Talk:Triangulum

message: Why is beta brighter than alpha? Nik42 06:05, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Bayer designations often don't follow the alphabetical/decreasing brightness rule. The brightness measurements were made by eye which explains some of the discrepancies. In addition, they often follow some asterism (like is the case in Ursa Major and Sagittarius) and therefore the alpha star may be far from being the brightest star.--JyriL talk 00:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Beta" was not brighter than "Alpha" in Bayer's Uranometria (1603). Bayer wrote that three stars ― Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Trianguli were same class (not magnitude) "Quartae Diff[erentiae]" in the star list of the constellation "TRIANGVRVM". Alpha Trianguli is prior to Beta Trianguli on their position within the constellation Triangulum. It is same case of the Plough in Ursa Major and "Castor and Pollux" in Gemini, not Sagittarius.--Bay Flam 08:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Brightness

message: This name should be changed to Triangulum Borale, the Northern Triangle because there is the constellation Triangulum Australe, the Southern Triangle like Corona (Corona Borealis and Corona Australis). Cosmium 22:26, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: (1) Give a source for the claim. (2) If it is changed, it will be in future. For now, the name of the constellation is Triangulum.--JyriL talk 00:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, the "official" name is Triangulum, not Triangulum Borale. I've never ever heard of "Triangulum Borale". Said: Rursus 20:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Surely Triangulum is official name of this constellation. "Triangulus Septentrionalis" (sic), the Northern Triangle with TRIANGVRVM found in the star list of Bayer's Uranometria. Please see above.--Bay Flam 08:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Changing the Name

message: Does anyone know the Mayan name for the constellation? Would it have EK (star) in the name?
cecilia (talk) 07:19, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mayan name 

message: * "nearly isosceles" is in the lede, but its shape is not mentioned in the body text. Given that the lede is a summary, my own view is that "nearly" could be dropped in the lede, but i decline to take responsibility for someone more pedantic than myself seeking to have this reversed during an FAC :-)
::removed - I just left as plain old "long and narrow"  Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:25, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: ok/done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:18, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: seems like a quaint old term...question is, is a link enough or some parenthetical explanation.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:10, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Or just get rid of it and use a modern term? hamiltonstone (talk) 10:47, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

text: I don't think there is a modern term as such, but have rephrased to get the same meaning Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:36, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

text: added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:25, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

text: reworded to clarify what it means Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:25, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

text: Took a while, couldn't track down the book, but got the paper which first mentioned it - it is about escape velocities of the larger object (Andromeda) but also warns of uncertainty in distances/margins of error to these galaxies and stops short of proposing it is a satellite. However a 2013 study does so I have added it here instead. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:39, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

text: links added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:09, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

text: This helps - anything to kickstart some tidying up before FAC is less I have to do once there.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:18, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: Sorry, but february isn't 45 days before the summer solstice! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.50.85.190 (talk) 16:47, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Aha, the sun is in it at a different time - the two are not related per se. Given the confusion I have removed that as not germane to the article (as it refers to the Way of Enlil and not the Plough. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:45, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obvious Error 

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