Sagitta - Revision history

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			[[File:Sagitta IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Sge star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]

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	[[File:~~Sagitta IAU~~.~~svg\|alt=star chart~~\|thumb\|~~Sge star chart~~ (~~IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg~~).]]		[[File:Apollo+Demeter on Arrow.png\|thumb\|Apollo and Demeter riding on Sagitta to bring light and fertility in spring to Greece (AI-generated for WGSN 2026)]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Sagitta, The Arrow, is one the classical Greek constellations. The Greek constellation of Sagitta first occurs in Eudoxus. In antiquity, it was considered a harbinger of the light and fertility as it is the carriage of the gods Apollo (light god) and his sister Demeter (goddess of fertility) when they arrive from the distant country of Hyperborea after winter. (Note: The god of light, Apollo left his sanctuary in Delphi in winter and returned in spring, then bringing fertility with him.) According to Herodotus (5th century BCE), the mythical, paradisiacal land "beyond the north wind", Hyperborea, is in the northeast (seen from Delphi), placing it in central Asia and making Apollo and Demeter arrive from the direction of sunrise.		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Sagitta, The Arrow, is one the classical Greek constellations. The Greek constellation of Sagitta first occurs in Eudoxus. In antiquity, it was considered a harbinger of the light and fertility as it is the carriage of the gods Apollo (light god) and his sister Demeter (goddess of fertility) when they arrive from the distant country of Hyperborea after winter. (Note: The god of light, Apollo left his sanctuary in Delphi in winter and returned in spring, then bringing fertility with him.) According to Herodotus (5th century BCE), the mythical, paradisiacal land "beyond the north wind", Hyperborea, is in the northeast (seen from Delphi), placing it in central Asia and making Apollo and Demeter arrive from the direction of sunrise.

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	==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====		==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====
	The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".		The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".<ref>Kepler (1627). ''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur.'' [https://schriftgut.sh/viewer/image/PPN587862734/274/ online]</ref>

	An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.		An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.

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	[[File:Sagitta sive Telum.png\|thumb\|Sagitta sive Telum in the Rudolphine Tables (1629).]]		[[File:Sagitta sive Telum.png\|thumb\|Sagitta sive Telum in the Rudolphine Tables (1629).]]

	==== Rudolphine Tables (~~1629~~) ====		==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====
	The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".		The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".

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	==== Rudolphine Tables (1629) ====		==== Rudolphine Tables (1629) ====
	The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''~~abulæ~~ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".		The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".

	An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.		An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.

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Dürer (1515)

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			[[File:Sge Duerer1515 hi.jpg\|thumb\|Sagitta in Dürer (1515) labelled Telum.]]

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	==== Dürer (1515) ====		==== Dürer (1515) ====
	[[File:Sagitta Bayer1603.jpg\|thumb\|Sagitta star catalogue in Bayer (1603)]]		The pair of celestial maps created by Albrecht Dürer in 1515, one showing the Northern Hemisphere sky and the other the Southern Hemisphere sky, are generally regarded as the first printed star charts published in Europe.

			Dürer labels the constellation '''Telum'''.[[File:Sagitta Bayer1603.jpg\|thumb\|Sagitta star catalogue in Bayer (1603)]]

	=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===		=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===
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	File:Aql+sge mainz.jpg\|Sagitta in the claws of The Eagle, pointing northwards, on the Mainz Globe (2nd century CE).		File:Aql+sge mainz.jpg\|Sagitta in the claws of The Eagle, pointing northwards, on the Mainz Globe (2nd century CE).
	File:Aratea 54v and 55r.jpg\|Sagitta in the Leiden Aratea (830)		File:Aratea 54v and 55r.jpg\|Sagitta in the Leiden Aratea (830)
			File:Sge Duerer1515 hi.jpg\|Sagitta in Dürer (1515) labelled Telum.
	File:Sagitta Uranometria.jpg\|Sagitta in Bayer (1603)		File:Sagitta Uranometria.jpg\|Sagitta in Bayer (1603)
	File:1776 - John Flamsteed - L'Aigle, Antinous, La Fleche, Le Renard, Le Dauphin (Aquila, Sagitta, Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus).jpg\|Sagitta in Flamsteed (1776)		File:1776 - John Flamsteed - L'Aigle, Antinous, La Fleche, Le Renard, Le Dauphin (Aquila, Sagitta, Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus).jpg\|Sagitta in Flamsteed (1776)

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Bayer (1603)

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	In his Uranometria, Bayer gives all the name alternatives mentioned above:		In his Uranometria, Bayer gives all the name alternatives mentioned above:

	* Telum		* Telum (Dart)
	* Iaculum		* Iaculum
	* Arundo		* Arundo
	* Canna		* Canna
	* (Greek) Oisos atir toxo		* (Greek) Oisos atir toxo (Bow/ Arrow)
	* Missore Ciceroni		* Missore Ciceroni
	* Musator		* Musator
	* Vectis vel ~~Fssorium~~		* Vectis vel Fossorium (vector or vertex/ pole)
	* Daemonaliis Temo Meridianus		* Daemonaliis Temo Meridianus (Daemonic Southern Beam)
	* ~~Orsercalim~~		* Orfercalim (from Turkish Otysys Kalem, Smooth Arrow, obviously derived from the ancient Greek term)
	* Obelus		* Obelus (Obelisk)
	* Virgula iaacens		* Virgula iaacens (Falling Wand)
	* Istuis		* Istuis
	* Alahance seu Alhance		* Alahance seu Alhance

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	==== Dürer (1515) ====		==== Dürer (1515) ====
			[[File:Sagitta Bayer1603.jpg\|thumb\|Sagitta star catalogue in Bayer (1603)]]

	=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===		=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===
	~~Bayer~~		Schickard wrote it '''Alchanzato'''.

	~~etc.~~		==== Bayer (1603) ====
			In his Uranometria, Bayer gives all the name alternatives mentioned above:

			* Telum
			* Iaculum
			* Arundo
			* Canna
			* (Greek) Oisos atir toxo
			* Missore Ciceroni
			* Musator
			* Vectis vel Fssorium
			* Daemonaliis Temo Meridianus
			* Orsercalim
			* Obelus
			* Virgula iaacens
			* Istuis
			* Alahance seu Alhance
			* Feluco

	~~Schickard wrote it '''Alchanzato'''.~~
	[[File:Sagitta sive Telum.png\|thumb\|Sagitta sive Telum in the Rudolphine Tables (1629).]]		[[File:Sagitta sive Telum.png\|thumb\|Sagitta sive Telum in the Rudolphine Tables (1629).]]

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	The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''abulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".		The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''abulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".

	An alternative name for Sagitta is given: Telum.		An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.

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

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Mediaeval & Renaissance Source

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	=== Mediaeval & Renaissance Source ===		=== Mediaeval & Renaissance Source ===

			==== Alfonsine Tables (1483) ====
			In 1483 the printer Erhard Ratdolt, working in Venice, published ''Tabulae Alphonsinae'' or the Alphonsine Tables, a compilation of astronomical data tabulating the positions and movements of the planets. A reprint of the ''Alfonsine Tables'' (1521) had '''Alahance''', perhaps from the Arabic '''Al''' '''Hams''' or '''Hamsah''', the Five (Stars). Other versions of the ''Alfonsine Tables'' label the asterism '''Istusc''' or '''Istiusc''', probably a misundertanding or false rendering of Greek ὀϊστός.

	~~Alfonsin Tables~~		==== Dürer (1515) ====

	Dürer

	=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===		=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===
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	etc.		etc.

			Schickard wrote it '''Alchanzato'''.
	[[File:Sagitta sive Telum.png\|thumb\|Sagitta sive Telum in the Rudolphine Tables (1629).]]		[[File:Sagitta sive Telum.png\|thumb\|Sagitta sive Telum in the Rudolphine Tables (1629).]]

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	==== Rudolphine Tables (1629) ====		==== Rudolphine Tables (1629) ====
	The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. ~~They~~ consist of a star catalogue ~~and~~ were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''~~Tabulæ~~ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".		The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''abulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".

	An alternative name for Sagitta is given: Telum.		An alternative name for Sagitta is given: Telum.