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Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

2026-08-26T15:03:54Z

Eratosthenes

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	Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 10-13). Note that the constellation is called The Snake or Serpent and not Dragon.<blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 1''' ('''Ὄφεως'''): This is the Great Serpent, the one that lies between the two Bears. It is said that this is the one who guarded the golden apples and was killed by Heracles. Hera had charged him with protecting the apples from the Hesperides, and it was she who gave him a place among the constellations. Indeed, Phecydes says that when Zeus married Hera, during the presentation of gifts given to him by the gods, Gaia, The Earth, came to offer her the golden apples. At the sight of them, Hera was dazzled and asked for them to be planted in the orchard of the gods next to Atlas. And as the daughters of Atlas were constantly stealing the apples, she appointed this gigantic snake as guardian. It is easy to see; above it is the figure of Heracles, for Zeus wanted to use this arrangement to flagrantly the memory of the struggle. He has three bright stars on his head and twelve stars on his body, which follow each other at close intervals to the tail and separate the two Bears48. <All in all, fifteen.> </blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὄφεως):''' This is the Great Serpent, the one that stretches between the two Bears. It is said that this is the one who guarded the golden apples and who died at the hands of Heracles. Hera had charged him with protecting the orchards and the golden apples against the Hesperides, and it was she who gave him a place among the constellations. In fact, Phecydes that on the occasion of the wedding of Zeus and Hera, during the gifts given by the gods, Gaia, The Earth, came to offer golden apples on their branches. At the sight of them, Hera was dazzled and asked for them to be planted in the orchard of the gods next to Atlas. And as the daughters of Atlas were constantly stealing apples, she appointed this gigantic snake as guardian.		Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 10-13). Note that the constellation is called The Snake or Serpent and not Dragon.<blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 1''' ('''Ὄφεως'''): This is the Great Serpent, the one that lies between the two Bears. It is said that this is the one who guarded the golden apples and was killed by Heracles. Hera had charged him with protecting the apples from the Hesperides, and it was she who gave him a place among the constellations. Indeed, Phecydes says that when Zeus married Hera, during the presentation of gifts given to him by the gods, Gaia, The Earth, came to offer her the golden apples. At the sight of them, Hera was dazzled and asked for them to be planted in the orchard of the gods next to Atlas. And as the daughters of Atlas were constantly stealing the apples, she appointed this gigantic snake as guardian. It is easy to see; above it is the figure of Heracles, for Zeus wanted to use this arrangement to flagrantly the memory of the struggle. He has three bright stars on his head and twelve stars on his body, which follow each other at close intervals to the tail and separate the two Bears48. <All in all, fifteen.> </blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὄφεως):''' This is the Great Serpent, the one that stretches between the two Bears. It is said that this is the one who guarded the golden apples and who died at the hands of Heracles. Hera had charged him with protecting the orchards and the golden apples against the Hesperides, and it was she who gave him a place among the constellations. In fact, Phecydes that on the occasion of the wedding of Zeus and Hera, during the gifts given by the gods, Gaia, The Earth, came to offer golden apples on their branches. At the sight of them, Hera was dazzled and asked for them to be planted in the orchard of the gods next to Atlas. And as the daughters of Atlas were constantly stealing apples, she appointed this gigantic snake as guardian.

	It has three bright stars at the tip of its head and twelve stars on the body, which follow each other at close to the tail, separating the two bears. (Pamias and Zucker 2013) </blockquote>		It has three bright stars at the tip of its head and twelve stars on the body, which follow each other at close to the tail, separating the two bears. (Pamias and Zucker 2013) </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=":02">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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Sushoff: /* Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue */

2026-08-26T13:21:41Z

Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue

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	\|13		\|13
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	\|~~Hip~~ 84950		\|HIP 84950
	\|84950		\|84950
	\|CPAE		\|CPAE

Sushoff: /* Hipparchus */

2026-08-26T13:21:16Z

Hipparchus

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	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====
	not a rising and setting constellation		Normally, here we would first list the first and last rising star according to Hipparchus, but Draco is not a rising and setting constellation.

			Hipparchus mentions some of its stars as culminating simultaneously with some other astronomical phaenomenon.

	====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======

Sushoff: /* Hipparchus */

2026-08-26T13:19:32Z

Hipparchus

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 ===== Hipparchus =====
 not a rising and setting constellation
 ===== Geminos =====

Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

2026-08-24T20:28:36Z

Eratosthenes

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 It has three bright stars at the tip of its head and twelve stars on the body, which follow each other at close to the tail, separating the two bears. (Pamias and Zucker 2013) </blockquote>
 ===== Hyginus, Astronomica =====
 <blockquote>This huge serpent is pointed out as lying between the two Bears. He is said to have guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides, and after Hercules killed him, to have been put by Juno among the stars, because at her instigation Hercules set out for him. He is considered the usual watchman of the Gardens of Juno. Pherecydes says that when Jupiter wed Juno, Terra came, bearing branches with golden applies, and Juno, in admiration, asked Terra to plant them in her gardens near distant Mount Atlas. When Atlas' daughters kept picking the apples from the trees, Juno is said to have placed this guardian there. Proof of this will be the form of Hercules above the dragon, as Eratosthenes shows, so that anyone may know that for this reason in particular it is called the dragon.

IanRidpath: Added missing ID numbers

2026-07-24T19:03:31Z

Added missing ID numbers

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	\|39 Dra		\|39 Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|7
	\|ὁ ψότιος αὐτῶν		\|ὁ ψότιος αὐτῶν
	\|The southernmost of these		\|The southernmost of these
	\|46 Dra		\|46 Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|8
	\|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν.		\|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν.
	\|The middle one		\|The middle one
	\|45 Dra		\|45 Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|9
	\|ὁ τούτῳ ἑπόμενος ἀπ’ ἀνατολῆς,		\|ὁ τούτῳ ἑπόμενος ἀπ’ ἀνατολῆς,
	\|The star to the rear and due east of the latter		\|The star to the rear and due east of the latter
	\|omi Dra		\|omi Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|10
	\|τοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐξῆς ἐπιστροφῇ τετραπλεύρου τῆς προηγουμένης πλευρᾶς ὁ νότιος		\|τοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐξῆς ἐπιστροφῇ τετραπλεύρου τῆς προηγουμένης πλευρᾶς ὁ νότιος
	\|The southern star of the [two] forming the advance side of the quadrilateral in the next bend		\|The southern star of the [two] forming the advance side of the quadrilateral in the next bend
	\|pi Dra		\|pi Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|11
	\|ὁ βορειότερος τῆς ἠγουμένης πλευρᾶς.		\|ὁ βορειότερος τῆς ἠγουμένης πλευρᾶς.
	\|The more northerly star of the advance side		\|The more northerly star of the advance side
	\|del Dra		\|del Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|12
	\|τῆς ἐπομένης πλευρᾶς ὁ βόρειος.		\|τῆς ἐπομένης πλευρᾶς ὁ βόρειος.
	\|The northern star of the rear side [of the quadrilateral]		\|The northern star of the rear side [of the quadrilateral]
	\|eps Dra		\|eps Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|13
	\|ὁ φότιος τῆς ἐπομένης πλευρᾶς.		\|ὁ φότιος τῆς ἐπομένης πλευρᾶς.
	\|The southern star of the rear side		\|The southern star of the rear side
	\|rho Dra		\|rho Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|14
	\|τοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐφεξῆς καμπῇ τριγώνου ὁ νότιος.		\|τοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐφεξῆς καμπῇ τριγώνου ὁ νότιος.
	\|The southern star of [those forming] the triangle in the next bend		\|The southern star of [those forming] the triangle in the next bend
	\|sig Dra		\|sig Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|15
	\|τῶν λοιπῶν τοῦ τριγώνου β ὁ προηγούμενος.		\|τῶν λοιπῶν τοῦ τριγώνου β ὁ προηγούμενος.
	\|The more advanced of the other two stars of the triangle		\|The more advanced of the other two stars of the triangle
	\|ups Dra		\|ups Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|16
	\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.		\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.
	\|The one to the rear		\|The one to the rear
	\|tau Dra		\|tau Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|17
	\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ἐξῆς καὶ προηγουμένῳ τριγώνῳ ἡ ὁ ἑπόμενος,		\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ἐξῆς καὶ προηγουμένῳ τριγώνῳ ἡ ὁ ἑπόμενος,
	\|The most advanced of the three stars in the next triangle, which is in advance [of the last]		\|The most advanced of the three stars in the next triangle, which is in advance [of the last]
	\|psi Dra		\|psi Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|18
	\|τῶν λοιπῶν τοῦ τριγώνου β’ ὁ νότιος.		\|τῶν λοιπῶν τοῦ τριγώνου β’ ὁ νότιος.
	\|The southernmost of the other two forming the triangle		\|The southernmost of the other two forming the triangle
	\|chi Dra		\|chi Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|19
	\|ὁ βορειότερος τῶν λοιπῶν δύο		\|ὁ βορειότερος τῶν λοιπῶν δύο
	\|The northernmost of the other two		\|The northernmost of the other two
	\|phi Dra		\|phi Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|20
	\|τῶν πρὸς δύσιο τοῦ τριγώνου β μικρῶν ὁ ἐπόμευος.		\|τῶν πρὸς δύσιο τοῦ τριγώνου β μικρῶν ὁ ἐπόμευος.
	\|The rearmost of the two small stars to the west of the triangle		\|The rearmost of the two small stars to the west of the triangle
	\|27 Dra		\|27 Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|21
	\|ὁ ἠγούμενος αὐτῶν		\|ὁ ἠγούμενος αὐτῶν
	\|The one in advance		\|The one in advance
	\|omega Dra		\|omega Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|22
	\|τῶν ἐξῆς ἐπ’ εὐθείας γ’ ὁ νοτιώτερος		\|τῶν ἐξῆς ἐπ’ εὐθείας γ’ ὁ νοτιώτερος
	\|The southernmost of the next 3 stars in a straight line		\|The southernmost of the next 3 stars in a straight line
	\|18 Dra		\|18 Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|23
	\|ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.		\|ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.
	\|The middle one of the three		\|The middle one of the three
	\|19 Dra		\|19 Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|24
	\|ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν.		\|ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν.
	\|The northernmost of them		\|The northernmost of them
	\|zet Dra		\|zet Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|25
	\|τῶν ἐξῆς πρὸς δυσμὰς β’ ὁ βορειότερος.		\|τῶν ἐξῆς πρὸς δυσμὰς β’ ὁ βορειότερος.
	\|The northernmost of the next 2 to the west		\|The northernmost of the next 2 to the west
	\|eta Dra		\|eta Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|26
	\|ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶν.		\|ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶν.
	\|The southernmost of these		\|The southernmost of these
	\|tet Dra		\|tet Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|27
	\|ὁ τούτωυ πρὸς δυσμὰς ἐν τῇ παρούρῳ ἐπιστροφῇ		\|ὁ τούτωυ πρὸς δυσμὰς ἐν τῇ παρούρῳ ἐπιστροφῇ
	\|The star to the west of these, in the bend by the tail		\|The star to the west of these, in the bend by the tail
	\|iot Dra		\|iot Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|28
	\|τῶν τούτου ἱκανὸν διεστώτων β’ ὁ προηγούμενος		\|τῶν τούτου ἱκανὸν διεστώτων β’ ὁ προηγούμενος
	\|The advance star of the 2 quite some distance from the latter		\|The advance star of the 2 quite some distance from the latter
	\|10 Dra		\|10 Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|29
	\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.		\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.
	\|The rear star of these (two)		\|The rear star of these (two)
	\|alf Dra		\|alf Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|30
	\|ὁ τούτων ἐχόμενος παρὰ τὴν οὐράν		\|ὁ τούτων ἐχόμενος παρὰ τὴν οὐράν
	\|The star close by these, by the tail		\|The star close by these, by the tail
	\|kap Dra		\|kap Dra
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|31
	\|ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ ἐπ’ ἄκρας τῆς οὐρᾶς		\|ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ ἐπ’ ἄκρας τῆς οὐρᾶς
	\|The remaining star, on the tip of the tail		\|The remaining star, on the tip of the tail

IanRidpath: Deleted duplicate table

2026-07-24T13:58:36Z

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IanRidpath: Superscripts

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Superscripts

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	\|29		\|29
	\|ν 2 Draconis		\|ν<sup>2</sup> Draconis
	\|HIP 85829		\|HIP 85829
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|31		\|31
	\|ν 1 Draconis		\|ν<sup>1</sup> Draconis
	\|HIP 85819		\|HIP 85819
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|50		\|50
	\|ψ 2 Draconis		\|ψ<sup>2</sup> Draconis
	\|HIP 87728		\|HIP 87728
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|52		\|52
	\|ψ 1 Draconis B		\|ψ<sup>1</sup> Draconis B
	\|HIP 86620		\|HIP 86620
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull

IanRidpath: /* Weblinks */ Added link

2026-07-22T14:32:25Z

Weblinks: Added link

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	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==
	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017040 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Draco]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017040 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Draco]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/draco.html – Draco]

	==References==		==References==

Sushoff at 05:47, 13 July 2026

2026-07-13T05:47:28Z

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	\| numberbrightstars = 3		\| numberbrightstars = 3
	\| numbernearbystars =		\| numbernearbystars =
	\| brighteststarname = Eltanin		\| brighteststarname = [[Eltanin]]
	\| starmagnitude = 2.23		\| starmagnitude = 2.23
	\| neareststarname =		\| neareststarname =