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Dec 21, 2006, 07:20 PM
Hello,

I believe that the following article will help you out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_constellations
It offers Ptolemy's (90-168 AD) list of 48 constellations. And this is talking about greek constellations. The following is also a useful Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_catalog , as well as this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation#Star_names

Ptolemy's star catalogue seems to be based on Hipparchus' previous list of constellations which had been lost until recently as explained in the following article: http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ue_050124.html .

Let me know if this helps out.
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