See also:

• DRACO (" the Dragon ")
• DRACO (7th century B.C.)

DRACO (" the See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

Dragon ")  , in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, a See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:

• EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.e.); it was catalogued by See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, 31 stars, Tycho See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe, 32, See also:

• HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius, 40 . The Greeks had many fables concerning this constellation; one is that when Heracles killed the See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon guarding the Hesperian See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit See also:

• HERA

Hera transferred the creature to See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven as a See also:

• REWARD

reward for its services . The planetary nebula H . IV . 37 Draconis is of a decided See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and one of the most conspicuous See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of its class .