Maenalus - Revision history

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	[[File:MonsMaenalus Heweliusz.jpg\|thumb\|Mons Maenalus in Hevelius (1690).]]		[[File:MonsMaenalus Heweliusz.jpg\|thumb\|Mons Maenalus in Hevelius (1690), cf. "[https://polona.pl/item-view/1d2e5166-4750-48f6-9839-b695a7a99813?page=217 Polona.pl]"]]
	[[File:Mons Maenalus and Boötes Constellation Position.jpg\|thumb\|Mons Maenalus and Boötes Constellation Position on a modern map (CC BY Ultima Thulean).]]		[[File:Mons Maenalus and Boötes Constellation Position.jpg\|thumb\|Mons Maenalus and Boötes Constellation Position on a modern map (CC BY Ultima Thulean).]]
	Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Boötes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref> The term is Latin.		Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Boötes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref> The term is Latin.
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	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

	*		* Hevelius' Atlas (1690) in Biblioteka Narodowa, [https://polona.pl/item-view/1d2e5166-4750-48f6-9839-b695a7a99813?page=217 polona.pl]

	== Reference ==		== Reference ==

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
			[[File:MonsMaenalus Hevel.png\|thumb\|Screenshot from Hevelius's atlas with the "u" in Maenalus clearly visible.]]
			'''Spelling Variants'''

			* Mons Maenalis
			* Mons Menalis

	=== Origin of the Constellation ===		=== Origin of the Constellation ===

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	=== Transformations & Variants ===		=== Transformations & Variants ===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Bootes - Prodromus astronomiae 1690 (5590255).jpg\|~~'''~~Bootes - Prodromus astronomiae 1690~~'''~~		File:Bootes - Prodromus astronomiae 1690 (5590255).jpg\|Bootes - Prodromus astronomiae 1690
	File:MonsMaenalus Bode.png\|Mons Maenalus in Bode (1801).		File:MonsMaenalus Bode.png\|Mons Maenalus in Bode (1801).
	File:Bode mons.jpg\|Mons Maenalus in Bode (1801), coloured.		File:Bode mons.jpg\|Mons Maenalus in Bode (1801), coloured.

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	=== Transformations & Variants ===		=== Transformations & Variants ===
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			File:Bootes - Prodromus astronomiae 1690 (5590255).jpg\|'''Bootes - Prodromus astronomiae 1690'''
			File:MonsMaenalus Bode.png\|Mons Maenalus in Bode (1801).
			File:Bode mons.jpg\|Mons Maenalus in Bode (1801), coloured.
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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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			[[File:MonsMaenalus Heweliusz.jpg\|thumb\|Mons Maenalus in Hevelius (1690).]]
			[[File:Mons Maenalus and Boötes Constellation Position.jpg\|thumb\|Mons Maenalus and Boötes Constellation Position on a modern map (CC BY Ultima Thulean).]]
	Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Boötes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref> The term is Latin.		Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Boötes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref> The term is Latin.

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	Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>		Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>
	Representing a real mountain of Arcadia in the central Peloponnese, Mons Maenalus was a subdivision of Boötes introduced by Johannes Hevelius in his ''Firmamentum Sobiescianum'' star atlas published in 1690, where it was depicted with Boötes standing on its slopes. However, in his accompanying catalogue Hevelius listed its stars under Boötes, not as a separate constellation. The mountain appeared on many later maps made by other astronomers including Bode, below, but always as part of Boötes, and it never had an independent existence.</blockquote>		Representing a real mountain of Arcadia in the central Peloponnese, Mons Maenalus was a subdivision of Boötes introduced by Johannes Hevelius in his ''Firmamentum Sobiescianum'' star atlas published in 1690, where it was depicted with Boötes standing on its slopes. However, in his accompanying catalogue Hevelius listed its stars under Boötes, not as a separate constellation. The mountain appeared on many later maps made by other astronomers including Bode, below, but always as part of Boötes, and it never had an independent existence.</blockquote>

			=== Transformations & Variants ===

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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	Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in ~~Bootes~~ introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref> The term is Latin.		Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Boötes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref> The term is Latin.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
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	* [[References\|References (general)]]		* [[References\|References (general)]]
	* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]		* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]
	* Ian Ridpath's website ([http://ianridpath.com/startales Star Tales] )

	[[Category:Asterism‏‎]]		[[Category:Asterism‏‎]]

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	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2023. ~~As this star is already named ...~~, the WGSN ~~chose ... (not to apply/~~ to apply the name to ~~a neighbouring~~ star~~/ to~~ ...) in the IAU-CSN.		The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2023. The stars in the area are rather faint; in 2026, the WGSN decided to apply the name to the star ...

			in the IAU-CSN.

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	Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Bootes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref>		Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Bootes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref> The term is Latin.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	~~Origin of the Constellation~~

	T		=== Origin of the Constellation ===
			Mons Maenalus was a subdivision of Boötes introduced by Hevelius.



	Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>		Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>
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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==
			Ian Ridpath's Star Tales:<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>Mons Maenalus took its name from a character in Greek mythology. Maenalus was said by some mythologists to have been the eldest son of Lycaon, king of Arcadia; this would have made Maenalus brother of Callisto and hence uncle of her son Arcas, whom the constellation Boötes represents. Others, though, say he was actually the son of Arcas and hence the grandson of Callisto. Either way, Maenalus gave his name to the mountain in Arcadia and to the city of Maenalon which he founded. Its modern name is Mainalo.</blockquote><blockquote>Mons Maenalus was sacred to the god Pan who frequented it. Ovid in his ''Metamorphoses'' said that Mons Maenalus bristled with the lairs of wild beasts and was a favourite hunting ground of Diana and her entourage, including Callisto. In saying this, Ovid clearly rejected the story that Maenalus was Callisto’s grandson, as the mountain would not yet have got its name.</blockquote>

	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in ~~202x~~. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.		The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2023. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.

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	Maenalus is an early modern European constellation ~~that~~ is now obsolete.		Mons Maenalus is an early modern European constellation or asterism in Bootes introduced by Hevelius. It is now obsolete.<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/monsmaenalus.html Online Edition]</ref>

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
			Origin of the Constellation

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			Ian Ridpath writes:<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>
			Representing a real mountain of Arcadia in the central Peloponnese, Mons Maenalus was a subdivision of Boötes introduced by Johannes Hevelius in his ''Firmamentum Sobiescianum'' star atlas published in 1690, where it was depicted with Boötes standing on its slopes. However, in his accompanying catalogue Hevelius listed its stars under Boötes, not as a separate constellation. The mountain appeared on many later maps made by other astronomers including Bode, below, but always as part of Boötes, and it never had an independent existence.</blockquote>

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==