Johann Bayer was the first astronomer who named the stars assigned to constellations and gave them Greek letters. He began this system in 1603.
Most constellations were named hundreds of years ago, in greek and latin.
"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'.
FANTASTIC question !!! The constellations along the ecliptic are the constellations of THE ZODIAC ! In Greek, "zodiac" means "ring of animals"
Johann Bayer introduced this method for naming stars in his Uranometria star catalog of 1603. It remains a popular method today.
Greek myths explain the name (and origin) of many constellation names.
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Most of the brighter stars were assigned their first systematic names by the German astronomer Johann Bayer in 1603, in his star atlas Uranometria.Most of the constellations are ancient, though the concept of assigning the entire sky, not just the asterisms, to constellations is relatively recent. The current boundaries were set up by Eugene Delporte in 1930.
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Most constellations were named hundreds of years ago, in greek and latin.
"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'.
FANTASTIC question !!! The constellations along the ecliptic are the constellations of THE ZODIAC ! In Greek, "zodiac" means "ring of animals"
Johann Bayer introduced this method for naming stars in his Uranometria star catalog of 1603. It remains a popular method today.
Every single ancient country could see the sky, so each one had their on constellations. Most of them were Greek and Egyptian, but some were Islamic and Roman. The famous constellations are the Greek ones.
Greek myths explain the name (and origin) of many constellation names.