Quote:
Originally Posted by Wavytone
If you want to try a long shot it's even possible Crux appears in Ptolemy's list of bright stars, I'd look except I've loaned my copy to someone for a while and it's not in ADS.
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Descriptions
Ptolemy Name
No No Description
965 31. Quae est in poplite pedis dextri...... gamma Cru
966 32. Quae est in talo ejusdem pedis........ beta Cru
967 33. Quae sub poplite sinistri pedis...... delta Cru
968 34. Quae in sura ejusdem pedis............ alpha Cru
969 35. Quae ion extremo anterioris dextri pedis...... alpha Cen
970 36. Quae in genu sinistri pedis........... beta Cen
971 37. Quae est extra sub dextro posteriore mu Cru
Current Data
Ptolemy Name
No No Long Lat m V R.A. 1900.0 Dec. PMRA PMDec No.
965 190 00 -51 10 2 +1.63 12 25 37.0 -56 33 12 +0.029 -0.267 4763 gamma Cru
966 195 20 -51 40 2 +1.25 12 41 52.5 -59 08 31 -0.038 -0.017 4853 beta Cru
967 186 20 -55 10 4 +2.80 12 09 49.9 -58 11 33 -0.038 -0.010 4656 delta Cru
968 191 10 -55 20 2 +0.79 12 21 02.2 -62 32 42 -0.027 -0.015 4730/1 alpha Cru
969 218 20*-44 10 1 -0.29 14 32 48.3 -60 25 22 -3.608 +0.712 5459/0 alpha Cen
970 204 10 -45 20 2 +0.61 13 56 45.8 -59 53 26 -0.020 -0.023 5267 beta Cen
971 194 40 -49 10 4 +3.70 12 48 43.4 -56 37 48 -0.030 -0.008 4898/9 mu Cru
