Aquarius at the Promenade Derrière-Bourg in Lausanne, Switzerland

Until the end of the XVII th century, the promenade was occupied by meadows and vineyards. The site is an incredibly popular area, hosting visitors such as Napoleon during a brief stay in Lausanne. It was founded by Frédéric-César de la Harpe, Caesar Constant-Tissot, Theodore Rivier and Sylvius Dapples. During 1823 to 1826 the public park was enhanced where this statue of Aquarius was placed. Aquarius, The water bearer, is one of the oldest of the recognized constellations along the zodiac (the sun's apparent path). It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is found in a region often called the Sea due to its profusion of constellations with watery associations such as Cetus the whale, Pisces the fish, and Eridanus the river. The stars of Aquarius lie between those of Pisces and Capricornus along the ecliptic. To the north is the Great Square of Pegasus, and to the south is the first-magnitude star Fomalhaut. Thus it is an important star group, although it has only a few important stars. Its alpha star, Sadalmelik, is only at magnitude 3.2, and there are only about 20 other stars brighter than fifth magnitude. However, some of these stars form asterisms, star patterns such as the Water Jar, a trefoil (resembling the Mercedes-Benz symbol) of Pi, Gamma, and Eta-Aquarii surrounding Zeta. This Y-shaped group lies to the east of Sadalmelik. Zeta-Aquarii is one of a number of interesting double stars. It is a beautiful pair of fourth-magnitude stars separated by about 3 arcseconds. The colors of the pair are given as pale green and pale yellow. Another star of note is R-Aquarii, a Mira-type variable star which, over the space of a year, changes from a dim magnitude 11 to a magnitude of six. This dataset has been acquired and processed by the students of the Digital 3D Geometry Course taught by Prof. Mark Pauly at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL, Switzerland. Please visit http://lgg.epfl.ch/statues for more information This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.十七世纪末以前，这片步道还遍布草地与葡萄园。该区域极具人气，曾接待过短暂逗留洛桑的拿破仑等访客。它由弗雷德里克-塞萨尔·德拉尔普（Frédéric-César de la Harpe）、凯撒·康斯坦-蒂索（Caesar Constant-Tissot）、西奥多·里维耶（Theodore Rivier）与西尔维厄斯·达普莱斯（Sylvius Dapples）共同创立。1823年至1826年间，公共公园完成升级改造，这座水瓶座（Aquarius）雕像也被安置于此。 水瓶座（Aquarius）又名持水者，是黄道带（zodiac，即太阳的视运行轨迹）中公认的最古老星座之一。它是公元2世纪天文学家托勒密所列48个星座之一，至今仍属于现代88个官方星座之列。因其周边遍布诸多与水相关的星座，如鲸鱼座（Cetus）、双鱼座（Pisces）与波江座（Eridanus），该天区常被称为“海之域”。水瓶座的恒星分布在黄道带上双鱼座与摩羯座（Capricornus）之间，北侧为飞马座大正方形（Great Square of Pegasus），南侧则是一等星北落师门（Fomalhaut）。尽管其亮星数量不多，它仍是一个重要的星群。其α星“羽林军二十六（Sadalmelik）”视星等仅为3.2，其余视星等亮于5等的恒星仅有约20颗。不过其中部分恒星组成了星群（asterism），例如“水罐”星群：以ζ水瓶座（Zeta-Aquarii）为中心，由π、γ与η水瓶座组成的三叶草状图案（类似梅赛德斯-奔驰标志）。这个Y形星群位于羽林军二十六东侧。ζ水瓶座是诸多有趣的双星系统之一，它由一对间距约3角秒的4等星组成，颜色分别为淡绿与淡黄。另一颗值得关注的恒星是R水瓶座（R-Aquarii），属于米拉变星（Mira-type variable star），其视星等在一年内会从黯淡的11等变化至6等。 本数据集由瑞士洛桑联邦理工学院（EPFL）计算机与通信科学学院马克·保利（Mark Pauly）教授主讲的《数字三维几何课程》的学生采集并处理。如需了解更多信息，请访问http://lgg.epfl.ch/statues。 该物件属于“扫描全球（Scan The World）”项目。该项目是MyMiniFactory发起的非营利性公益行动，旨在打造全球范围内可免费3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标数字档案，供公众免费获取。“扫描全球”是一项开源社区项目，若您身边有有趣的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。