A huge constellation seen low on the southern horizon on a late winter evening. Argo is the name of a ship that appears in Greek mythology, the giant ship that Prince Jason of Iolcus, the great capital of Thessaly, sailed to Colchis to acquire the fleece of the Golden Fleece (Aries). Since ancient Greece, this constellation has been divided into four constellations: Vela (Sail), Puppis (Pittstag), Carina (Mast), and Carina (Keel) because it is too large. Later, the 18th century French astronomer Lacaille renamed Carina to Compass, and each was made independent as an official constellation, and today it is no longer called Argo. [Asahi Fujii] [References] | | | | | | | |©Akira Fujii "> Argo Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
晩冬の宵、南の地平線上低く見える巨大な星座。アルゴはギリシア神話に登場する船の名で、テッサリアの大都イオルコスの王子イアソンが、金毛の羊(おひつじ座)の毛皮を獲得するため、コルキス国に遠征したときの巨船である。この星座はあまりにも大きすぎるという理由から、古代ギリシア時代から、ほ座(帆座)、とも座(船尾(とも)座)、ほばしら座(帆柱座)、りゅうこつ座(竜骨座)の4星座に分割して見られていた。その後、18世紀のフランスの天文学者ラカイユが、ほばしら座をらしんばん座(羅針盤座)の呼び名に改め、それぞれが正式な星座として独立させられ、今日ではアルゴ座とよばれることはなくなっている。 [藤井 旭] [参照項目] | | | | | | | |©藤井 旭"> アルゴ座 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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