Puppis

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

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Pup star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

Origin of Constellation

see IAU-constellation

• Argo (Arg)

Almagest

animated GIF of the transformation of the constellation Argo over the course of the centuries from ancient Greek to modern depictions (map: Stellarium)

The ancient constellation of Argo, The Ship, was mainly formed from stars in modern Puppis and Pyxis.

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Ἀργοῦς ἀστερισμός.	Part of Argo
1	τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀκροστολίῳ β ὁ προηγούμενος.	The more advanced of the 2 stars in the stern-ornament	11 (e) Pup
2	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.	The rearmost of them	rho Pup
3	τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ἐν τῇ πρύμυῃ ἀσπιδίσκην β συνεχῶν ὁ βορειότερος	The northernmost of the 2 stars close together over the little shield in the poop	xi Pup
4	ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶ	The southernmost of them	o Pup
5	ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος.	The star in advance of these	m Pup HR 2944
6	ὁ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ ἀσπιδίσκῃ λαμπφός	The bright star in the middle of the little shield	HR 2948 +29
7	τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν ἀσπιδίσκηη γ’ ὁ προηγούμενος	The most advanced of the 3 stars under the little shield	p Pup HR 2922
8	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν	The rearmost of them	3 Pup
9	ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.	The middle one of the three	1 Pup
10	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ χηρίσκου.	The star on the goose[-neck]	HR 3113
11	τῶν ἐν τῇ τρόπει τῆς πρύμνης β ὁ βορειότερος	The northernmost of the 2 stars in the stern-keel	?
12	ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶ	The southernmost of them	pi Pup
13	τῶν ἐν τῷ καταστρώματι τῆς πρόμνης ὁ βορειότερος.	Stars in the poop-deck: 1. the northernmost	f Pup HR 2937
14	τῶν ἐφεξῆς ἡ ὁ προηγούμενος!	2. the most advanced of the next 3	HR 2961 + 64
15	ὁ μέσος αὐτῶ	3. the middle one	c Pup HR 3017
16	ὁ ἐπόμευος τῶν τριῶν	4. the rearmost of the three	b Pup HR 3084
17	ὁ τούτοις ἐπόμευος ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος λαμπρός	5. the bright star on the deck to the rear of these	zet Pup
18	τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν λαμπρὸν ἀμαυρῶν β ὁ προηγούμενος	6. the more advanced of the 2 faint stars under the bright one	a Pup HR 3080
19	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶ	7. the rearmost of them	HR 3162
20	τῶν ὑπὲρ τὸν εἰρημένου λαμπρὸν β ὁ ἠγούμενοςἡ	8. the more advanced of the 2 stars over the above-mentioned bright one	h1 Pup HR 3225
21	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν	9. the rearmost of them	h2 Pup HR 3243
33	ὁ μεταξὺ τῶν πηδαλίωυ ἐν τῇ τρόπει	The star between the steering-oars, in the keel	sig Pup
43	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.	The rearmost of them [advance steering-oar]	nu Pup
45	ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.	The other, rearmost star	tau Pup

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)