Vela - Revision history

Sushoff at 13:04, 27 February 2026

2026-02-27T13:04:20Z

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	[[File:Vela IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Vel star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]		[[File:Vela IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Vel star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Vela is part of the constellation Argo, The Ship, official abbreviation [Arg] defined in 1922. Yet, the ancient constellation Argo did not have sails; the stars of Vela which are mentioned in Ptolemy's star catalogue, form part of the ship's body.		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Vela is part of the constellation [[Argo]], The Ship, official abbreviation [Arg] defined in 1922. Yet, the ancient constellation Argo did not have sails; the stars of Vela which are mentioned in Ptolemy's star catalogue, form part of the ship's body.

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


	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
			The constellation Vela was invented in Early Modern time. The ancient constellation Argo, The Ship, was not depicted with sails but only with an empty mast; the rudder ([[Canopus]]) was more prominent.<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref> Some stars of Vela were mentioned in the ancient star catalogue, though.

	==== Stars of Vela mentioned in the Almagest ====		==== Stars of Vela mentioned in the Almagest ====

Sushoff at 13:38, 20 January 2026

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	[[File:Vela IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Vel star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]		[[File:Vela IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Vel star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Vela is part of the constellation Argo, The Ship, official abbreviation [Arg] defined in 1922. Yet, the ancient constellation Argo did not have sails; the stars of Vela which are mentioned in Ptolemy's star catalogue, form part of the ship's body.		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Vela is part of the constellation Argo, The Ship, official abbreviation [Arg] defined in 1922. Yet, the ancient constellation Argo did not have sails; the stars of Vela which are mentioned in Ptolemy's star catalogue, form part of the ship's body.

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Stars of Vela mentioned in the Almagest

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	==== Stars of Vela mentioned in the Almagest ====		==== Stars of Vela mentioned in the Almagest ====
			[[File:Argo over time (smh 2024).gif\|alt=animated GIF for Argo\|thumb\|animated GIF of the transformation of the constellation Argo over the course of the centuries from ancient Greek to modern depictions (map: Stellarium) ]]
	Some (not all!) of the stars of Vela also formed part of the ancient Greek constellation [[Argo]], The Ship.		Some (not all!) of the stars of Vela also formed part of the ancient Greek constellation [[Argo]], The Ship.
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Sushoff at 18:50, 26 April 2025

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-One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]].
+One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. Vela is part of the constellation Argo, The Ship, official abbreviation [Arg] defined in 1922. Yet, the ancient constellation Argo did not have sails; the stars of Vela which are mentioned in Ptolemy's star catalogue, form part of the ship's body.
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 ===Origin of Constellation===
 ===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===

Sushoff at 07:31, 18 April 2025

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	[[Category:Mesopotamian]]		[[Category:Mesopotamian]]
	[[Category:West Asian]]		[[Category:West Asian]]

Sushoff at 19:36, 25 January 2025

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

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

===Origin of Constellation===

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

==Mythology==

==Weblinks==

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==References==

*[[References]] (general)
*[[References (Babylonian)]]
*[[References (Greco-Roman)|References (ancient Greco-Roman)]]
*[[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (medieval)]]

[[Category:Eurasia]]
[[Category:Constellation]]
[[Category:Almagest]]
[[Category:Mesopotamian]]
[[Category:West Asian]]
[[Category:Modern]]
[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]
[[Category:European]]
[[Category:4work]]
[[Category:Argo]]