Corona Australis

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

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented in the first century CE.

Etymology and History

Origin of Constellation

Almagest

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Στεφάνου νοτίου ἀστερισμός
1	τῆς νοτίου περιφερείας ὁ προηγούμενος ἐκτός	The most advanced ofthe stars on thc southern rim, outside {the crown}	alf Tel
2	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ Στεφάνου	The star to the rear of this, on the crown	eta1, eta2 CrA
3	ὁ τούτο ἐπόμενος	The one to the rear of this	HR 7122
4	ὁ ἔτι τούτῳ ἐπόμενος	The one to the rear again of this	zet CrA
5	ὁ μετὰ τοῦτου πρὸ τοῦ γουατίου τοῦ Τοξότου	The one after this, before the knee of Sagittarius	del CrA
6	ὁ μετὰ τοῦτον καὶ βορειότερος τοῦ ἐν τῷ γόνατι λαμπροῦ	The one after this, which is north of the bright star in the knee [of Sagittarius]	bet CrA
7	ὁ τούτου βορειότερος	The star to the north of this	alf CrA
8	ὁ ἔπὶ τούτου βορειότερος	The one to the north again of this	gam CrA
9	τῶν μετὰ τοῦτον προηγουμένωυ β’ ἐν τῇ βορείῳ περιφερείᾳ ὁ ἐπόμενος	The rearmost of the 2 stars after this, in advance, in the northern rim	eps CrA
10	ὁ προηγούμενος τῶν β’ ἀμαυρῶν	The more advanced of these 2 faint stars	HR 7129
11	ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος ἱκανόν	The star quite some distance in advance of this	lam CrA
12	ὁ ἔτι τούτου προηχούμευος	The one in advance again of this	HR 6942
13	ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ νοτιώτερος τοῦ προειρημένου	The last one, which is south of the aforemmtioned star	tet CrA
all	ἀστέρες φ, ὥν δ’ μεγέθους ἐ, εξ. ϛ β	[13 stars, 5 of the fourth magnitude, 6 of the fifth, 2 of the sixth]

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

• 
  CrA in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

References

• References (general)

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