were an ImperialChariot ruling, or riding upon, the wind.In later daysit has been likened to Noah's Raven flying overthe Deluge, or alighting on Hydra, as there was no dry land for aresting-place; or one of those that fed the prophet Elijah; but Julius Schillercombined its stars with those of Crater in his Ark of theCovenant., 4.3, orange.Al Chiba is from theDesert title for the whole Arabic figure; but Ulug Beg and the Arabianastronomers designated it as Al Minharal Ghurab, the Raven's Beak.Reeves saidthat it was the Chinese Yew Hea, theRight-hand Linch-pin.Althoughlettered first, it now is so much less brilliant than the four following p182stars thatsome consider it as having decreased since Bayer's day, and perhaps changed incolor, for Al Sufi called it red., a ruddy yellow 3dmagnitudestar, seems unnamed except in China, where it is Tso Hea, theLeft-hand Linch-pin; but under this title were included , , and ., 2.3.Gienah is from UlugBeg's Al Janahal Ghurab al Aiman, the Right Wing of the Raven, although on moderncharts it marks the left. Algorab, given inthe Alfonsine Tables to this star,is now usually applied to . is thebrightest member of the constellation, and some Chinese authorities said thatit alone marked their 11th sieu. Itculminates on the 10th of May., Double3.1 and 8.5, pale yellow and purple.Algorab, the generally receivedmodern title, is from the PalermoCatalogue; Proctor has Algores. It is onthe right wing, and at the upper left corner of the square. The components are24 apart; but, owing to its color, the smaller is not readilydistinguishable. The position angle is 210.All theforegoing stars, being added,constituted the 11th nakshatra, Hasta, the Hand,with Savitar, the Sun, as its presiding divinity; markingthe junction with Citra, the next lunar station.The11th sieu, Tchin, theCross-piece of a chariot, anciently Kusam, contained , , , and ; but,according to some authorities, only . This,however, always was the determining star., a 6thmagnitudedouble, almost on the limit of invisibility, strangely seems to have borne aname in China, Chang Sha, a Long Sand-bank.Al Birunisaid that with , , and it marked thehind quarters of the monstrous early Lion.The Author'sNote:1 It may benoted here that Apollo and Coronis were even still more closely connected withastronomy in being the parents of Aesculapius, who afterwards became theSerpent-holder Ophiuchus.Thayer'sNote:a Who thisFlorus is, I've been unable to ascertain. It is not the Roman historian, writerof the Epitome, in which nosuch reference appears; nor is it the poet possibly the same man in whosefew surviving verses no avis Satyra either.(Unchecked, because not online nor in my library, the brief dialogue Vergiliusorator an poeta? which may be by one of them, or yet again bya third writer.) Nor is he Florus Lugdunensis, the Christian writer, or atleast the phrase doesn't appear in any of his works collected by Migne online atDocumenta Catholica.http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/test/id/1708Whitwell, Catherine Vale, 1818, An astronomical catechism. Corvus, Crater and Hydra.http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/index.shtmlOs desenhos formados pelas estrelas - As Constelacoes - sao como janelas que se abrem para a infinitude do universo e que possibilitam nossa mente a ir percebendo que existe mais, bem mais, entre o ceu e a terra bem como