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Sushoff: /* Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10) */

2026-02-27T13:46:08Z

Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10)

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	\| colspan="4" \|~~2 2/3 hours = 160 min = 40°~~		\| colspan="4" \|
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Sushoff at 12:02, 27 February 2026

2026-02-27T12:02:28Z

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

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


	[[File:Leo+vir umzeichng4plani black.png\|thumb\|Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).]]		[[File:Leo+vir umzeichng4plani black.png\|thumb\|Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).]]

	===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>

	==== Babylonian ====		==== Babylonian ====
			see

			* [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul (d)</sup>MUŠ]]
			* [[MUŠ.ḪUŠ\|<sup>(mul)</sup>MUŠ.ḪUŠ]]
			* [[UGA\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup>]]

	[[File:Hya kugel smh2024.jpg\|thumb\|Constellation Hydra with Crater and Corvus on the Kugel Globe (1st century BCE), detail from drawing by SMH (Hoffmann 2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169.]]		[[File:Hya kugel smh2024.jpg\|thumb\|Constellation Hydra with Crater and Corvus on the Kugel Globe (1st century BCE), detail from drawing by SMH (Hoffmann 2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169.]]

Sushoff: /* Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10) */

2026-02-24T10:32:02Z

Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10)

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

	====== Rising (Lib II Cap ~~V §10~~) ======		====== Rising (Lib III Cap I §3) ======
	<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>		<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
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	\|		\|Vir 16
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	\|		\|Gem 14
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	\|star		\|star
	\|		\|the one at the hip (gam)
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	\|-		\|-
	\|duration		\|duration
	\| colspan="4" \|~~2 1~~/8 hours = ~~127.5~~ min = ~~31 7/8~~ degree		\| colspan="4" \|3/5 hours = 36 min = 9 degree
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Sushoff: /* Hipparchus */

2026-02-22T17:39:48Z

Hipparchus

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

			====== Rising (Lib II Cap V §10) ======
			<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+
			!
			! colspan="2" \|east
			! colspan="2" \|south
			\|-
			!
			!lam1
			!lam2
			!lam1
			!lam2
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			\|star
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			\|duration
			\| colspan="4" \|2 1/8 hours = 127.5 min = 31 7/8 degree
			\|}

			====== Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10) ======
			{\| class="wikitable"
			!
			! colspan="2" \|west
			! colspan="2" \|south
			\|-
			!
			!lam1
			!lam2
			!lam1
			!lam2
			\|-
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			\|-
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			\|star
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			\|duration
			\| colspan="4" \|2 2/3 hours = 160 min = 40°
			\|}

			====== Stars Mentioned ======
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+
			!
			!Greek
			!German
			!English
			!ident.
			!src
			!
			!lam_culm
			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap V §10
			\|rising, east, first
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			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap V §10
			\|rising, east, last
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			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap VI §2
			\|setting CrB, south, last
			\|Psc 13.5
			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap VI §13
			\|setting Aql, south, first
			\|Ari 2
			\|-
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			\|Lib III Cap I §9
			\|rising Ori, south, last
			\|Psc 13
			\|}

	===== Geminos =====		===== Geminos =====

YoulaAzkarrula: /* Almagest Κόραξ. */

2026-02-06T09:33:44Z

Almagest Κόραξ.

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 ===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
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Sushoff at 13:17, 20 January 2026

2026-01-20T13:17:49Z

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			Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Corvus IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Corvus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]		[[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]].		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].

Dorvic: /* Aratos */

2025-05-02T05:27:27Z

Aratos

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	===== Aratos =====		===== Aratos =====
			[448?] Midway on its coiling form is set the Crater, and at the tip the figure of a Raven [Corvus] that seems to peck at the coil.

			[520?] the dim-lit Crater and the Crow

			(Kidd 1997)

	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====

Sushoff at 21:20, 25 April 2025

2025-04-25T21:20:07Z

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	==== Babylonian ====		==== Babylonian ====
			[[File:Hya kugel smh2024.jpg\|thumb\|Constellation Hydra with Crater and Corvus on the Kugel Globe (1st century BCE), detail from drawing by SMH (Hoffmann 2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169.]]

	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====
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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Hya kugel smh2024.jpg\|Hydra with Crater and Corvus on the Kugel Globe (-1st c., drawing by SMH)
	File:Hydra Corvus et Crater - Mercator.jpeg\|Hydra with Corvus and Crater on the Mercator Globe (1551)		File:Hydra Corvus et Crater - Mercator.jpeg\|Hydra with Corvus and Crater on the Mercator Globe (1551)
	File:Hydra Uranometria.jpg\|Hydra in the Uranometria (1603), Corvus not drawn but in map		File:Hydra Uranometria.jpg\|Hydra in the Uranometria (1603), Corvus not drawn but in map

Sushoff at 21:14, 25 April 2025

2025-04-25T21:14:59Z

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	The Greek constellation ...		The Greek constellation ...


			[[File:Leo+vir umzeichng4plani black.png\|thumb\|Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).]]

	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Hydra Corvus et Crater - Mercator.jpeg\|Hydra with Corvus and Crater on the Mercator Globe (1551)
			File:Hydra Uranometria.jpg\|Hydra in the Uranometria (1603), Corvus not drawn but in map
			File:1776 - John Flamsteed - L'Hydre, La Coupe, Le Corbeau (Hydra, Crater, Virgo).jpg\|Corvus in Flamsteed (1776)
	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)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Sushoff at 15:18, 19 April 2025

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	\|ὁ ἐν τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου.		\|ὁ ἐν τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου.
	\|		\|The star in the beak, which is [applied in] common to Hydra
	\|		\|alf Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|2		\|2
	\|ὁ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇἡ		\|ὁ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇἡ
	\|		\|The star in the neck, by the head
	\|		\|eps Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|3		\|3
	\|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει.		\|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει.
	\|		\|The star in the breast
	\|		\|zet Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|4		\|4
	\|ὁ ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ καὶ δεξιᾷ πτέρυγι.		\|ὁ ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ καὶ δεξιᾷ πτέρυγι.
	\|		\|The star in the advance, right wing
	\|		\|gam Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|5		\|5
	\|τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐπομένῃ πτέρογι β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος;		\|τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐπομένῃ πτέρογι β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος;
	\|		\|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the rear wing
	\|		\|del Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|6		\|6
	\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ		\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ
	\|		\|The rearmost of them
	\|		\|ety Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|7		\|7
	\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδὸς κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου		\|ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδὸς κοιφὸς τοῦ Ὕδρου
	\|		\|The star on the end of the leg, which is [applied in] common to Hydra
	\|		\|bet Crv
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|