Libra
One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest Χηλαί.
| id | Greek (Heiberg 1898) | English (Toomer 1984) | ident. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Χηλῶν ἀστερισμός. | Constellation of The Claws | ||
| 1 | τῶν ἐπ’ ἄκρας τῆς νοτίου χηλῆς ὁ λαμπρός | Stars on the tip of the southern claw: the bright one | alf Lib |
| 2 | ὁ βορειότερος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀμαυρότερος; | Stars on the tip of the southern claw: the star to the north of this and fainter than it | mu Lib |
| 3 | τῶν ἐπ’ ἄκρας τῆς βορείου χηλῆς ὁ λαμπρός | Stars an the tip of the northern claw: the bright one | bet Lib |
| 4 | ὁ προηγούμενος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀμαυρός. | Stars an the tip of the northern claw: the faint star in a,dvance of this | del Lib |
| 5 | ὁ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ νοτόῳ χηλῇ | The star in the middle of the southern claw | iot Lib |
| 6 | ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς χηλῆς | The one in advance of this an the same claw | nu Lib |
| 7 | ὁ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ βορεύῳ χηλῇ. | The star in the middle of the northern claw | gam Lib |
| 9 | ὁ ἑπόμενος αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς χηλῆς | The one to the rear of this on the same daw | tet Lib |
| ἀστέρερ ἡ, ὥν β’ μεγέθους β, δ’ ὅ, ε’ β. | {8 stars, 2 of the second magnitude, 4 of the fourth, 2 of tl;le fifth} | ||
| Οἱ περὶ τὰς χηλὰς ἀμόρφωτοι | Stars araund Libra outside the constellation | ||
| 10 | τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς β' ὁ προηγούμενος | The most advanced of the 3 stars north of the northern claw | 37 Lib |
| 11 | τῶν ἐπομένων β ὁ νοτιώτερος | The southernmost of the rearmost 2 [ of these] | 48 Lib |
| 12 | ὁ βόρειος αὐτῶν | The northernmost of them | xi Lib |
| 13 | τῶν μεταξὺ τῶν χηλῶν » ὁ ἐπόμευος | The rearmost of the 3 stars between the claws | lam Lib |
| 14 | τῶν λοιπῶν β καὶ προηγουμένων ὁ βόρειος. | The northernmost of the other 2 in advance f of the lauer 1 | 41 Lib |
| 15 | ὁ νότιος αὐτῶν | The southernmost of them | HR 5810 |
| 16 | τῶν νοτιωτέρου τῆς νοτίου χηλῆς 7 ὁ προηγούμενος. | The most advanced of the 3 stars south of the southern claw | 20 Lib |
| 17 | τῶν λοιπῶν καὶ ἐπομένωυ β ὁ βορειότερος. | The northernmost of the other, rear 2 | 39 Lib |
| 18 | ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶν | The southernmost of them | 40 Lib |
| ἀστέρες 9, ὧν γ’ μεγέθουρ ἄ, δ’ ἓ, ε β, ς ἂ. | 9 stars, I of the third magnitude, 5 of the fourth, 2 of the fifth, 1 of the sixth |
Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
Libra (two versions) in as-Sufi, Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah, Mosul 1170, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford,
Libra in Bayer (1603).
Libra in Flamsteed (1776)
Libra in Bode (1782,1805)
Libra in Jamieson (1822)
Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India
Mythology
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