Images: ancient – Comparison

no.	IAU-Name	IAU	Farnese	Mainz	Kugel	Dendera	MUL.APIN	?
			+2nd century. Greek model	+2nd century	-1st/-2nd century	Roman reigned Egypt	before -1000 Mesopotamia
1	Andromeda	And				?	Ishtar (Anunitu)
2	Antlia	Ant	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
3	Apus	Aps	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
4	Aquarius	Aqr					God Enki/ Ea
5	Aquila	Aql		Eagle with Arrow
6	Ara	Ara				–	–
7	Argo	Arg				Anuket + falcon deity	Harrow
8	Aries	Ari					Hired Man
9	Auriga	Aur			Athens’ hero Erichtonios, the first charioteer	Goat	Crook
10	Boötes	Boo	a shepherd			Hippo Goddess	God Enlil
11	Caelum	Cae	–	–	Lacaille 1756
12	Camelopardalis	Cam	–	–	Plancius 1612
13	Cancer	Cnc
14	Canes Venatici	CVn	–	–	English 1670s	–	?
15	Canis Major	CMa			Orion with his two dogs
16	Canis Minor	CMi	missing	missing	see above		(probably belonging to the Crab?)
17	Capricornus	Cap	broken
18	Cassiopeia	Cas					the Plough
19, 20	Centaurus + Lupus	Cen Lup
21	Cepheus	Cep				?	see Cygnus
22	Cetus	Cet					Giant Swallow
23	Chamaeleon	Cha	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
24	Circinus	Cir	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
25	Columba	Col	–	– (ring of dots marked)	Plancius 1612 (ring marked: see Eri)	–	–
26	Coma Berenikes	Com	see Leo (curled tail)	–	–	Queen Berenike: see Leo	Spadix of Date Palm
27	Corona Australis	CrA				see Sagittarius	see Sagittarius
28	Corona Borealis	CrB					Horn Crown
29	Crater	Crt	see Hydra	see Hydra	see Hydra	see Hydra	–
30	Crux	Cru	part of Cen	part of Cen	part of Cen	?	?
31	Cygnus	Cyg					UD.KA.DUH.A a storm demon
32	Delphinus	Del					Corpse
33	Dorado	Dor	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
34	Draco	Dra	broken	see UMa+UMi	see UMa+UMi	?	?
35	Equuleus	Equ	missing	missing	missing		to corpse
36	Eridanus	Eri		the stars of Columba are marked with a ring of dots	the ring is located in the stars of Columba
37	Fornax	For	–	–	Lacaille 1756
38	Gemini	Gem
39	Grus	Gru	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
40	Hercules	Her				shared between Hippo and other God
41	Horologium	Hor	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
42, 43	Corvus Hydra	Crv Hya
44	Hydrus	Hyi	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
45	Indus	Ind	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
46	Lacerta	Lac	–	–	Hevelius 1690	–	–
47	Leo	Leo					Urgula demon (as drawn on VAT 7847)
48	Leo Minor	LMi	–	–	Hevelius 1690	–	–
49	Lepus	Lep					Rooster
50	Libra	Lib		missing	missing
51	Lynx	Lyn	–	–	Hevelius 1690	–	–
52	Lyra	Lyr					Goddess Gula
53	Mensa	Men	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
54	Microscopium	Mic	–	–		–	–
55	Monoceros	Mon	–	–	Plancius 1612	–	–
56	Musca	Mus	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
57	Norma	Nor	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
58	Octans	Oct	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
59, 60	Ophiuchus, Serpens	Oph Ser					God Zababa
61	Orion	Ori					Shepherd of Anu
62	Pavo	Pav	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
63	Pegasus	Peg
64	Perseus	Per				Baboon	Old Man
65	Phoenix	Phe	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
66	Pictor	Pic	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
67	Pisces	Psc					Tail of the Giant Swallow (see Cetus) and part of Aqr and part of And
68	Piscis Austrinus	PsA	missing		–	see Aqr
69	Reticulum	Ret	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
70	Sagitta	Sge	missing (covered by Aql)	see Aquila	see Cygnus		–
71	Sagittarius	Sgr	Satyr Krotos		Centaur Chiron		God Pabilsang
72	Scorpius	Sco
73	Sculptor	Scl	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
74	Scutum	Sct	–	–	Hevelius 1690	–	–
75	Sextans	Sex	–	–	Hevelius 1690	–	–
76	Taurus	Tau
77	Telescopium	Tel	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
78	Triangulum	Tri	missing	missing		–	belongs to Ari
79	Triangulum Australe	TrA	–	–	Lacaille 1756	–	–
80	Tucana	Tuc	–	–	Bayer 1603	–	–
81	Ursa Major	UMa	missing			Ox Thigh, Ewe and Fox	Wagon with Ewe and Fox
82	Ursa Minor	UMi	missing	see above	see above		?
83	Virgo	Vir
84	Volans	Vol	–	–	Bayer 1603		–
85	Vulpecula	Fox	–	–	Hevelius 1690		–
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