northern celestial hemisphere, Stellarum Fixarum Hemisphaerium Boreale, which he produced from Halley’s pirate edition of Flamsteed’s unfinished star catalogue. Johann Bode subsequently showed them on his Uranographia atlas of 1801 under the name Cerberus et Ramus (see illustration below). However, Flamsteed’s own chart of Hercules, published in his Atlas Coelestis of 1729, includes neither Cerberus nor Ramus; instead, Hercules is drawn grasping thin air.</blockquote>
	~~=== Origin~~ of ~~Constellation ===~~

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
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			File:Hev 11 fig H hercules et cerberus.jpg\|Cerberus in Hevelius (1690)
			File:Hercules et Cerberus - Prodromus astronomiae 1690 (436025).jpg\|Cerberus in Hevelius (1690)
			File:Bode cerberus.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)
			File:8 Uranographia.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)
			File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Corona Borealis, Hercules and Cerberus and Lyra.jpg\|Cerberus in Jamieson (1822)
			</gallery>

	== Mythology ==		== Mythology ==
			Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>[Kerberos] was the triple-headed monster that guarded the gates of Hades, the realm of the dead, preventing the living from entering and the dead from leaving. As the last and most dangerous of his 12 labours Hercules was sent to the Underworld to capture this fearsome beast. He wrestled the creature into submission with his bare hands and dragged it, writhing and resisting, from the darkness of the Underworld to the unaccustomed brightness of the surface where its triple barking filled the air. </blockquote>

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

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This constellation was invented in Early Modern Time .

==Etymology and History==
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=== Origin of Constellation ===

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== Mythology ==

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== References ==

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	File:8 Uranographia.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)		File:8 Uranographia.jpg\|Cerberus in Bode (1801)
			File:Young1807 Her+Cerberos cer-hi.JPG\|Cerberus in Hercules's hand in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.
	File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Corona Borealis, Hercules and Cerberus and Lyra.jpg\|Cerberus in Jamieson (1822)		File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Corona Borealis, Hercules and Cerberus and Lyra.jpg\|Cerberus in Jamieson (1822)
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