Editing Carina (constellation) (section)

== History and mythology ==
Carina was once a part of [[Argo Navis]], the great ship of the mythical [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]] who searched for the [[Golden Fleece]]. The constellation of Argo was introduced in [[ancient Greece]]. However, due to the massive size of Argo Navis and the sheer number of stars that required separate designation, [[Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille]] divided Argo into three sections in 1763, including Carina (the hull or keel).{{sfn|Ridpath|Tirion|2001|pp=104–106}} In the 19th century, these three became established as separate constellations, and were formally included in the list of 88 modern IAU constellations in 1930.<ref name=iau>{{cite book |last1=Delporte |first1=E. |year=1930 |title=Delimitation scientifique des constellations (tables et cartes) |bibcode=1930dsct.book.....D |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> Lacaille kept a single set of Greek letters for the whole of Argo, and separate sets of Latin letter designations for each of the three sections. Therefore, Carina has the α, β and ε, Vela has γ and δ, Puppis has ζ, and so on.<ref name="Wagman">{{cite book |last=Wagman |first=M. |year=2003 |title=Lost Stars: Lost, Missing, and Troublesome Stars from the Catalogues of Johannes Bayer, Nicholas-Louis de Lacaille, John Flamsteed, and Sundry Others |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TYLvAAAAMAAJ |publisher=McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-939923-78-6}}</ref>