Corvus - Revision history

Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

2026-08-26T15:00:39Z

Eratosthenes

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	see [[Hydra]]		see [[Hydra]]

			'''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.

	{\|class="wikitable"		{\|class="wikitable"

Sushoff: /* Stars Mentioned */

2026-08-26T13:13:40Z

Stars Mentioned

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	====== ~~Stars Mentioned~~ ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+		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
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|223
	\|		\|1
	\|		\|
	\|		\|α Crv
	\|		\|59199
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, first~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|224
	\|		\|2
	\|		\|
	\|		\|β Crv
	\|		\|61359
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, last~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|225
	\|		\|3
	\|		\|
	\|		\|γ Crv
	\|		\|59803
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §2~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting CrB, south, last~~
	~~\|Psc 13.5~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|226
	\|		\|4
	\|		\|
	\|		\|δ Crv
	\|		\|60965
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §13~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting Aql, south, first~~
	~~\|Ari 2~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|227
	\|		\|5
	\|		\|
	\|		\|ε Crv
	\|		\|59316
	\|~~Lib III Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising Ori, south, last~~		\|-
	\|~~Psc 13~~		\|228
			\|6
			\|
			\|ζ Crv
			\|60189
			\|CPAE
	\|}		\|}

Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

2026-08-24T20:42:37Z

Eratosthenes

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
			see [[Hydra]]

			{\|class="wikitable"
			\|+
			!erat.Cat.ID
			!constStarID
			!starName
			!ident.Bayer
			!ident.HIP
			!certainty
			\|-
			\|682
			\|1
			\|the Raven on its tail [of the Water Serpent] has a dim star on its beak [facing west]
			\|alpha Crv
			\|59199
			\|2
			\|-
			\|683
			\|2
			\|the Raven[…] two on the wing
			\|eps Crv
			\|59316
			\|2
			\|-
			\|684
			\|3
			\|the Raven[…] two on the wing
			\|gam Crv
			\|59803
			\|2
			\|-
			\|685
			\|4
			\|the Raven[…] two on the tail
			\|delta Crv
			\|60965
			\|2
			\|-
			\|686
			\|5
			\|the Raven[…] two on the tail
			\|eta Crv
			\|61174
			\|2
			\|-
			\|687
			\|6
			\|the Raven[…] one on each tip of the foot
			\|beta Crv
			\|61359
			\|2
			\|-
			\|688
			\|7
			\|the Raven[…] one on each tip of the foot
			\|6 Crv
			\|60425
			\|2
			\|}

	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====

Sushoff: /* Greco-Roman */

2026-08-04T18:08:27Z

Greco-Roman

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	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====
			===== Egyptian =====
			In Ptolemaic times (1st century BCE), when Egypt was ruled by the Romans, new Egyptian temples were built: a Chnum temple in Esna and a Hathor temple Dendera (south and north of Thebes/ Luxor). They display a cultural mixture of Babylonian and Egyptian constellations.
			<gallery>
			File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo, Com, Hya - Crv broken; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
			File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
			</gallery>

	===== Aratos =====		===== Aratos =====

Sushoff at 08:50, 29 July 2026

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 [[File:Corvus IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|Corvus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
 One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. Since ancient times, it forms a super-constellation with [[Hydra]] and (later) [[Crater]].

IanRidpath: Typo

2026-07-24T18:58:36Z

Typo

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	\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ		\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ
	\|The rearmost of them		\|The rearmost of them
	\|~~ety~~ Crv		\|eta Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|7		\|7

IanRidpath: Added link, missing indefinite article

2026-07-22T11:59:52Z

Added link, missing indefinite article

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	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
	The constellation is first found as a standalone constellation in the Greek literature. However, in Babylonian uranography it had existed already for millennium (at least) at that time.<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref>		The constellation is first found as a standalone constellation in the Greek literature. However, in Babylonian uranography it had existed already for a millennium (at least) at that time.<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref>

	==== Babylonian ====		==== Babylonian ====
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	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==
	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017084 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Corvus]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017084 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Corvus]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/corvusandcrater.html – Corvus]

	==References==		==References==

YoulaAzkarrula: /* Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation */

2026-06-04T06:29:13Z

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	File:Crv+Crt Fortin1795.jpg\|Corvus and Crater in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).		File:Crv+Crt Fortin1795.jpg\|Corvus and Crater in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
	File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|Corvus in Hall (1825)		File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|Corvus in Hall (1825)
			File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-026.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Corvus
			File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-026.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Corvus
	</gallery>		</gallery>

IanRidpath: /* Almagest Κόραξ. */ Missing heading

2026-05-20T12:11:27Z

Almagest Κόραξ.: Missing heading

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	!		!
	!Κόρακος ἀστερισμός		!Κόρακος ἀστερισμός
	!		!Constellation of Corvus
	!		!
	\|-		\|-

IanRidpath: /* Almagest Κόραξ. */ Added total number of stars

2026-05-20T12:09:07Z

Almagest Κόραξ.: Added total number of stars

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	\|all		\|all
	\|ὁ ἀστέρες ξ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους ἔ, δ’ ἂ, ε’ ἄ		\|ὁ ἀστέρες ξ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους ἔ, δ’ ἂ, ε’ ἄ
	\|		\|{17 stars, 5 of the third magnitude, 1 of the fourth, 1 of the fifth}
	\|		\|
	\|}		\|}