BOTIYa

BOTIYa (arabi jom, qadahi buzurg, lotini crater, rusi chasha), burji nimkurai janubii osmon, ki masohati 282,4 gradusi murabbaro faro girifta, 20 sitorai ba chashm namoyon dorad va dar osmoni sitorazor khub mushohida meshavad. Sito­rai munirtarinash a Crt buda, buzurgii sitoraviash 3,57^m ast. Botiya az qadim malum buda, dar bisyor fehristhoi nujumii Avrupo (az jumla dar kitobi «Almajasti»-i Batlimusi Qaluzi) va asar­hoi nujumii Sharq (dar ki­tobi «Kitobu-s-suvaru-l-kavokib as-sobita»-i Abdurrahmoni Sufi) qayd shudaast. Az ruyi asotirhoi yunoni Apollon zogro bahri ovardani jomi obdor baroi qurboni mefiristad. Zog dar nazdi darakhti anjir to pukhta rasidani mevahoi on tavaqquf namuda, bahonae pesh meorad, ki guyo Shujo (mori obi, Gidra) vayro ba nahr roh nadodaast. Az in ru, Botiya dar atlashoi nujumii avrupoi dar bayni burjhoi 3ot va Shujo tasvir yoftaast.  

M. Kholov.