You can't really talk about it as a discovery. People looked at the stars since times immemorial and named them. Why? Stars were pretty important for the navigation and it's surely easier to remember something if you can associate it with some object you are familiar with (cross for example).
The Leo Constellation was named by the Egyptian people. It is one of the first constellations that was discovered and first discovered by the Mesopotamian people.
The nickname of the constellation Phoenix is Fenix. It was first discovered by the German astronomer Johann Bayer in 1603.
The constellation Cancer has been known since ancient times and was first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD. It is one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac, representing a crab.
"Constellation" is a Greek word, and constellations were first discovered by the Greeks, believed to be a greek called 'Homer'. I think constellations is the name given to them by the Greek, so therefore 'constellation' in Greek is 'constellation'.
What we see as constellations is actually a 2-dimensional projection of the different stars in the galaxy. In ancient times, people saw patterns in the sky and so we got constellations. The constellation of Hercules was listed by Ptolemy but it is unknown who first named the constellation.
The Leo Constellation was named by the Egyptian people. It is one of the first constellations that was discovered and first discovered by the Mesopotamian people.
Constellations such as Perseus have been known since antiquity. No one knows who first named Perseus, let along who first recognized that group of stars as a single constellation.
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The Virgo constellation does not have a single discoverer as its stars have been known and observed since ancient times. The constellation was first cataloged by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.
Charles Messier!
No-one really, the Libra was discovered in pre-historic times so it is unknown to the human race.
The nickname of the constellation Phoenix is Fenix. It was first discovered by the German astronomer Johann Bayer in 1603.
The knowledge of the Aquarius constellation has been around since the 2nd century. It was first written about by Ptolemy, but who first discovered it is not known.
The constellation Cancer has been known since ancient times and was first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD. It is one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac, representing a crab.
"Constellation" is a Greek word, and constellations were first discovered by the Greeks, believed to be a greek called 'Homer'. I think constellations is the name given to them by the Greek, so therefore 'constellation' in Greek is 'constellation'.
constellation does not rotate at all, but the Earth does
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