Canopus - видеоконвертер

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Перевод слова Canopus в компьютерной технике - слово обозначает Видеоконвертер

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopus

Etymology and cultural significance
The name "Canopus" has two common derivations, both listed in Richard Hinckley Allen's touchstone of stellar mythology, Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning;[4] which may be a matter of conjecture. One comes from the legend of the Trojan War. As the constellation Carina is part of the now-obsolete, gigantic Argo Navis constellation, which represented the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts, the brightest star in the constellation was given the name of a ship's pilot from another Greek legend — Canopus was the pilot of Menelaus' ship on his quest to retrieve Helen of Troy after she was taken by Paris.[citation needed]

The other etymology of the name is that it comes from the Egyptian Coptic Kahi Nub ("Golden Earth"), which refers to the way it would appear near the horizon in Egypt and be correspondingly reddened by atmospheric extinction from that position.[citation needed] There is also a ruined ancient Egyptian port, Canopus, apparently specifically named for the star, near the mouth of the Nile; its site was the location of the Battle of the Nile.

The third possibility is its origin from the semitic root C-N-B (Gimal-Nuun-Beth), which in Arabic is Janub ( جنوب ). The South-Eastern wall of the Muslim Ka'bah points to the Canopus, and is named Janub as well.[5]

Or it could be that Menelaus's legendary pilot was named after the port, and the port was named "Golden Floor" because of the many valuable cargoes that passed across its quays and the profits made by merchants there.

It is known as 老人星(Lǎorénxīng, the Star of the Old) in Chinese, and سهيل (Suhayl) in Arabic.[4]

A fourth, more mundane, possibility is of Latin origin, can (dog) opus (work) or "the doing of the dog" as Canopus rests right below Canis Minor (the Little Dog) and Canis Major (the Big Dog) when seen from the northern hemisphere.

In Ancient Hindu astronomy and astrology star Canopus is named as Agasti or Agastiya.

Kalīla o Damna, an influential Pahlavi (Middle Persian) book of animal fables was later known as Anvar-i-Suhaili or The Lights of Canopus