IAU-Catalog of Star Names

This list is continuously updated and added to by the WGSN.

We use the following abbreviations:

NEWC: NameExoWorlds Campaign. These were public naming campaigns where different IAU bodies collaborated for public outreach, and allowed public name suggestions. Up to now, these campaigns had either a theme (e.g. “IAU 100” for the centenial) or/and criteria for the suggestion (e.g. in 2019 one suggestion per UN-registered nation).
the abbreviations “sci-A” and “ind-A” are a quotation from Kunitzsch and Smart (2006) that we do not find acceptable; we only quote their wording.
ASE is the newly founded “All Skies Encyclopaedia”, a project designed for the documentation of all historical and Indigenous names (no matter whether or not they are reflected in this catalog). It also has the full documentation of all the names we applied from 2024 on. We will provide the hyperlink late in 2025 as this project is currently preliminarily hosted (by a university).

Acknowledgements

Collecting the etymologies of star names was a key project of WGSN 2018-’24; then, we had a “Task Group Etymologies” coordinated by Doris Vickers (Austria) and contributed to by many WGSN-members. Its task was merely collecting information on origins and references for the names adopted in the previous years.
In 2024, we launched a new project (ASE) to collect and publicly document this type of information while discussing name suggestions. Then, all historical and Indigenous names will be automatically accurately documented, and also the reasons for adoption or rejection for this catalog.

IAU-Catalog of Star Names (2025)

proper names	WGSN-id	Designation	HIP	Bayer ID	Constellation	Origin	Ethnic-Cultural_Group_or_Language	Reference	Additional info, e.g. language corruptions	Date of Adoption	image	image_source	RA	DEC	mag
Titawin	495	HR 458	7513	υ And	And	Titawin (also known as Medina of Tetouan) is a settlement in northern Morocco and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Historically it was an important point of contact between two civilizations (Spanish and Arab) and two continents (Europe and Africa) after the 8th century.	Amazigh	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Ran	1123	HR 1084	16537	ε Eri	Eri	Ran is the Norse goddess of the sea, who stirs up the waves and captures sailors with her net.	Old Norse	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Ain	1449	HR 1409	20889	ε Tau	Tau	From an abbreviation of the sci-A name ain al-thaur "the Bull's Eye," for a Tau. Applied to ε Tau in recent times (Ptolemy had α Tau the southern eye, and ε Tau on the northern eye).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2015/12/15
Pollux	2980	HR 2990	37826	β Gem	Gem	This is the classical Latin form of its ancient Greek name Πολυδεύκης, a character in Greek mythology, the twin of Castor (α Gem). Reapplied in Renaissance times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2015/12/15
Intercrus	3730	HR 3743	46471		UMa	Intercrus means "between the legs" in Latin style, referring to the star's position in the constellation Ursa Major.	Latin	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Chalawan	3934	HR 4277	53721	47 UMa	UMa	Chalawan is a mythological crocodile king from a Thai folktale.	Thai	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Edasich	5741	HR 5744	75458	ι Dra	Dra	Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-dhikh, "the Male Hyena."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2015/12/15
Cervantes	6653	HR 6585	86796	μ Ara	Ara	Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a famous Spanish writer and author of "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha".	Spanish	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Fafnir	6945	HR 6945	90344	42 Dra	Dra	Fafnir was a Norse mythological dwarf who turned into a dragon.	Old Norse	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Libertas	7581	HR 7595	97938	ξ Aql	Aql	Libertas is Latin for "liberty". Liberty refers to social and political freedoms, and a reminder that there are people derived of liberty in the world even today. The constellation Aquila represents an eagle - a popular symbol of liberty.	Latin	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Musica	8014	HR 8030	103527	18 Del	Del	Musica is Latin for "music".	Latin	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Helvetios	8708	HR 8729	113357	51 Peg	Peg	Helvetios is the Latin for "the Helvetian" and refers to the Celtic tribe that lived in Switzerland during the Middle Ages.	Latin	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Fomalhaut	8710	HR 8728	113368	α PsA	PsA	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from an abbreviation of its sci-A name fam al-but al-janubi, "the Mouth of the Southern Fish."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2015/12/15
Veritate	8738	HR 8930	116076	14 And	And	From the latin "Veritas", truth. The ablative form means "where there is truth".	Latin	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Errai	8742	HR 8974	116727	γ Cep	Cep	Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-ra'i, "the Shepherd". This shepherd, with the sheep he attended (al-aghnam, marked by the various dim stars nearby), and the shepherd's dog (kalb al-ra'i,marked by 28/29 [ρ] Cep), seem to form a complete group of ind-A figures.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2015/12/15
Lich	10071	PSR B1257+12			Vir	Lich is a fictional undead creature known for controlling other undead creatures with magic.	fictional	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Ogma	10090	HD 149026	80838		Her	Ogma was a deity of eloquence, writing, and great physical strength in the Celtic mythologies of Ireland and Scotland, and may be related to the Gallo-Roman deity "Ogmios".	NEWC	2015 NameExoWorlds		2015/12/15
Alpheratz	49	HR 15	677	α And	And	The specific origin of this name is unclear. It may represent a transfer from β Peg, where alferaz and other variants were applied in medieval times as abbreviations for β Peg's Arabic name mankib al-faras, "the Horse's Shoulder". Or, it may be from an abbreviation of the name alpheraz id est equus, "alpheraz, that is, the Horse", which was applied directly to α And also in medieval times. In any case, Medieval Latin authors confused these two names, their spellings, and their identifications, and the modern application of "Alpheratz" to α And comes down to us from late medieval times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Caph	56	HR 21	746	β Cas	Cas	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its ind-A name al-kaff al-khadib "the Stained Hand," alternatively and more correctly used for all the brighter stars of today's Cassiopeia (probably α, β, γ, δ, and ε). The ind-A figure here represented a hand with its finger-tips stained reddish-brown in the traditional Eastern way using henna leaves. al-kaff al-khatdib, in turn, was part of the larger ind-A asterism kaff althurayya al-yumna al-mabsuta, "the Outstretched Right Hand of the Pleiades." The latter extended from today's Taurus through Perseus into Cassiopeia. A second hand (the Pleiades were a "head" from which two arms or hands radiated) was al-kaff al-jadhma', "the Amputated Hand," in today's Cetus.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Algenib	73	HR 39	1067	γ Peg	Peg	From the sci-A name al-janb, "the Side," for α Per. Wrongly transferred to γ Peg in Renaissance times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Mirach	365	HR 337	5447	β And	And	Ultimately from the Arabic word al-mi)zar, "the girdle" or "loin cloth", used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star. The correct transliteration of the word in the Medieval Latin Almagest was mizar, which was occasionally misspelled as mirac, mirat, etc. These corruptions, taken as proper names for β And, were correctly attributed to al-mi)zar by Renaissance scholars. Subsequently one of the misspellings, "Mirach", gained more popularity over the correct "Mizar", to beome the preferred modern name.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Achernar	499	HR 472	7588	α Eri	Eri	Arabic name آخر النهر (āḫiru ʾn-nahr) meaning, the End of the River; originally used for θ Eri that was considered the end of the river in the ancient star catalog (Almagest).The name was transferred to α Eri in Renaissance times when the constellation was extended south to this new terminus.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Mira	624	HR 681	10826	ο Cet	Cet	Its Latin name since Renaissance times meaning "the Amazing One", as taken from Historiola Mirae Stellae - the title of a work describing the amazing variability of this star (written by Hevelius in 1662).	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Polaris	776	HR 424	11767	α UMi	UMi	A Latin adjective meaning "of the pole" (related to the noun polus, "the pole"). Applied as a star name to α UMi in Renaissance times, it reflects the star's temporary proximity to the north celestial pole.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Menkar	949	HR 911	14135	α Cet	Cet	From the Arabic word al-minkhar, "the nostrils," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing λ Cet. Wrongly applied as a star name to α Cet (properly on the "jaw") in a Medieval Latin star table.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Algol	977	HR 936	14576	β Per	Per	Applied in medieval times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name ras al-ghul "the Demon's Head" (for Ptolemy's Gorgon-head). "Algol" is one of the oldest Arabic star names applied in the West, from the end of the 10th century A.D.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Alcyone	1204	HR 1165	17702	η Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Pleione	1222	HR 1180	17851	28 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Aldebaran	1498	HR 1457	21421	α Tau	Tau	Applied in medieval times from its ind-A name al-dabaran, possibly meaning "the Follower," alternatively used as the lunar mansion name for all the Hyades (or again for α Tau alone). The name is thought to refer to this star's following the Pleiades across the sky, or to the Hyades (or α Tau) coming after the Pleiades as a lunar mansion. "Aldebaran" is one of the oldest Arabic star names applied in the West, from the end of the 10th century A.D.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Rigel	1731	HR 1713	24436	β Ori	Ori	From an abbrevation of its ind-A (and sci-A) name rijl al-jauza', the Foot of al-jauza'." "Rigel" is one of the oldest Arabic star names applied in the West, from the end of the 10th century A.D.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Capella	1746	HR 1708	24608	α Aur	Aur	Its ancient Roman name meaning "the She-goat" (but more commonly given, in antiquity, as Capra), after the star's Greek name αίξ, "the Goat". Reapplied in recent times. The Roman names Capella, Aselli (for γ/ δ Cnc), and others in the diminutive form (also in Greek), are likely meant to indicate an atypical use of words, as an animal's name given to a star instead of to the animal (rather than meaning "small" animals or personages).	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Bellatrix	1819	HR 1790	25336	γ Ori	Ori	A Latin name meaning "the Female Warrior", given to α Aur in a medieval astrological text (the reason behind this initial application is not fully understood and awaits further findings in corresponding Arabic texts). In late medieval times, bellatrix was transferred to γ Ori, perhaps by association with the name Bellator, "the Male Warrior", which was used for Orion in other astrological texts.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Betelgeuse	2085	HR 2061	27989	α Ori	Ori	Applied with varied spellings since medieval times, from its ind-A name yad al-jauza', "the Hand of al-jauza'" (The first medieval transliteration into Latin was bedalgeuze, mistaking the initial Arabic letter as "b" instead of "y." In Renaissance times this corruption was erroneously attributed to the assumed Arabic word "bat" [properly ibt], for "the Armpit" of al-jauza', giving rise to the corruption Betelgeuse" seen today. Thus by Renaissance times both the "y" and "d" of the first part of the ind-A name had become corrupted.) The ind-A asterism al-jauza' was a feminine figure represented in the stars of what is today Orion. The origin of its name is unclear (as with nearly all of the ancient group of ind-A names). The root jwz can mean "middle," and the word al-jauza' is structured as a feminine adjective, thus al-jauza' may mean "the female one, having something about her related to the middle." There have been different speculations as to what the "middle" reference, if that is what it is, could be (for one example). The ind-Arabs' al-jauza' corresponded to what in other cultures was Gemini among the zodiacal signs. The sci-Arabs subsequently used the indigenous name for both the Greek Orion and Twins, leading to some confusion in star names between the two constellations. An alternative sci-A name for Orion was al-jabbar, "the Giant" and for Gemini, al-taw'aman, "the Twins."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Canopus	2304	HR 2326	30438	α Car	Car	From its ancient Greek name Κάνωβος (Ptolemy's spelling), an untranslated proper name that was introduced rather late into Greek astronomy (perhaps in the 2nd century BCE). There seem to be Egyptian influences in the name's development. Reapplied in Renaissance times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Sirius	2486	HR 2491	32349	α CMa	CMa	From its ancient Greek name Σείριος, "the Scorching one", or "Brilliant One", appropriate for this brightest of the fixed stars. Reapplied in Renaissance times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Castor	2885	HR 2891	36850	α Gem	Gem	From its ancient Greek name Κάστωρ, a character in Greek mythology, the twin of Pollux (β Gem). Reapplied in Renaissance times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Procyon	2922	HR 2943	37279	α CMi	CMi	From its ancient Greek name Προκύων, "the One Preceding the Dog", referring to its rising shortly before the "Dog Star", Sirius. Reapplied in Renaissance times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Regulus	3957	HR 3982	49669	α Leo	Leo	The name is a Latin translation of the ancient Greek name for this star: βασιλίσκος, "the (little) King" or "the Kingly One", which is a translation of the Sumerian name of the star: LUGAL (The King). The Romans, following the Greeks, called the star stella regia, "the Royal Star". Later, the Medieval Latin Almagest, translating from the Arabic (where in one version the original Greek diminutive had been lost), had rex, "the King". The form "Regulus" (again, the [little] King") first appears in 1522, obviously formed by some Renaissance scholar after the Greek diminutive name.	Latin	MUL.APIN I i 9 (Hunger and Steele 2019). Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Merak	4290	HR 4295	53910	β UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name maraqq al-dubb al-akbar, "the Flank (or Groin) of the Greater Bear."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Dubhe	4301	HR 4301	54061	α UMa	UMa	Applied in medieval times from the sci-A constellation name al-dubb, "the Bear," for Ursa Major. The spelling in the oldest sources was edubh (corresponding to the Arabic noun with the article al prefixed as e). Afterwards, by corruption, the initial e was transferred to the end of the word: dubhe.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Denebola	4535	HR 4534	57632	β Leo	Leo	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from its sci-A name dhanab al-asad, "the Lion's Tail."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Megrez	4666	HR 4660	59774	δ UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name maghriz al-dubb al-akbar, "the Root (of the tail) of the Greater Bear."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Alioth	4905	HR 4905	62956	ε UMa	UMa	Ultimately from its ind-A name al-jaun, "the Black Horse, or Bull," which became corrupted even in Arabic sources (where some of the corruptions carried other meanings). For example, in the Arabic manuscript of the Almagest that was translated into Latin in 1175 A.D., this name of ε UMa had apparently been miswritten as al-jauza or al-jauza (the latter being identical to the sci-A name for Orion and Gemini). Whatever was read in this Arabic manuscript was transliterated into Latin as alioze. In subsequent Latin copies, this name was further corrupted to aliore, Alcor, Alioth, etc. Since late medieval times, "Alioth" became the preferred name for ε UMa.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Mizar	4941	HR 5054	65378	ζ UMa	UMa	Ultimately from the Arabic word al-maraqq, "the Groin," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing β UMa. Correct transliterations of almaraqq in the Medieval Latin Almagest were mirac and mirach. However, Renaissance scholars confused these words with the Arabic word mi'zar, which had equally been transliterated and corrupted in Latin as mirac, mirach, etc. Subsequently the mistaken mi'zar, written as "Mizar," was applied as a star name to β UMa, and it became transferred to ζ UMa in late Renaissance times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Spica	5061	HR 5056	65474	α Vir	Vir	Its ancient Roman name meaning "the Ear of Grain", after the star's Greek name στάχυς of identical meaning (in turn having obvious origins among the Babylonians and Sumerians). Reapplied in Renaissance times.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Alcor	5062	HR 5062	65477	80 UMa	UMa	Ultimately from the ind-A name al-jaun, for ε UMa, which was transliterated and eventually corrupted in Latin to "Alcor." The name was wrongly transferred to 80 UMa in Renaissance times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Alkaid	5192	HR 5191	67301	η UMa	UMa	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from its ind-A name al-qa'id, "the Leader" (probably as leader of the Daughters of the Bier).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Thuban	5278	HR 5291	68756	α Dra	Dra	The formation of this name begins with the sci-A name for γ Dra: ra's al-tinnin, "the Serpent's Head." In medieval times this was transliterated into Latin as raztaben, rahtaben, razcaben, and several other corruptions (eventually leading to the name for β Dra). By Renaissance times the form Rastaben had appeared, and this name was erroneously attributed, in its last part, to the Arabic word thu'ban, "serpent", rather than to al-tinnin (subsequently thu<ban was wrongly regarded as a sci-A name for the constellation Draco). Finally in recent times, the erroneous word, written as "Thuban," was applied as a star name to α Dra.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Arcturus	5331	HR 5340	69673	α Boo	Boo	From its ancient Greek name Ἀρκτοῦρος, "the Guard, or Guardian". Reapplied in Renaissance times. As the Greek word Άρκτος, "bear," also came to mean "north," the meaning can ambiguously be "Guardian of the North" and "Guardian of the Bear", referring to the nearby constellation Ursa Major.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Antares	6150	HR 6134	80763	α Sco	Sco	From its ancient Greek name ἀντάρης, "like Ares", likening the red colour of this star to its planetary namesake (the Roman Mars), name occurs in the Almagest. Possibly the Greek name goes back to a Sumerian precursor AN.TA.GUB (as suggested by Horowitz).	Greek	Almagest, translated by Toomer (1984, 372), Horowitz ()		2016/06/30
Rasalgethi	6357	HR 6406	84345	α1 Her	Her	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from its sci-A name ra's al-jathi, "the Kneeler's Head."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Vega	7022	HR 7001	91262	α Lyr	Lyr	Applied in medieval times from an abbreviation of its ind-A name alnasr al-waqi', "the Swooping Eagle (or Vulture)," alternatively used as an asterism name for α, ε, and ζ Lyr. "Vega" is one of the oldest Arabic star names applied in the West, from the end of the 10th century A.D.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Altair	7558	HR 7557	97649	α Aql	Aql	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from an abbreviation of its Arabic name al-nars al-ta)ir, "the Flying Eagle (or Vulture)", alternatively used as an asterism name for α, β and γ Aql. The name has probable origins among the Babylonians and Sumerians, for whom α Aql was "the Eagle Star".	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Deneb	7908	HR 7924	102098	α Cyg	Cyg	"Tail" in Arabic	Arabic			2016/06/30
Aljanah	7934	HR 7949	102488	ε Cyg	Cyg	The star used to be commonly named Gienah (cf. Kunitzsch and Smart 2006, Allen 1899) which derives from Arabic al-Janāḥ, The Wing, based on Almagest translations. WGSN adopted the original Arabic word instead of the corrupted one.	Arabic	--		2016/06/30
Scheat	8748	HR 8775	113881	β Peg	Peg	From the Arabic word al-saq, "the shin," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing δ Aqr. Wrongly transferred as a star name to τ Peg in late medieval times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/06/30
Ankaa	133	HR 99	2081	α Phe	Phe	Applied in recent times from the modern Arabic constellation name al-'anqa' (a fabulous bird) for Phoenix.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Sheratan	590	HR 553	8903	β Ari	Ari	Applied in recent times from the Arabic lunar mansion name al-shara-tan, for β and γ Ari. The name means "two" of something, but the complete meaning is uncertain. Some Arabic authors suggested that it meant "the Two Signs", implying these stars as some kind of celestial indicator; others assumed it meant "the Two Horns", referring to the Arabic figure of al-hamals here.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Almach	647	HR 603	9640	γ And	And	The formation of this name begins with the Arabic name for this star: ʿanaq al-ard, "the Caracal" (a black-eared feline predator found in the Middle East). The Arabs also gave the name in short form as al-ʿanaq, which became transliterated into Medieval Latin as alamac. in Renaissance times, the derivatin of alamac was erroneously attributed to the assumed Arabic word al-maq (properly al-muq) for "the boot" or "buskin", rather than to al-ʿanaq. Subsequently the erroneous word, as "Almaak" and later "Almach" was applied as a star name to γ And, mostly in astronomical works in English. Other, non-English works use the spelling "Alamak" derived directly from the Medieval Latin transliteration.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Hamal	660	HR 617	9884	α Ari	Ari	Applied in recent times from the Arabic constellation name, al-hamal, "the Lamb", for Aries. al-hamal seems to belong to those zodiacal constellation names already known in Arabic times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Acamar	920	HR 897	13847	θ1 Eri	Eri	From its sci-A name akhir al-nahr, "the River's End". Applied in medieval times, and reapplied in recent times	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Mirfak	1068	HR 1017	15863	α Per	Per	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its ind-A name mirfaq al-thurayya, "the Elbow of the Pleiades," for its location in the ind-A asterism here.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Maia	1191	HR 1149	17573	20 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Merope	1199	HR 1156	17608	23 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Zaurak	1269	HR 1231	18543	γ Eri	Eri	From the Arabic word zauraq, "boat," used in an unaginat1ve, nonclassical description of several stars near Eridanus (evidently the stars of today's Phoenix). Arbitrarily applied as a star name toy Eri in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Cursa	1690	HR 1666	23875	β Eri	Eri	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A asterism name kursiy al-jauza' al-muqaddam, "the Foremost footstool of aljauza' [today's Orion]," for λ, β and ψ Eri, and τ Ori.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Elnath	1826	HR 1791	25428	β Tau	Tau	From the ind-A name al-naṭh, "the Butting (with the horns)," an alternative name for the 1st lunar mansion al-sharaṭān consisting of β and γ Ari (see β Ari). Some late Arabic authors also applied al-naṭh as a star name to α Ari. In recent times the name, as “Nath,” was wrongly transferred to β Tau, and subsequently it was completed to “Elnath” (adding the Arabic definite article).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Nihal	1847	HR 1829	25606	β Lep	Lep	Applied in recent times from the ind-A asterism name al-nihal "the Camels Beginning to Quench Their Thirst" for α, β, γ and δ Lep.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Mintaka	1880	HR 1852	25930	δ Ori	Ori	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A (and sci-A) asterism name mintaqat al-jauza', "the Belt (or Girdle) of al-jauza'", for δ, ε, and ζ Ori.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Arneb	1887	HR 1865	25985	α Lep	Lep	Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name al-arnab "the Hare", for Lepus.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Meissa	1910	HR 1879	26207	λ Ori	Ori	From the ind-A name al-maisan, for either γ or ξ Gem. The meaning of the name is uncertain. It may mean "the Sparkling One," referring to a star, or "the Proudly Marching One," referring to a person. Together, γ and ξ Gem composed the ind-A 6th lunar mansion alhan'a. The nearby stars λ, ϕ1, and ϕ2 Ori composed the adjacent 5th lunar mansion al-haq'a. Due to confusion between these two parent lunar mansions in a late Arabic source, "Meissa" was wrongly applied to λ Ori (rather than to γ or ξ Gem) in recent times. "Meissa" (without n at the end) corresponds to ind-A almaisa', a variant form of al-maisan.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alnilam	1932	HR 1903	26311	ε Ori	Ori	Applied in recent times from the ind-A asterism name al-nizam, "the String of Pearls," for δ, ε, and ζ Ori.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Phact	1969	HR 1956	26634	α Col	Col	Applied in recent times from the Arabic word fakhita, "ring dove," used in connection with the constellation Cygnus in a Renaissance discussion of Arabic bird names.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alnitak	1977	HR 1948	26727	ζ Ori	Ori	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A asterism name nitaq al-jauza, "the Belt (or Girdle) of al-jauza," for δ, ε, and ζ Ori.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Saiph	2028	HR 2004	27366	κ Ori	Ori	From an abbreviation of the sci-A asterism name saif al-jabbar, the Giant's Sword," for η, c, θ, and ι Ori. Wrongly applied as a star name to κ Ori in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Wazn	2050	HR 2040	27628	β Col	Col	Applied in recent times from some ind-A name al-wazn, of unknown significance.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Menkalinan	2114	HR 2088	28360	β Aur	Aur	Applied in recent times from its Arabic name mankib dhi l-(inan, "the Shoulder of the Reinholder".	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Propus	2227	HR 2216	29655	η Gem	Gem	Applied in Renaissance times from the Greek word πρόπους, "forward foot", used by Ptolemy in the Almagest in describing this star.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Furud	2275	HR 2282	30122	ζ CMa	CMa	Ultimately from the Arabic word al-furud, "the solitary ones", used in an Arabic poet's allusion to anonymous "solitary stars" around some star hadari. The word was not intended as a name for specific stars as some later Arabic authors supposed. The attempted identity of the "al-furud" stars, like their companion hadari, was variously attributed to stars in today's Centaurus and Columba. The latter stars were included under Canis Maior in the Almagest, leading, in recent times, to the confused assignment of the erroneous "Furud".	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Mirzam	2290	HR 2294	30324	β Cma	CMa	Applied in recent times from its Arabic name al-mirzam, of unknown meaning. The Arabs also gave the name to β CMi, and sometimes to γ Ori. Each al-mirzam star preceded the rising of a brighter star (our Sirius, Procyon, and Betelgeuse, respectively), which probably connects to the unknown meaning.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alhena	2432	HR 2421	31681	γ Gem	Gem	Applied in recent times from the ind-A lunar mansion name al-bana, possibly meaning "the Mark on the Neck of a Camel," for γ and ξ Gem, or alternatively for γ, ξ, η, μ, and v Gem.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Mebsuta	2478	HR 2473	32246	ε Gem	Gem	From an abbreviation of the ind-A asterism name dhira' al-asad almabsuta, "the Lion's Outstretched Paw," for one of the two pairs α/β Gem or α/β CMi. These pairs were assigned to the larger ind-A asterism al-asad, but there is no unanimity in the Arabic sources as to which pair was the "outstretched" or "folded" paw. "Mebsuta" was arbitrarily applied as a star name to ε Gem in recent times. In its indigenous location stretching from parts of Gemini all the way into Virgo, the ind-A al-asad, "the Lion," corresponded to what in other cultures was Leo among the zodiacal signs. Subsequently the sci-Arabs used the indigenous name for the smaller Greek Lion (Leo).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Wezen	2676	HR 2693	34444	δ CMa	CMa	From the Arabic name al-wazn, for one of a pair of stars, the other one being hadari. Arabic authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, and the significance of their names, is unknown. As a common noun in Arabic, al-wazn means "the weight". "Wezen" was arbitrarily applied to δ CMa in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Aludra	2798	HR 2827	35904	η CMa	CMa	Applied in recent times from the alternative Arabic asterism name al-(udhra, "the Virginity", and (udhrat aljauza), "the Virginity [?] of al-jauza)", for ε, δ, η and ο2 CMa. The name (udhrat al-jauza), by tying it with the nearly Arabic asterism al-jauza) (today's Orion), may have been an attempt to apply significance to the enigmatic and perhaps older name al-(udhra.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Gomeisa	2826	HR 2845	36188	β CMi	CMi	From the ind-A surname al-ghumaisa', "the Little Bleary-eyed One ('with a filthy fluid in the corner of the eye')," for α CMi. Wrongly transferred to β CMi in recent times. The original significance of the surname is unknown. Perhaps as an attempt to explain the significance of al-ghumaisa', as well as that of the surname al-<abur, "the One Having Crossed Over [a river, etc.]," for α CMa, an Arabic fable developed associating these and other equally enigmatic star names. According to one version of the fable, al-ghumaisa and ai-'abur were sisters, and their brother was suhail (α Car). Suhail, in turn, was the suitor of al-jauza' (the feminine ind-A figure in place of Orion). In coitus, suhail broke the spine of al-jauza', thus killing her, after which suhail fled south. He was followed by his sister al-'abur who "crossed over" the Milky Way (where the two stars now lie in the southern sky). Meanwhile suhail's second sister, al-ghumaisa, was left alone north of the Milky Way, weeping, until her "eyes became bleary." (The ind-A name for α CMa was al-shi'ra, of unknown meaning. Apparently it was developed into a dualis form, al-shi'rayan, to accomodate both α CMa and α CMi, with the aforementioned "surnames" distinguishing the two.)	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Copernicus	3135	HR 3522	43587	55 Cnc	Cnc	Nicolaus Copernicus or Mikolaj Kopernik (1473-1543) was a Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in his book "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium".	Latin	2015 NameExoWorlds		2016/07/20
Avior	3268	HR 3307	41037	ε Car	Car	Invented for The Air Almanac of the HM Nautical Almanac Office	English	"A Personal History of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office: 30 October 1930-18 February 1972" by Donald H. Sadler. Edited by George A. Wilkins. Sidford, Devon, 2008. Copyright United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 2008.		2016/07/20
Muscida	3330	HR 3323	41704	ο UMa	UMa	Almagestum 1515: "illa quae est supra extremitatem Musciae" - Bayer (1603) "in naso, barbaris muscida." - attributed to "Barbarians"	Latin	Ptolemaeus. (1515). Almagestū Cl[audii] Ptolemei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principis : opus ingens ac nobile omnes celorū motus continens ... Liechtenstein, Petrus.		2016/07/20
Acubens	3548	HR 3572	44066	α Cnc	Cnc	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-zubana, "the claw", used in Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in describing the stars α and ι Cnc. Otherwise, the same Arabic word was used for the "claws" of Scorpius.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Talitha	3552	HR 3569	44127	ι UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A name alqafza al-thalitha, "the Third Leap," for ι and κ UMa. This pair, with the pairs λ/μ and v/ξ UMa, composed the ind-A asterism qafazat al-ziba', "the Leaps of the Gazelles," imagined as the tracks left by those animals. In some later tradition, qafazat al-ziba' and adjacent asterisms were associated in a fable, where several gazelles leaped away from the Lion into a pond, leaving their tracks behind.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Miaplacidus	3632	HR 3685	45238	β Car	Car	Applied in recent times, and of unknown astronomical significance. The first element, Mia-, is unexplained. The second element is the Latin adjective placidus, meaning "calm, gentle" (here in the masculine form).	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Aspidiske	3664	HR 3699	45556	ι Car	Car	Applied in recent times from the Greek word ἀσπιδίσκη, "little shield", used by Ptolemy in the Almagest in describing several stars in his constellation Argo, that were fixed to the ship for protection and decoration. Ptolemy's shields were in today's Puppis and Vela, but their identification was confused when Argo was divided into the modern Carina, Puppis, and Vela.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alphard	3723	HR 3748	46390	α Hya	Hya	Applied in medieval times from its ind-A name al-fard, "the Solitary One," descriptive of this star's standing out among the surrounding dim stars. (See the same word in the plural, with ζ CMa.)	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Adhafera	4006	HR 4031	50335	ζ Leo	Leo	From. the sci-A name al-dafira, "the Lock of Hair," for the Coma Berenices cluster. Wrongly applied to Leo in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Tania Borealis	4009	HR 4033	50372	λ UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from their ind-A name al-qafza al-thaniya, "the Second Leap", and the Latin distinctions of "northern" and "southern," respectively.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Algieba	4028	HR 4057	50583	γ1 Leo	Leo	Applied in recent times from the ind-A lunar mansion name al-jabha "the Forehead," for ζ, γ, η, and α Leo, associated with the ind-A asterism al-asad.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Tania Australis	4042	HR 4069	50801	μ UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from their ind-A name al-qafza al-thaniya, "the Second Leap", and the Latin distinctions of "northern" and "southern," respectively.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Zosma	4355	HR 4357	54872	δ Leo	Leo	From the Greek word ζῶσμα, "girdle" or "loin cloth". In Renaissance times this word was erroneously said to have been used to describe δ Leo in a medieval Greek text. Correctly, the text has ὀσφῦς, "hip" or "lower back" (after Ptolemy). The name "Zosma" (transliterated from the erroneous Greek word) was applied in recent times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Chertan	4356	HR 4359	54879	θ Leo	Leo	Applied in recent times from one spelling of the ind-A lunar mansion name al-khurtan, "the Two Small Ribs (at or near the breast)," for δ and θ Leo. The more common and apparently correct spelling of the lunar mansion name is al-kharatan, of unknown meaning.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alula Australis	4371	HR 4375	55203	ξ UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from their ind-A name al-qafza al-ula, "the First Leap", and the Latin distinctions of "northern" and "southern," respectively.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alula Borealis	4372	HR 4377	55219	ν UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from their ind-A name al-qafza al-ula, "the First Leap", and the Latin distinctions of "northern" and "southern," respectively.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Phecda	4557	HR 4554	58001	γ UMa	UMa	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name fakhidh al-dubb al-akbar, "the Thigh of the Greater Bear."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Tonatiuh	4591	HR 4609	58952		Cam	Tonatiuh was the Aztec god of the Sun.	Aztec	2015 NameExoWorlds		2016/07/20
Acrux	4739	HR 4730	60718	α Cru	Cru	< α Crucis	Contemporary	MacKworth, P.H. et al. (1938) ‘The Air Almanac: Discussion on the New Form of Nautical Allowance for Rapid Position Finding’, The Geographical journal, 92(2), p.137.		2016/07/20
Algorab	4761	HR 4757	60965	δ Crv	Crv	From an abbreviation of the sci-A name janab al-ghurab, "the Raven's Wing," for γ Crv. Transferred to δ Crv in Renaissance times (both γ and δ were on the Raven's wings in the Almagest).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Gacrux	4770	HR 4763	61084	γ Cru	Cru	Contraction of Gamma and Crux, appearing in the 1940s.	Contemporary	"The Observer's Handbook (1947; Royal Astronomical Society of Canada), "The Air Almanac 1953 May-August" (United States Naval Observatory, Washington; Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London).		2016/07/20
Chara	4789	HR 4785	61317	β CVn	CVn	Applied in Renaissance times from the Greek word χαρά, "joy", that was used by Hevelius in 1690 to name the southern dog (marked by α and β CVn) in his new constellation Canes Vanatici.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Porrima	4834	HR 4825	61941	γ Vir	Vir	The name of a Roman goddess, one of several mythological names mentioned in connection with the constellation Virgo. Applied as a star name in recent times.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Mimosa	4868	HR 4853	62434	β Cru	Cru	Applied in recent times, and of unknown astronomical significance. It is from the Latin word mimus, "an actor", and is otherwise known as the genus name for certain tropical plants.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Cor Caroli	4921	HR 4915	63125	α2 CVn	CVn	The name first appeared in 1673 on the northern half of a pair of celestial hemispheres that accompanied a book called Astroscopium by the English cartographer Francis Lamb. He labelled the star Cor Caroli Regis Martyris, a reference to the fact that King Charles I was beheaded, or ‘martyred’, as Lamb loyally put it (Charles had declared himself ‘martyr of the people’ at his execution).	Latin	Lamb, Francis (1673). Astroscopium, or, Two hemispheres containing all the northern and southern constellations projected upon the poles of the world : which (by the help of a movable horizon) are rendred serviceable in any latitude : the uses of which hemispheres are illustrated by variety of examples.		2016/07/20
Vindemiatrix	4942	HR 4932	63608	ε Vir	Vir	The formation of this name begins with the classical Greek name for this star: Protrygeter ("the Grape Gatherer") as it is given in the Almagest: ὁ βόρειος αὐτῶv καὶ καλούμενος Προτρυγητήρ. The Romans translated this name as vindemiator and other similiar masculine forms. Similarly, after a somewhat erroneous translation of the Greek name by the Arabs, the Medieval Latin translation in the Almagest was precedens vindemiatorem, "the One preceding the Grape Gatherer", modified in some editions of the Alphonsine Tables into precedens vindemitorem. The exact origin of the current, feminine "Vindemiatrix" from any of these forms is uncertain, but it first appeared in Renaissance times.	Latin	Almagest (Heiberg edition, II 102). Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Kochab	5529	HR 5563	72607	β UMi	UMi	Applied to β UMi in Renaissance times and of uncertam derivation. It is probably from one of the names Alrucaba, Rucaba, etc., that were first applied to θ UMa, then to α UMi, in medieval times. However, the name may also be from the Arabic word kaukab, or the Hebrew word kokhabh, both meaning "star."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alphecca	5791	HR 5793	76267	α CrB	CrB	Applied in medieval times from the ind-A asterism name al-fakka, for Corona Borealis. The Arabic name, from the root f-k-k, "to separate, break up, etc.," apparently refers to this asterism's shape: an incomplete circle.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Atria	6260	HR 6217	82273	α TrA	TrA	Contraction of Bayer designation A(lpha) Tri(anguli) A(ustralis).	Latin	"The American Nautical Almanac for the Year 1952" (United States Naval Observatory, Washington D.C.).	Name listed as "Alpha Tri. Aust." in 1951 American Nautical Almanac, but listed as "Atria" in 1952 version and subsequent versions.	2016/07/20
Shaula	6580	HR 6527	85927	λ Sco	Sco	The Arabic lunar mansion "Al Shaula" ("the sting") refers to the pair Lambda and Upsilon Sco (Al Sufi), the two stars that have been called "the sting of the Scorpion" even in MUL.APIN (I ii 31-32) but with different proper names there. "Shaula" appeared more in early modern literature for the pair of stinger stars after Hyde's (1665) translation of Ulugh Beg, and specifically for Lambda Sco after Piazzi's (1814) Palermo Catalog.	Sumerian	Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84.		2016/07/20
Rasalhague	6587	HR 6556	86032	α Oph	Oph	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from its sci-A name ra's al-ḥawwa', "the Head of the Serpent Collector."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Kaus Media	6902	HR 6859	89931	δ Sgr	Sgr	Arbitrarily applied in recent times, together with the Latin distinctions of "middle," "southern," and "northern" (for λ Sgr), from the ind-A (and later sci-A) constellation name al-qaus, "the Bow." For the ind-Arabs, al-qaus was marked by the curved line of stars ξ2, o, π, d, ρ and u Sgr (corresponding to what in other cultures was Sagittarius among the zodiacal signs). The sci-Arabs used the indigenous name for the Greeks' Archer, alternatively translated as al-rami.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Kaus Australis	6930	HR 6879	90185	ε Sgr	Sgr	Arbitrarily applied in recent times, together with the Latin distinctions of "middle," "southern," and "northern" (for λ Sgr), from the ind-A (and later sci-A) constellation name al-qaus, "the Bow." For the ind-Arabs, al-qaus was marked by the curved line of stars ξ2, o, π, d, ρ and u Sgr (corresponding to what in other cultures was Sagittarius among the zodiacal signs). The sci-Arabs used the indigenous name for the Greeks' Archer, alternatively translated as al-rami.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Kaus Borealis	6957	HR 6913	90496	λ Sgr	Sgr	Arbitrarily applied in recent times, together with the Latin distinctions of "middle," "southern," and "northern" (for λ Sgr), from the ind-A (and later sci-A) constellation name al-qaus, "the Bow." For the ind-Arabs, al-qaus was marked by the curved line of stars ξ2, o, π, d, ρ and u Sgr (corresponding to what in other cultures was Sagittarius among the zodiacal signs). The sci-Arabs used the indigenous name for the Greeks' Archer, alternatively translated as al-rami.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Rukbat	7365	HR 7348	95347	α Sgr	Sgr	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name rukbat al-rami, "the Archer's Knee".	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Albireo	7410	HR 7417	95947	β Cyg	Cyg	The formation of this name begins with Ptolemy's name for the constellation Cygnus - ὄρνις, "the Bird". The Arabs transliterated this name as urnis. The Medieval Latin translator of the Arabic Almagest, in turn, did not recognize any Greek word behind urnis (or whatever Arabic corruption he may have read), so he merely transliterated it into a form which appeared int he manuscripts variously as eurisim, eirisun, eirism, etc. In a note appended to this Medieval Latin constellation name for Cygnus, one Latin commentator ventured to derive it from the name of an aromatic herb he knew: ireus. This erroneous commentary read, in brief part: "eirisim...ab ireo", or, "[the constellation name] eirisim...[coming] from [the word] ireus". Apparently in one manuscript of the Latin Almagest, the final word of this commentary, ab ireo, were written on the next line below the constellation title, where the descriptions of the stars begin. Since the first star entered in the Almagest under the constellation Cygnus is β Cyg, the words ab ireo seem to have been confused as a name for this star. "Arabicized" with the insertion of the letter "l", ab ireo, written as "Albireo", was applied as a star name to β Cyg by Renaissance times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Peacock	7796	HR 7790	100751	α Pav	Pav	Invented for The Air Almanac of the HM Nautical Almanac Office	English	"A Personal History of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office: 30 October 1930-18 February 1972" by Donald H. Sadler. Edited by George A. Wilkins. Sidford, Devon, 2008. Copyright United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 2008.		2016/07/20
Alderamin	8132	HR 8162	105199	α Cep	Cep	Applied to α Cep since medieval times. The derivation understood since Renaissance times was from al-dhira (al-)yamin, "the Right Forearm," an assumed sci-A descriptive term for α Cep. But this is apparently erroneous. Firstly, in the Almagest, α Cep is described on the right "shoulder" (Arabic al-katif or al-mankib) of Cepheus, whereas no right "forearm" (al-dhira<) is described for the figure. Secondly, in Arabic, "right forearm" is spelled correctly as al-dhira al-yumna, which (in contrast to al-yamin) lacks assonance in the last syllable to Alderamin. Therefore, it is more likely that Alderamin is derived from the various medieval Western abbreviations of muqaddam al-dhira<ain, "the Preceding One of the Two Cubits, or Forearms," which was a sci-A name (based on ind-A) for α Gem. This would have been wrongly transferred to α Cep in medieval times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Enif	8287	HR 8308	107315	ε Peg	Peg	Applied in medieval times, evidently from the Arabic word anf, "nose" (Ptolemy had described this star on the horse's "muzzle"). However, sci-A sources do not mention anf for ε Peg, only other terms, hence the ultimate origin of "Enif" remains uncertain.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Alnair	8414	HR 8425	109268	α Gru	Gru	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its late Arabic name al-nayyir min dhanab al-but, "the Bright One from the Fish's Tail" (where a l6th century Arabic astronomer had extended Ptolemy's Southern Fish [Piscis Austrinus] into what is today Grus). The form Al Na'ir was taken from a wrong transliteration (Al Na'ir) of the Arabic adjective al-nayyir, "the Bright One."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/07/20
Schedar	206	HR 168	3179	α Cas	Cas	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-sadr, "the breast," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Diphda	221	HR 188	3419	β Cet	Cet	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its ind-A name al-difdi' al-thani, "the Second Frog" (a PsA was the ind-Arabs' "First Frog," al-difdi' al-awwal).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Adhil	420	HR 390	6411	ξ And	And	From the Arabic word al-dhail, "the train of a robe or dress", used in the Arabic Almagest in describing A and χ And, and transliterated in the Medieval Latin Almagest as adhil. This word was wrongly applied as a star name to ξ And in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Ruchbah	440	HR 403	6686	δ Cas	Cas	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name rukbat dhat al-kursiy, "the Knee of the Lady of the Chair."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Mothallah	580	HR 544	8796	α Tri	Tri	Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name al-muthallath, "the Triangle," for Triangulum.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Mesarthim	584	HR 546		γ2 Ari	Ari	The formation of this name begins with the Arabic lunar mansion name al-sharatan, for β and γ Ari. From the numerous medieval lists of the Arabic lunar mansions (all in Latin transliteration), the Renaissance scholar Johannes Bayer grasped the form Sartai, and used it for the three brighter stars α, β and γ Ari. Bayer also erroneously explained Sartai as from the Hebrew word mesharethim, "servants", rather than from al-sharatan. Subsequently, Bayer's erroneous word, written as "Mesarthim", was applied as a star name.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Alrescha	629	HR 596	9487	α Psc	Psc	From the ind-A lunar mansion name al-risha', "the Cord," for β And. Wrongly transferred to α Psc in recent times. According to a sci-A source, the ind-A al-risha' included, in a larger sense, two curving lines of mostly dim stars in Andromeda and Pisces, meant to attach to the ind-A al-dalw "the Well Bucket" (marked by today's Square of Pegasus). It is also possible that this "cord" was a remnant of the cord joining the two fish of the older Babylonian zodiac. Indeed, these stars of the cord were alternatively known by the ind-Arabs as al-hut, "the Fish" (a single fish), corresponding to what in other cultures was Pisces among the zodiacal signs (and according to this tradition, the Fish's brightest star, β And, was batn al-hut, "the Fish's Belly").	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Celaeno	1180	HR 1140	17489	16 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Electra	1182	HR 1142	17499	17 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Taygeta	1186	HR 1145	17531	19 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Asterope	1192	HR 1151	17579	21 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21		wiki	4	3	2
Atlas	1221	HR 1178	17847	27 Tau	Tau	These names were individually applied in Renaissance times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Adhara	2605	HR 2618	33579	ε CMa	CMa	Applied in recent times from the Arabic asterism name al-(adhara, "the Virgins", for ε, δ, η and ο2 CMa. The significance of the name is unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Muliphein	2641	HR 2657	34045	γ CMa	CMa	The formation of this name begins with the Arabic names hadari and al-wazn. In Arabic discussions of these names it came to be said that they were muhlifan, meaning "two [things] causing dispute [in this case as to these stars' identification] and the swearing of an oath". From this usage, al-muhlifan was wrongly taken as a name for hadari and al-wazn together. Transliterated and further mutilated as "Muliphein", the name was arbitrarily applied to the single star γ CMa in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Wasat	2772	HR 2777	35550	δ Gem	Gem	From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a sci-A commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the ind-A constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky (perhaps meaning the celestial equator). The reference was intended to apply to the ind-A figure located in today's Orion, however it was under the constellation which is today Gemini that the reference appeared (note the confusion between Orion and Gemini mentioned under α Ori). Therefore, after transliteration into Latin, it was in Gemini (to δ) that the word "Wasat" was arbitrarily applied as a star name in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Naos	3137	HR 3165	39429	ζ Pup	Pup	Applied in recent times from the word ναῦς, Greek for the "ship", used in one Renaissance discussion as a name for the ancient constellation Argo (since divided into Puppis, Carina, and Vela).	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Suhail	3595	HR 3634	44816	λ Vel	Vel	Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of suhail. A Vel was among these brighter stars. Some of the composite names may have been authentic ind-A names for far-southern stars, with their true identities unknown to the more northern sci-Arabs, while others of them were surely the creations of ind-A poets.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Zavijava	4543	HR 4540	57757	β Vir	Vir	From a contraction of the ind-A name zawiyat al-'awwa', "the Angle of al-'awwa'," for γ Vir. Wrongly transferred to β Vir in recent times. The stars β, η, γ, and ε Vir marked the ind-A lunar mansion al-'awwa' (with γ in its "angle"), but the meaning of al-'awwa' is unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Hadar	5274	HR 5267	68702	β Cen	Cen	From some ind-A name hadari (an untranslated proper name), for one of a pair of stars, the other one being al-wazn. Sci-A authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, and the significance of their names, is unknown. "Hadar" was arbitrarily applied to β Cen in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Menkent	5287	HR 5288	68933	θ Cen	Cen	Applied in recent times and possibly coined from the Arabic word mankib, "shoulder" (in some recent transliterations: menkib; Ptolemy described this star on the right "shoulder" of the Centaur), plus the Latinized "Kentaurus" for the sci-A constellation name qanturis. Hence this name could be of similar construction to the abbreviation for α Cen: "Rigil Kent."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Seginus	5421	HR 5435	71075	γ Boo	Boo	The formation of this name begins with the Greek constellation name βοώτης (Boötes), which was transliterated and then corrupted in the manuscripts of the Arabic Almagest. One of these corruptions, in turn, was transliterated into Latin as theguius, which became further corrupted into cheguius, ceginus, etc. One form, Ceginus, was applied as a star name by late medieval times, and "Seginus" is its recent spelling.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Izar	5488	HR 5506	72105	ε Boo	Boo	Applied in recent times from the Arabic word izwar, "girdle" or "loin cloth", being a later version of the original term al-mi)zar used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Zubenelgenubi	5530	HR 5531	72622	α2 Lib	Lib	Applied in Renaissance times from its sci-A name al-zubana al-janubi, the Southern Claw ( of the Scorpion)." The stars of Libra were interpreted by the Baby!onians as "the Claws of Scorpius" (thus forming a much larger Scorpion), and alternatively (perhaps in a more recent stage) they were made an independent constellation, "the Balance." Both these conceptions lived on until the Greeks and, partly, the ind-Arabs. Previous to Greek influences, the ind-Arabs used the name al-zubanayan, "the Two Claws ( of the Scorpion}," for the lunar mansion marked by α and β Lib. (Ind-A al-zubanayan is obviously related etymologically to Babylonian zibanutu, but the latter, also marked by α and β Lib, meant "the Balance"). Our modern name is occasionally seen abbreviated as Zuben'ubi".	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Alkalurops	5589	HR 5733	75411	μ Boo	Boo	The formation of this name begins with one of the words used by Ptolemy to describe this star in the Almagest: κολλόροβον, "club", rarely used as "sphepherd's staff". This word was transliterated into Arabic as qulurubus, and hence into Latin as calurus. Then in Renaissance times, the derivation of calurus was mistakenly attributed to another Greek word: καλαῦροψ, "shepherd's staff". This erroneous word, in its turn, was transliterated into Latin, then Arabicized with the article al-, then its spelling corrupted, to become "Alkalurops", which was thereafter applied as a star name to μ Boo.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Nekkar	5593	HR 5602	73555	β Boo	Boo	Applied in recent times from a misreading of the Arabic constellation name al-baqqar, "the Ox-driver", for Boötes.	corrupted	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Zubeneschamali	5685	HR 5685	74785	β Lib	Lib	Applied in Renaissance times from its sci-A name al-zubana alshamali, "the Northern Claw (of the Scorpion)".	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Pherkad	5708	HR 5735	75097	γ UMi	UMi	Applied in recent times from the singular form of the ind-A asterism name al-farqadan, "the Two Calves," for β and γ UMi.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Unukalhai	5865	HR 5854	77070	α Ser	Ser	Applied in recent times from its sci-A name 'unuq al-hayya, "the Serpent's Neck."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Dschubba	5964	HR 5953	78401	δ Sco	Sco	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the sci-A name jabhat al-'aqrab, "the Scorpion's Forehead," for β, δ, and π Sco.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Acrab	5996	HR 5984	78820	β1 Sco	Sco	Arabic name al-'Aqrab for the constellation Scorpius ("the scorpion") (e.g. Al Sufi). Application of the transliteration "Acrab" specifically to the pair Beta1 and Beta2 Sco was made by Piazzi (1814) in the Palermo Catalog, and its use spread through the 19th century.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, P. (1959) Arabische Sternnamen in Europa. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. No. 3; 88; 108		2016/08/21
Kornephoros	6156	HR 6148	80816	β Her	Her	From the Greek word κορυνηφόρος, "club-bearer", mentioned in one Renaissance study as a name for the constellation Hercules. Properly it is of mythological rather than astronomical significance, for Ptolemy's constellation here was "the Kneeler", described without a club. "Kornephoros" was applied as a star name in recent times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sabik	6415	HR 6378	84012	η Oph	Oph	Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-sabiq, of uncertain meaning or connection. The name might mean literally "the Preceding One" or "the One Arriving First in a Race". Other sources give the name in the dualis form (for the two stars ζ and η Oph), and in the plural form (for more than two stars).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Rastaban	6555	HR 6536	85670	β Dra	Dra	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the sci-A name ra's al-tinnin, "the Serpent's Head," for γ Dra. Transferred to β Dra in recent times (originally Ptolemy had γ Dra on the "head," and β more specifically on the "eye").	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Lesath	6559	HR 6508	85696	υ Sco	Sco	The formation of this name begins with the Greek term "(foggy) conglomeration," used by Ptolemy in the Tetrabiblos in describing several nebulous sky objects (in the present case, probably the open cluster M7). Ptolemy's term was translated by the sci-Arabs as al-latkha, "the Spot." This word in turn became transliterated and corrupted in Medieval Latin to alascha, which was used in astrological texts in connection with Scorpius' tail. In Renaissance times, the derivation of alascha was erroneously attributed to the Arabic word las'a, "sting, or bite (of a poisonous animal)," rather than to al-latkha. Subsequently the erroneous word, written as "Lesath," was applied as a star name to u Sco (and in recent times, also to λ Sco).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Yildun	6573	HR 6789	85822	δ UMi	UMi	From the Turkish word yildiz, "star." In Renaissance times this common noun was erroneously said to be a Turkish name for the Pole Star (α UMi). Misspelled as "Yildun," the word was arbitrarily applied as a star name to δ UMi in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sargas	6606	HR 6553	86228	θ Sco	Sco	MUL.SHAR.GAZ, "mul" is the Sumerian designator for stars and constellations, "Shargaz" and "Sharur" are two weapons of Marduk (the city god of Babylon and highest god of the Babylonian pantheon after 1250 BCE). The line I ii 31-32 in MUL.APIN read: "Two stars which stand in the sting of the Scorpion: Sharur and Shargaz", so these star names have originally been given to the stars lambda and upsilon Sco. The Mesopotamian name "Sargas" was linked to the star Theta Sco by Robert Brown Jr. (1893; "Euphratean Stellar Researches Part II.") and its subsequent mention in R. H. Allen's (1899) "Star-names and Their Meanings" popularized its subsequent use.	Sumerian	MUL.APIN I ii 31-32 (Hunger+Steele (2019)), Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84.		2016/08/21
Cebalrai	6649	HR 6603	86742	β Oph	Oph	Applied in recent times from its ind-A name kalb al-ra'i, "the Shepherd's Dog" (in other traditions α Her and 28/29 Cep are given the same name). This dog, together with the shepherd (marked by α Oph), and the two lines of stars enclosing the Pasture, and all the dim stellar sheep in that portion of the sky (al-ghanam or al-aghnam for the sheep), seem to form a complete group of ind-A figures.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Eltanin	6733	HR 6705	87833	γ Dra	Dra	Applied in Renaissance times from the sci-A constellation name al-tinnīn, “the serpent”, for Draco.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Alnasl	6801	HR 6746	88635	γ2 Sgr	Sgr	Applied in recent times from its late Arabic name al-nasl, "the Point," in turn an abbreviation of the Arabic Almagest's nasl al-sahm, "the Point of the Arrow."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sheliak	7118	HR 7106	92420	β Lyr	Lyr	Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name al-salbaq, "the Harp," for Lyra. salbaq was a Greek loanword in Arabia, and was one of three names of musical instruments used by the sci-Arabs for Lyra. Still other names were alsulalfat, and al-lura.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Nunki	7159	HR 7121	92855	σ Sgr	Sgr	ᵐᵘˡNUN.KI or ᵐᵘˡNUNᴷᴵ = the star or constellation of Eridu where Eridu is one of the first big cities known. Archealogical proofs date back to the 3rd millennium (Sumer). It is located at the southern coast of Mesopotamia. The identification of the star or asterism is highly uncertain: it is often identified with Canopus and adjacent areas or "somewhere in Argo". ᵐᵘˡNUN.KI is listed in MUL.APIN and there, it seems to refer to the area of Aquarius with unknown identification (Canopus not excluded) but the identification with other Babylonian texts seems to propose only in the northern part of modern Argo, i.e. Vela. The Euphratean name "Nunki" was mentioned and associated with Sigma Sgr in Robert Brown, Jr. (1892, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, Volume 14, p. 298; "Nun-ki", "Prince-of-the-Earth"), and its use diffused through the 20th century after being mentioned in Richard Hinckley Allen's (Star Names, their lore and meaning, p. 359). The modern Nunki is, thus, not identical with the Sumerian one; it is one of the many misapplications.	Sumerian	MUL.APIN I ii 20 (Hunger+Steele 2019), Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84. Robert Brown, Jr. (1892, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, Volume 14, p. 298. Richard Hinckley Allen's (Star Names, their lore and meaning, p. 359).		2016/08/21
Alya	7166	HR 7141	92946	θ1 Ser	Ser	From the Arabic word alya, naming the fatty tail of a breed of Eastern sheep. In Renaissance times this word was erroneously proposed as the origin of Alioth, a Medieval Latin name for ε UMa. The erroneous "Alya" was applied as a star name to θ Ser in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sulafat	7197	HR 7178	93194	γ Lyr	Lyr	Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name al-sulabfat, "the Tortoise," for Lyra, corresponding to the Greek image of a tortoise shell for the Lyre's soundboard.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Altais	7294	HR 7310	94376	δ Dra	Dra	Applied in recent times from a misreading of the script for the sci-A constellation name al-tinnin, "the Serpent," as it appeared incorrectly in a late sci-A star catalog, as part of the name for δ Dra. (The incorrect word, al-tais, is a real word in Arabic meaning "the He-goat," however it was never used by the ind-Arabs in stellar nomenclature. Furthermore, in the same Arabic source, in the name of ε Dra [formed parallel to that of δ Dra], the word was correctly written al-tinnin.)	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Tarazed	7523	HR 7525	97278	γ Aql	Aql	Applied in recent times (with a misreading) from abbreviating the Persian asterism name shanin-i tarazu, "the Scale Beam", for α, β and γ Aql. The Persian name, in turn, was a medieval translation of these stars' Arabic name al-mizan, "the Balance".	Persian	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Alshain	7592	HR 7602	98036	β Aql	Aql	Applied in recent times (with a misreading in the second word) from abbreviating the Persian asterism name shahin-i tarazu, "the Scale Beam," for α, β and γ Aql. The Persian name, in turn, was a medieval translation of these stars' ind-A name al-mizan, "the Balance" (said to be a popular name for the ind-Arabs' al-nasr al-ti'ir listed under α Aql).	Persian	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Algedi	7744	HR 7754	100064	α2 Cap	Cap	Reapplied in recent times (from its older medieval spelling), from the scientific Arabic constellation name al-jady, "the Kid," for Capricornus.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Dabih	7771	HR 7776	100345	β1 Cap	Cap	Applied in recent times from the ind-A lunar mansion name sa'd aldhabih, for α and β Cap. Possible meanings for the name are "the Lucky (Stars) of the Slaughterer," or, "Sa'd, the Slaughtering One" (this last using Sa'd as an unspecified proper name). However the exact historical connections are unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sadr	7778	HR 7796	100453	γ Cyg	Cyg	"Breast" in Arabic	Arabic			2016/08/21
Kitalpha	8114	HR 8131	104987	α Equ	Equ	Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name qit'at al-faras, "the Section of the Horse," for Equuleus. Ptolemy had Ἵππου Προτομή, "the First Half of the Horse," for the constellation, because it shows only half the figure (as with the constellations Taurus, Pegasus, and the Greek ship Argo).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Alfirk	8192	HR 8238	106032	β Cep	Cep	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A names kaukaba al-firq (for α and β Cep ), and kawakib al-firq (for α, β , and η Cep). kaukaba and kawakib mean "two stars" and "stars" (more than two), respectively, but the original Arabic script for al-firq can be vocalized in various ways with various meanings. If the vocalization al-firq is accepted, it means "the Flock," and may refer to a flock of sheep here.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sadalsuud	8207	HR 8232	106278	β Aqr	Aqr	Applied in recent times from the Arabic lunar mansion name sa(d al-su(ud, for β and ξ Aqr, and 46 Cap. A possible meaning for the name is "the Luckiest of the Lucky (Stars)", but the exact historical connections are unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Nashira	8256	HR 8278	106985	γ Cap	Cap	Applied in recent times from the ind-A name sa<d nashira, for γ and δ Cap. Its meaning is unknown. As originally applied, γ was "Nashira Prima" and δ was "Nashira Posterior."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sadalmelik	8399	HR 8414	109074	α Aqr	Aqr	Applied in recent times from the Arabic name sa(d al-malik, for α and ο Aqr. A possible meaning for the name is "the Lucky (Stars) of the King", but the exact historical connections are unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Biham	8431	HR 8450	109427	θ Peg	Peg	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A name sa'd al-biham, for θ and ν Peg. A possible meaning for the name is "the Lucky (Stars) of the Young Beasts [lambs, kids, and the like]," but the exact historical connections are unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sadachbia	8503	HR 8518	110395	γ Aqr	Aqr	Applied in recent times from the Arabic lunar mansion name sa(d al-akhbiya, for γ, π, ζ and η Aqr. A possible meaning for the name is "the Lucky (Stars) of the Tents", but the exact historical connections are unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Homam	8613	HR 8634	112029	ζ Peg	Peg	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A name sa'd al-humam, for ζ and ξ Peg. A possible meaning for the name is "the Lucky (Stars) of the Hero," but the exact historical connections are unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Matar	8625	HR 8650	112158	η Peg	Peg	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A name sa'd matar for η and o Peg. Its meaning is unknown. matar has been translated as "rain," and as a common noun in Arabic, al-matar does mean "the rain." However, lack of the definitive article al- for the star points to a use of the word in a sense different from the common noun.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Sadalbari	8662	HR 8684	112748	μ Peg	Peg	Applied in recent times from the ind-A name sa'd al-bari', for λ and μ Peg. A possible meaning for the name is "the Lucky (Stars) of the Excelling One," but the exact historical connections are unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Skat	8689	HR 8709	113136	δ Aqr	Aqr	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-saq, "the shin", used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Proxima Centauri	10078	GJ 551	70890	α Cen	Cen	Its recent Latin name meaning "the Nearest", as this component of the system is currently the nearest star to our solar system.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/08/21
Baten Kaitos	573	HR 539	8645	ζ Cet	Cet	Applied in recent times from its sci-A name batn qaitus, "the Sea Monster's Belly."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Azha	907	HR 874	13701	η Eri	Eri	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A asterism name udhi al-na'am, "the Ostrich's Nest," for ζ, ρ2,3, η and τ1 Eri, and ε and π Cet.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Botein	995	HR 951	14838	δ Ari	Ari	Applied in recent times from the ind-A lunar mansion name al-butain, "the Little Belly", for δ, ϵ and ρ Ari.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Zibal	1017	HR 984	15197	ζ Eri	Eri	Applied in recent times from a misreading of the ind-A name al-ri'al, "the Young of the Ostriches," for the numerous dim stars running between α Eri and α PsA (or, according to another tradition, those within the triangle formed by α Phe/α PsA/β Cet).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Atik	1173	HR 1131	17448	ο Per	Per	Applied in recent times (also to ζ Per), from an abbreviation of the ind-A name 'atiq al-thurayya, "the Collarbone of the Pleiades," for ο and ζ Per, after their location in the ind-A asterism here	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Menkib	1274	HR 1228	18614	ξ Per	Per	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its ind-A name mankib al-thurayya, "the Shoulder of the Pleiades," for its location in the ind-A asterism here.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Beid	1329	HR 1298	19587	ο1 Eri	Eri	Applied in recent times from the ind-A name al-baid, "the Eggs" for unspecified dim stars around the ind-A ostrich's nest.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Keid	1352	HR 1325	19849	ο2 Eri	Eri	Applied in recent times from the ind-A name al-qaid, "the Egg Shells," for unspecified stars around the ind-A ostrich's nest.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Mekbuda	2648	HR 2650	34088	ζ Gem	Gem	From an abbreviation of the ind-A asterism name dhira' al-asad al-maqbuqa, "the Lion's Folded Paw". Arbitrarily applied as a star name to ζ Gem in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Tegmine	3110	HR 3208	40167	ζ Cnc	Cnc	A Latin word in the ablative case meaning "covering" or "shell", used in a Renaissance discussion of the constellation Cancer. The word was subsequently applied as a star name to ζ Cnc.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.	The name should be "Tegmen", in the nominative case.	2016/09/12
Tureis	3159	HR 3185	39757	ρ Pup	Pup	From the Arabic word al-turais, "the Little Shield," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing several stars (ρ Pup not among them) in the constellation Argo. Wrongly applied as a star name to ρ Pup in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Subra	3823	HR 3852	47508	ο Leo	Leo	From the ind-A lunar mansion name al-zubra, "the Mane, or Shoulder," for δ and θ Leo, associated with the ind-A asterism al-asad (see ε Gem; al-zubra was an alternative name for al-kharatan given under θ Leo). "Subra" was wrongly applied as a star name too Leo in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Rasalas	3885	HR 3905	48455	μ Leo	Leo	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name ra's alasad (al-shamali), "(the Northern [Part] of) the Lion's Head." As originally applied, μ Leo was "Rasalasad Borealis" abbreviated in the first Western astronomical source as "Rasalas. Bor.," for lack of space in the line), and ε Leo was "Rasalasad Australis" (after the sci-A).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Alkes	4274	HR 4287	53740	α Crt	Crt	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the sci-A constellation name al-ka's, "the (Wine) Cup," for Crater.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Alchiba	4629	HR 4623	59199	α Crv	Crv	From the ind-A asterism name al-khibāʾ, “the Tent,” for β, γ, δ and ε Crv. Wrongly applied as a star name to α Crv in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Zaniah	4693	HR 4689	60129	η Vir	Vir	From an abbreviation of the ind-A name zawiyat al-'awwa', "the Angle of al-'awwa'," for γ Vir. Wrongly transferred to η Vir in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Muphrid	5230	HR 5235	67927	η Boo	Boo	The formation of this name begins with the ancient Arabic name for α Boo: al-simak al-ramih, "the Lance-bearing simak" (the meaning of simak is uncertain). It seems that later Arabic poets expanded upon this name by making mention of some separate "lance" (al-rumh) that accompanied the star α Boo. Subsequent Arabs attempted to identify this fictitious lance with actual stars, sometimes saying it was η Boo with nearby stars, sometimes saying it was "η Boo alone" (where "alone", in arabic, is written mufradan). From these discussions came, with a slight copying mistake in the Arabic, the erroneous Arabic name mufrad al-ramih, roughly translating as "the Isolated Single One of the Lance-Bearer". With a wrong vocalization and with abbreviation, this erroneous name, as "Muphrid", was applied in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Syrma	5332	HR 5338	69701	ι Vir	Vir	From the Greek word σύρμα, "train of a dress", used by Ptolemy in the Almagest in describing this star. The word was applied as a star name in recent times.	Greek	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Merga	5518	HR 5533	72487	38 Boo	Boo	A Latin word meaning "reaping hook," used in a Renaissance discussion of the constellation Bootes. According to this discussion, some classical sources mentioned a reaping hook held in Bootes' hand opposite the staff. Subsequently the word was applied as a star name to hBoo.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Nusakan	5751	HR 5747	75695	β CrB	CrB	Applied in recent times from the collective ind-A name al-nasaqan, "the Two Lines [of stars]" for two asterisms in today's Hercules, Serpens, Ophiuchus, and Lyra. al-nasaqan originally marked the boundaries of the ind-Arabs' al-rauda, "the Pasture". These boundaries were "the Northern Line" al-nasaq al-sha'ami, and "the Southern Line" al-nasaq al-yamani.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Marfik	6160	HR 6149	80883	λ Oph	Oph	Applied since medieval times from the Arabic word al-marfiq, "the elbow," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star. While the medieval transliteration was marsic (with a confusion of f and the long-shaped s), Marfik is an improved spelling of recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Sarin	6437	HR 6410	84379	δ Her	Her	Name of unknown etymology from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965). It is probably a part of the body. The word probably is not of Semit's origin,	unknown	Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství		2016/09/12
Maasym	6558	HR 6526	85693	λ Her	Her	From the Arabic word al-mi'sam, "the wrist," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing o Her. Wrongly transferred to λ Her in Renaissance times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Grumium	6713	HR 6688	87585	ξ Dra	Dra	A Late Latin word (its correct spelling should be grunnum) meaning "snout" or "muzzle (especially of a pig)", used in the Medieval Latin Almagest in describing this star. The word was applied as a star name in recent times.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Ascella	7227	HR 7194	93506	ζ Sgr	Sgr	ascella ("armpit"). Although it appeared in the 1515 Almagest, the name does not appear to have come into common usage until the 20th century after appearing as Ascella in Richard Hinckley Allen's "Star Names Their Lore and Meaning" (1899).	Latin	Ptolemaeus. (1515). Almagestū Cl[audii] Ptolemei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principis : opus ingens ac nobile omnes celorū motus continens ... Liechtenstein, Petrus. p.84.		2016/09/12
Sham	7477	HR 7479	96757	α Sge	Sge	Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name al-sahm, "the Arrow," for Sagitta.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Rotanev	7869	HR 7882	101769	β Del	Del	Nicolaus Venator, responsible for 1814 star catalogue)	Latin	Palermo Star Catalogue (1814), p.147		2016/09/12
Sualocin	7889	HR 7906	101958	α Del	Del	reversed Latin Nicolaus Venator, responsible for 1814 star catalogue)	Latin	Palermo Star Catalogue (1814), p.147		2016/09/12
Albali	7948	HR 7950	102618	ε Aqr	Aqr	From the Arabic word bali(, "swallower", used in an Arabic discussion pertaining to the Arabic lunar mansion name sa(d bula( (given for ε, μ and ν Aqr; of unknown meaning). In recent times the Arabic article al- was added to bali( and the word was applied as a star name.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Azelfafage	8266	HR 8301	107136	π1 Cyg	Cyg	From the sci-A constellation name al-sulahfat, "the Tortoise," for Lyra ( corresponding to the Greek image of a tortoise shell for the Lyre's soundboard). Transliterated as Azelfage, a Medieval Latin translator erroneously attributed this constellation name to Cygnus. Then in Renaissance times, the corruption "Azelfafage" was applied as a star name to π1 Cyg.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Kurhah	8385	HR 8417	108917	ξ Cep	Cep	Applied in recent times from one vocalization of its ind-A name: al-qurha, "the White Spot on the Forehead of a Horse." However, the original Arabic script for the name can be read and vocalized in other ways with various meanings.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Ancha	8479	HR 8499	110003	θ Aqr	Aqr	A Latin word meaning "hip", used in the Medieval Latin Almagest in describing σ and ι/38 Aqr in the right and left hips, respectively (following an error, for Ptolemy had these stars in "the buttocks"). The word was applied as a star name to θ Aqr (correctly in Ptolemy's "right socket of the hip") in recent times.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Situla	8593	HR 8610	111710	κ Aqr	Aqr	A Latin word meaning "pot" or "bucket", used in Renaissance philological studies as the translation of the Arabic constellation name al-dalw, for Aquarius. Subsequently the word was applied as a star name to k Aqr. The Arabs located al-dalw ("the Well Bucket") in today's Square of Pegasus. In that location it corresponded to what in other cultures was Aquarius among the zodiacal signs. The Arabs subsequently used the indigenous name al-dalw for the Greek Water Pourer (Aquarius).	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/09/12
Yed Posterior	6087	HR 6075	79882	ε Oph	Oph	Originally from the Arabic word al-yad, "the hand," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing these stars. yed was applied as a star name to δ Oph in medieval times. Then in recent times, this application was extended to include both δ and ε, with the addition of the Latin distinctions for "foremost" and "hindmost," respectively.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/10/05
Arkab Prior	7358	HR 7337	95241	β1 Sgr	Sgr	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name 'urqub al-rami, "the Archer's Achilles Tendon."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/10/05
Arkab Posterior	7363	HR 7343	95294	β2 Sgr	Sgr	Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its sci-A name 'urqub al-rami, "the Archer's Achilles Tendon."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/10/05
Asellus Borealis	3439	HR 3449	42806	γ Cnc	Cnc	From their joint Roman name the Aselli (and also Asini), "the Asses" of "Donkeys", being a translation of these stars' Greek name. Reapplied in Renaissance times, along with the Latin distinctions of "northern" and "southern".	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/11/06
Asellus Australis	3447	HR 3461	42911	δ Cnc	Cnc	From their joint Roman name the Aselli (and also Asini), "the Asses" of "Donkeys", being a translation of these stars' Greek name. Reapplied in Renaissance times, along with the Latin distinctions of "northern" and "southern".	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/11/06
Gienah	4669	HR 4662	59803	γ Crv	Crv	A name transferred from γ Crv in recent times, where the Arabic word janab means "wing" (in the Almagest, both ε Cyg and γ Crv lie on the wings of their respective constellations)	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/11/06
Rigil Kentaurus	5460	HR 5459	71683	α Cen	Cen	Applied in recent times from its sci-A name rijl qanturis, "the Centaur's Foot". Today the name is occasionally seen abbreviated as "Rigil Kent."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/11/06
Yed Prior	6059	HR 6056	79593	δ Oph	Oph	Originally from the Arabic word al-yad, "the hand," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing these stars. yed was applied as a star name to δ Oph in medieval times. Then in recent times, this application was extended to include both δ and ε, with the addition of the Latin distinctions for "foremost" and "hindmost," respectively.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2016/11/06
Kaffaljidhma	837	HR 804	12706	γ Cet	Cet	Arabic الكف الجذماء, al-kaf al-jaðmāʾ ('the cut-short hand') is given as a star name in Allen (1899) with reference to an Arabic name for the asterism of Cetus's Head.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 163)		2017/02/01	01/02/2017
Theemin	1495	HR 1464	21393	υ2 Eri	Eri	The formation of this name begins with one of the words used by Ptolemy to describe this star in the Almagest: καμπή, "the bend [of the river]". This was misread by the sci-Arabs, who transliterated the word as bhmn. This, in turn, was transliterated as beemun in the Medieval Latin Almagest, which was corrupted to beemin, beemim, etc. Then in Renaissance times, the derivation of the form beemim was erroneously attributed to the Hebrew word te'omim, "twins." Subsequently this erroneous word, written as Theemim, then "Theemin," was applied as a star name to any of the various dim stars running from u1 to h Eri.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/02/01
Almaaz	1647	HR 1605	23416	ε Aur	Aur	The Arabic term المعز (al-maʽaz) can refer to the plural "goats" but has also been interpreted as a He-Goat (contrasting Capella, the She-Goat). Allen (1899, 90) cites Hyde's 1665 translation of Ulugh Beg with this term for a group of stars (asterism or sub-constellation) in Auriga.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 90)		2017/02/01
Tejat	2292	HR 2286	30343	μ Gem	Gem	From the Arabic word tihyat, said to be the singular form of al-tahayi, an ind-A name of unknown meaning and disputed identification. In some sources, the plural al-tahayi is assigned to η, μ, and v Gem. As originally applied in recent times, η was "Tejat Prior," and μ was Tejat Posterior."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/02/01
Alterf	3757	HR 3773	46750	λ Leo	Leo	Applied in recent times from the ind-A lunar mansion name al-tarf, "the Glance," for κ Cnc and λ Leo, associated with the ind-A asterism al-asad, as if being located on that lion's eyes.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/02/01
Giausar	4432	HR 4434	56211	λ Dra	Dra	From the Persian word jauzahr, a technical term designating the nodes of the moon's or any planet's orbit. Erroneously applied as a star name to λ Dra in recent times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/02/01
Diadem	4979	HR 4968	64241	α Com	Com		Contemporary	--		2017/02/01
Marsic	6016	HR 6008	79043	κ Her	Her	Applied in medieval times from the Arabic word al-marfiq, "the elbow," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/02/01
Alniyat	6103	HR 6084	80112	σ Sco	Sco	Applied in recent times from the ind-A name al-niyat, "the Arteries", for σ and τ Sco. α Sco, between the arteries, was the ind-A qalb al'aqrab, "the Scorpion's Heart" (all were part of the ind-A Scorpion).	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/02/01
Cujam	6129	HR 6117	80463	ω Her	Her	From the Latin word caiam, "club" (in the accusative case), supposedly used in a classical poem alluding to the mythological figure Hercules, not the constellation. The word was applied as a star name in Renaissance times.	Latin	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.	It should be correctly spelled "Caia", in the nominative case.	2017/02/01
Alrakis	6352	HR 6370	83608	μ Dra	Dra	Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-raqis, "the Trotting Camel."	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/02/01
Deneb Algedi	8304	HR 8322	107556	δ Cap	Cap	"Tail of the Goat" in Arabic	Arabic			2017/02/01
Barnard's Star	10098	GJ 699	87937	V2500 Oph	Oph	Named after American astronomer E. E. Barnard who first measured the record high proper motion for this star in 1916, the name started appearing in the astronomical literature in the follow-up studies of the star and came into common use starting in the 1920s.	Contemporary	E.C. Pickering 1916, Popular Astronomy, 24, 690 reported multiple news items with title "Parallax of Barnard's Star with Large Proper Motion" summarizing letters from Frank Schlesinger, Director of Allegheny Observatory, and Prof. Henry Norris Russell, Princeton University, summarizing preliminary parallax estimates for the star.		2017/02/01
Fulu	190	HR 153	2920	ζ Cas	Cas	traditional Chinese single star asterism: an auxiliary road to Gedao; also represents the chief assistant to maintain roads. Gedao (the flying corridor) is a long chain of stars next to the Purple Palace enclosure constellation. Paradoxically, the auxiliary road is considered a single star asterism as attested in several historical star charts (e.g. the famous Suzhou map). Sun and Kistemaker (1997) who studied sources from the Han dynasty (around the year "0" plusminus 200 years) identify ζ Cas with this single star. Another researcher, Sun Shuwei, who dealt with the Xinyixiangfayao Star Map from Su Song (苏颂, 1020-1101 CE) identifies δ Cas. Both is plausible.	Chinese	Shi shi xingjing (Star Catalogue of the Shi Shi)		2017/06/30
Revati	387	HR 361	5737	ζ Psc	Psc	Revatī is a Hindu mother goddess, in Sanskrit written रेवती. It is also the name of the 27th nakshatra and specifically the star ζ Psc. The Sun passing this star designates the beginning of a new (solar) year.	Indian	Saha&Lahiri (1955)		2017/06/30
Bharani	409	HR 838	13209	41 Ari	Ari	the Indian term (Sanscrit: भरणी), The Bearer, designates the 2nd of the 27 nakshatras consisting of the three stars 35, 39 and 41 Ari, among which 41 Ari is the brightest. The modern star name was given to the brightest star of the historical constellation.	Indian	Saha & Lahiri (1955)		2017/06/30
Angetenar	883	HR 850	13288	τ2 Eri	Eri	derived from the Arabic Al Ḥināyat an-Nahr, 'the Bend in the River', based on Arabic Almagest translations	Arabic	--		2017/06/30
Beemim	1416	HR 1393	20535	υ3 Eri	Eri	Spelling variations of this name appeared in medieval sources for star 29 in Eridanus in the Almagest (Upsilon3 Eri), with the Alfonsine Tables (1492, Tabule Astronomice Alfonsi Regis) spelling it as "Beemim".	corrupted	Ptolemaeus. (1515). Almagestū Cl[audii] Ptolemei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principis : opus ingens ac nobile omnes celorū motus continens ... Liechtenstein, Petrus.		2017/06/30
Sceptrum	1513	HR 1481	21594	53 Eri	Eri	from the obsolete constellation of Sceptrum Brandenburgicum	Latin	Acta Eruditorum (1688) p.452		2017/06/30
Hassaleh	1620	HR 1577	23015	ι Aur	Aur	hasa means in Arabic - handsome or good or benefactor, hassa (with doubled s) is from the same Arabic root, has long vowel (second a) and its meaning is "doer of good" or "benefactor", the end of name "-eh" (or "-ah") could mean femininum. Name from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965).	Arabic	Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství		2017/06/30
Saclateni	1651	HR 1612	23453	ζ Aur	Aur	Eta and Zeta Aurigae, the 8th and 9th stars of Auriga in the Almagest, were referred to as "the kids" - Eriphoi (Greek), Haedi (Latin), al-Jadayain (Arabic; al-Sufi). Hyginus (Poetica Astronomica, 2. 13) mentions the Greek astronomer Cleostratus of Tenedos (5th cen. BC) pointed out "the kids" among the stars. "Saclateni" appeared in the Alfonsine Tables ("Tabule astronomice Alfonsi Regis", 1492 print) and may be a corrupted Latinization of the Arabic Gadi-thani, "second kid" (Mesnard 1949, "Les noms arabes d'étoiles", Ciel et Terre, Vol. 65, p. 70)	Latin	Ptolemaeus. (1515). Almagestū Cl[audii] Ptolemei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principis : opus ingens ac nobile omnes celorū motus continens ... Liechtenstein, Petrus.		2017/06/30
Haedus	1681	HR 1641	23767	η Aur	Aur	The Almagest star catalogue gives for n Aur: τῶν ἑπι τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ καρπού β καλοvμένων Ἐρίϕωv ὁ ἑπόμενος (The rearmost of the two stars on the left wrist, which are called 'Haedi'). The Latin term "Haedi" is a translation of Greek Ἐρίϕωv and plural of "Haedus" meaning "young goat(s)".	Latin	Almagest (e.g. translated by Toomer 1984, page 353, edition by Heiberg II, 66)		2017/06/30
Tianguan	1949	HR 1910	26451	ζ Tau	Tau	Chinese single star asterism, a celestial pass along the ecliptic which opens and closes	Chinese	Rufus+Tien (1945) on the Suzhou Map, Sun and Kistemaker (1997) evaluating Han sources, Sun Shuwei (2022) on the Su Song Map		2017/06/30
Mahasim	2115	HR 2095	28380	θ Aur	Aur	Arabic المِعْصَم al-miʽşam "the wrist", was used for λ Her by Bayer by misreading the Almagest (and its 1515 Latin translation) where the wrist is designated o Her. Allen 1899, 245 mentions that the 16th century Latin Almagest translation used the (misspelled) variant “Mahasim” for θ and η Aurigae.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 245)		2017/06/30
Alzirr	2487	HR 2484	32362	ξ Gem	Gem	Arabic الزِرّ , al-zirr, "the button". Allen (1899) attributes the name to Al Birūnī and it certainly does not have Greek roots as it is located at the foot of the eastern Twin.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 237)		2017/06/30
Alsciaukat	3277	HR 3275	41075	31 Lyn	Lyn	misspelled Arabic الشوكة aš-šawkat (al-shaukat), The Thorn. The name obviously has nothing to do with the figure of the lynx (or historically sometimes called "Tiger" or "Tigris") that was invented in Early Modern Times.	Arabic	--		2017/06/30
Zhang	3878	HR 3903	48356	υ1 Hya	Hya	determinitive star of lunar mansion Zhang (The Stomach [of the Red Fire Bird] or a Bow or Bird Catcher, an Extended Net, Spread or "to open") whose naming constellation constists of 6 stars according to sources back to the 3rd millennium BCE	Chinese	Lunar Mansion		2017/06/30
Praecipua	4235	HR 4247	53229	46 LMi	LMi	Piazzi (1814) in his star catalogue introduced this proper name for the star because Hevelius (1690) had added the adjective "praecipua" (Chief) as a description of this star.	Latin	--		2017/06/30
Taiyangshou	4521	HR 4518	57399	χ UMa	UMa	traditional Chinese single star asterism: Taiyangshou means "The Guardian of the Great Yang" and is the general in charge of the yang valve, symbolising Chief Minister. Xu, Pankenier and Jiang (2000) and Sun Shuwei (Stellarium) evaluating the medieval Song map, both identify chi UMa but Sun and Kistemaker (1997) studying the Han dynasty identify psi UMa.	Chinese	Rufus+Tien (1945) on the Suzhou Map, Sun and Kistemaker (1997) evaluating Han sources, Sun Shuwei (2022) on the Su Song Map		2017/06/30
Tianyi	4867	HR 4863	62423	7 Dra	Dra	Chinese single star asterism: heavenly unity	Chinese	Rufus+Tien (1945) on the Suzhou Map, Sun and Kistemaker (1997) evaluating Han sources, Sun Shuwei (2022) on the Su Song Map		2017/06/30
Taiyi	4916	HR 4916	63076	8 Dra	Dra	single star asterism: August Unity, Supreme One	Chinese	Rufus+Tien (1945) on the Suzhou Map, Sun and Kistemaker (1997) evaluating Han sources, Sun Shuwei (2022) on the Su Song Map		2017/06/30
Minelauva	4917	HR 4910	63090	δ Vir	Vir	The 13th Arabic lunar station bears the name العوا) Al-ʿAwwā, The bend. It consists of 5 stars: β, η, γ, δ and ε Vir. "Auva" or "Minelauva" are mediaeval transliterations of this name that now names one of its stars.	Arabic	--		2017/06/30
Kang	5313	HR 5315	69427	κ Vir	Vir	determinitive star of lunar mansion Kang (The Neck) whose naming constellation constists of 4 stars according to sources back to the 3rd millennium BCE	Chinese	Lunar Mansion		2017/06/30
Xuange	5336	HR 5351	69732	λ Boo	Boo	single star asterism: a halberd, the celestial lance or north lance.	Chinese	Rufus+Tien (1945) on the Suzhou Map, Sun and Kistemaker (1997) evaluating Han sources, Sun Shuwei (2022) on the Su Song Map		2017/06/30
Fang	5955	HR 5944	78265	π Sco	Sco	determinitive star of lunar mansion Fang (The Room) whose naming constellation constists of 4 stars according to sources back to the 3rd millennium BCE.	Chinese	Lunar Mansion		2017/06/30
Jabbah	6040	HR 6027	79374	ν Sco	Sco	the name was considered popular by WGSN as mentioned in Allen (1899): "in the Century Cyclopaedia, perhaps from its being one of the mansil Iklil al Jabbah."	Arabic	Allen (1899, 371)		2017/06/30
Fuyue	6680	HR 6630	87261	G Sco	Sco	traditional Chinese single star asterism: a legendary wise minister of the Yin or Shang dynasty, 18th century BCE. According to Rufus and Tien (1945), sometimes called the invocator (regarding faults). Sun and Kistemaker (1997) quote Sima Qian that Fu Yue was a chancellor of Emperor Wu Ding of the Yin dynasty but they admit that the could also represent a shaman in the royal harem helping to produce sons. The ancient star name is typically identified with the bright star G Sco.	Chinese	Shi shi xingjing (Star Catalogue of the Shi Shi)		2017/06/30
Anser	7396	HR 7405	95771	α Vul	Vul	Johannes & Elisabetha Hevelius created “Vulpecula cum Ansere” (the Little Fox with the Goose) out of unformed stars in the space between Cygnus and Aquila. The constellation first appeared in Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687) and the accompanying introductory text, Prodromus astronomiae (1690). To emphasize that it was his own creation, Hevelius dedicated Figure L to the pair, shown as a detail in Fig. 3.1. In atlases published before Hevelius, its stars are shown simply marking the flow of the Milky Way through the area. Ian Ridpath (1989) noted that “Hevelius placed the fox near two other hunting animals, the eagle (the constellation Aquila) and the vulture (which was an alternative identification for Lyra). He explained that the fox was taking the goose to neighbouring Cerberus, another of his inventions.”unnamed before.	Latin	Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687)		2017/06/30
Alsafi	7423	HR 7462	96100	σ Dra	Dra	Alsafi is corrupted from Athāfi, erroneously transcribed from the Arabic plural Athāfiyy, by which the nomads designated the tripods of their open-air kitchens; one of these being imagined in σ, τ and υ [Dra].	Arabic	Allen (1899, 212)		2017/06/30
Alshat	7768	HR 7773	100310	ν Cap	Cap	The Arabic term سعد الذابح, Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ, The Lucky Asterism of the Slaughterer (22 lunar station), consists of the 3 stars: α1, β and ν Cap. As α and β already have proper names, the corrupted form "shat" (for sad) was used to name ν Cap.	Arabic	--		2017/06/30
Markab	8753	HR 8781	113963	α Peg	Peg	From an abbreviation of the sci-A name mankib al-faras, "the Horse's Shoulder," for β Peg. Wrongly transferred to α Peg in late medieval times.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/06/30
Achird	257	HR 219	3821	η Cas	Cas	The proper name Achird was apparently first applied to Eta Cassiopeiae in the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens published in Slovacia in 1950, but is not known prior to that.	Contemporary	--		2017/09/05
Castula	298	HR 265	4422	υ2 Cas	Cas	Castula is Latin for a type of woman's tunic. Bayer (1603, Uranometria) attributes the name "castulum" to Nonius (Portugese scholar Pedro Nunez, 1502-1578), with the Greek alias ταινίαν for a ribbon.	Latin	Johann Bayer (1603). Uranometria.		2017/09/05
Nembus	502	HR 464	7607	51 And	And	Name appears in Bayer's (1603) Uranometria for Upsilon Per (later designated 51 And), which he states is of Arab origin, however the name appears to be Latin not Arabic. From the description it appears that the name appears to be connected with the adamntine harpe sword Perseus used to decapitate Medusa.	Latin?	Bayer (1603, 11), Bode (1801)		2017/09/05
Torcular	545	HR 510	8198	ο Psc	Psc	The traditional name Torcularis septentrionalis (northern wine press) was taken from the 1515 Almagest (Latin translation) and abbreviated.	Latin	--		2017/09/05
Segin	589	HR 0542	8886	ε Cas	Cas	Name of unknown etymology from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965).	unknown	Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství		2017/09/05
Lilii Borea	864	HR 824	13061	39 Ari	Ari	Lacaille used the now obsolete constellation Lilium (The Lily) and named this star "in the north of Lily", in Latin: Lilii Borea	Latin	Lacaille, N.L. de (1757) Astronomiae fundamenta novissimis Solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita Lutetiæ in collegio Mazarinæo et in Africa ad Caput Bonæ Spei peractis. p.233.		2017/09/05
Miram	880	HR 834	13268	η Per	Per	perhaps a misspelling of the Arabic term مِعْصَم miʽṣam, The Wrist, which was used for naming κ Per "Misam" in the CSN.	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Misam	982	HR 941	14668	κ Per	Per	the Arabic term مِعْصَم miʽṣam, The Wrist, was originally a name of χ Per (Almagest: "the right hand" of the Hero) and considered the Wrist of Thurayya (the Pleiades) for the Arabs.	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Dalim	998	HR 963	14879	α For	For	The name was introduced for the star by Piazzi (1814) originating from the Indigenous Arabian asterism ظَلِيم al-ẓalīm, The Ostrich, seen in various stars (e.g. Fomalhaut, theta Eridani)	Arabic	Piazzi (1814)		2017/09/05
Prima Hyadum	1380	HR 1346	20205	γ Tau	Tau	the Latin term occurs first in Flamsteed (1729) but is based on the Arabic idea to enumerate the stars in the cluster; in Arabic it was Awwal ad-Dabarān, The First of Dabarān (the group from which the star name "Aldebaran" derives).	Latin	Allen (1899, 390)		2017/09/05
Secunda Hyadum	1406	HR 1373	20455	δ1 Tau	Tau	The Latin term Hyadum II goes back to Flamsteed (1729) in analogy to Hyadum I or Prima Hyadum	Latin	Allen (1899, 391)		2017/09/05
Chamukuy	1451	HR 1412	20894	θ2 Tau	Tau	The Yucatec Maya identify Theta Tauri as chamukuy, the name of a small bird.	Yucatec	Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya. p.253.; Sosa, John (1985). The Maya Sky, the Maya World: A Symbolic Analysis of Yucatec Maya Cosmology. p.341.		2017/09/05
Tabit	1572	HR 1543	22449	π3 Ori	Ori	Arabic الثابت al-thābit 'the endurer (the fixed/constant one)'	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Hatysa	1921	HR 1899	26241	ι Ori	Ori	Name of unknown etymology from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965).	unknown	Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství		2017/09/05
Unurgunite	2617	HR 2646	33856	σ CMa	CMa	Unurgunite is the Boorong/Wergaia name of σ CMa, from northwestern Victoria, Australia. Unurgunite is an ancestral jacky lizard who has two wives, represented by stars on either side of him (δ CMa and ε CMa). The Moon is Mityan, the quoll. Mityan fell in love with one of the wives of Unurgunite and tried to lure her away. Unurgunite discovered Mityan’s trickery and attacked him, leading to a great fight in which Mityan was defeated. The Moon has been wandering the heavens ever since, the scars of the battle still visible on his face as maria. One of the wives (δ CMa) lies further away from Unurgunite and is closer to the Moon than the other wife (ε CMa). This is the wife Mityan tried to lure away.	Aboriginal/ Boorong	Stanbridge, W.E. (1857) On the Astronomy and Mythology of the Aborigines of Victoria. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, Vol. 2, pp. 137-140.		2017/09/05
Nganurganity	2628	HR 2646	33856	σ CMa	CMa	Nganurganity [ˈŋanuɾˌɡ̊aniɟ̊] is the "Jacky lizard" in the culture of the Boorong, a clan of the indigenous Maligundidj people of northwestern Victoria in Australia, who saw it as an ancestral figure who fights the moon, flanked by his wives. The name was listed as Unurgunite in Stanbridge(1861), for initial ng-, which does not occur in English, was typically ignored in transcription of that era. WGSN corrects the spelling.	Aboriginal/ Boorong	Stanbridge(1861)		2017/09/05
Alsephina	3132	HR 3485	42913	δ Vel	Vel	The term is Arabic for "The Ship". It originates from the translation of Greek knowledge to Arabic when Argo Navis (The Ship Argo) was translated to Arabic and, thus, originally referred to the whole constellation rather than any specific star.	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Minchir	3393	HR 3418	42402	σ Hya	Hya	Minchir appeared in Bode's 1801 Uranographia rooting in the Arabic term منخر الشجاع minkhar ash-shujāʽ "the nostril brave one" in Hydra.	Arabic	Bode (1801)		2017/09/05
Meleph	3418	HR 3429	42556	ε Cnc	Cnc	Bayer (1603) quotes Arabic designations Melleff and Meeleph for this star (among others) which was adopted by other astronomers (e.g. Riccioli) and goes back to the Arabic term Al Ma'laf, The Stall (a variant of the Greek Manger).	Arabic	Bayer (1603)		2017/09/05
Alkaphrah	3579	HR 3594	44471	κ UMa	UMa	corrupted spelling of Arabic القفزة al-qafzah "the leap" of the Indigenous Arabic group of gazelle asterisms preserved in Ibn Qutaybah.	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Markeb	3695	HR 3734	45941	κ Vel	Vel	Evidently from the Arabic word markab, "a ship or any vehicle," presumably standing for the Greek constellation name Argo. However, sci-A sources do not mention markab for Argo, only al-safina ("the Ship"), hence the ultimate origin of the name remains a mystery. "Markeb" was applied as a star name to ρ Pup in medieval times, to κ Pup in Renaissance rimes, and finally to κ Vel in recent times when Argo was divided into its four modern constellations	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2017/09/05
Khambalia	5353	HR 5359	69974	λ Vir	Vir	The Coptic (Egyptian) term Khambalia means "Crooked-clawed" (perhaps designating an agricultural device or symbol of secret knowledge); it was used in mantic texts for the star in the foot of Virgo.	Coptic	Greswell (1852)		2017/09/05
Brachium	5604	HR 5603	73714	σ Lib	Lib	For Bayer (1603), this star is γ Scorpii with no proper name but in the register for the Scorpius-star chart, he lists "Virgilius brachium" among other (Greek and Arabic) designations for this star. Allen (1899, 368/9) that Vergil had not meant it as a star name but only as a marker for the "claws", so it was never meant as a proper name.	Graeco-Latin	Allen (1899), Bayer (1603)		2017/09/05
Zubenelhakrabi	5799	HR 5787	76333	γ Lib	Lib	Allen (1899) claims that this term was used for η Lib while “properly belonging to γ Scorpii”. He gives the name “Zubān alʿAkrab, the Scropion’s Claw,” with the spelling variants Zuban al Kravi, Zuben Acrabi, Zuben Hakrabi where the last one goes back to Bayer’s Uranometria (1603). Yet, Bayer’s γ Scorpii is now σ Lib (Brachium) and Bayer’s γ Lib was named “in media lance Boreali prima et superior”.	Arabic	Allen (1899), p. 277,369, and Bayer (1603) on Libra and on Scorpius		2017/09/05
Iklil	5942	HR 5928	78104	ρ Sco	Sco	the name derives from the Arabic lunar mansion "Iklil" (Arabic: الإكليل), "The ornamented headband" (or: diadem) composed of the 3 stars β1, δ and π Sco; here misapplied to ρ Sco.	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Athebyne	6117	HR 6132	80331	η Dra	Dra	The transliteration Athebyne is one of several renderings of the Arabic asterism name الذئبين al-dhiʼbayn, "the (two) wolves" (ζ and η Draconis) aiming at the Camel's Foal (group of northern asterisms).	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Xamidimura	6279	HR 6247	82514	μ1 Sco	Sco	Originally spelled as three word "xami di mura" means "eyes of the beast" in the Khoekhoe language (South Africa). The term designates two stars which is why it was suggested (Hahn 1881) to refer to μ Sco as this star appears as a visual pair of two dots of light. Yet, today's identification popularized by the SAAO differs.	Khoekhoe	--		2017/09/05
Pipirima	6285	HR 6252	82545	μ2 Sco	Sco	There are many versions of a widespread Polynesian story of two children fleeing their uncaring parents to become two shining stars, the stars themselves being variously recorded as Castor and Pollux (α and β Gem), Shaula and Lesath (λ and υ Sco), ζ and θ Sco, and µ¹ and µ² Sco as well as [possibly] ω¹ and ω² Sco. In Tahiti, Pipiri was the twin brother of Rehua: Pipiri ma refers to the two together, ma "with, and" being used after names to mean "et al.". Calderon identifies the two children as µ¹ and µ² Sco, their mother being Shaula (λ Sco) and their father Lesath (υ Sco).	Tahitian	Calderon, George (Tihoti) (1921). Tahiti. p.173; Makemson, Maud (1941). The Morning Star Rises. p.243-244 #482		2017/09/05
Aldhibah	6408	HR 6396	83895	ζ Dra	Dra	ζ and η Draconis together had been considered the asterism of الذئب, al-dhiʼb, Two Hyenas or Two Wolfs that are lurking for the Camel's Foal that is protected by its mother (other stars in Draco).	Arabic	Allen (1899, 210)		2017/09/05
Dziban	6635	HR 6636	86614	ψ1 Dra	Dra	Dsiban, from Al Dhibain (the Arabs' title for ζ and η), has been given by some to this pair [ψ1, ψ2 Dra].	Arabic	Allen (1899, 212)		2017/09/05
Polis	6858	HR 6812	89341	μ Sgr	Sgr	the term in Coptic means "a foal." It was originally used for stars in the bow of the Archer but was moved over time.	Coptic	Greswell (1852)		2017/09/05
Ainalrami	7147	HR 7116	92761	ν1 Sgr	Sgr	Arabic عين الرامي ʽain al-rāmī (simplified Ainalrami) means The Eye of the Archer. It originates from Arabic Almagest translations.	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Meridiana	7277	HR 7254	94114	α CrA	CrA	The Latin-Arabic name "Alfecca meridiana" is mentioned in Allen (1899, 173). There, it is attributed to "Reduan" (sic!) = Ali bin Radwan's commentary to his Tetrabiblos translation (10th century). Arabic نير الفكّة nayyir al-fakka "the bright (star) of the broken (dish)" in analogy to the Arabic term for CrB. WGSN chose only the second (Latin) term: "Meridiana", the southern (one of the two Alfeccas).	Latin	Allen (1899, 173) with additional research by WGSN		2017/09/05
Albaldah	7280	HR 7264	94141	π Sgr	Sgr	The name of the 21st Arabic lunar station, البلدة, Al-Baldah (The empty area), designates a starless region between ζ Sgr and α Cap; the star π Sgr is at its northern edge and was wrongly attributed with this name by Allen (1899, 359).	Arabic	--		2017/09/05
Aladfar	7302	HR 7298	94481	η Lyr	Lyr	Aladfar derives from the Arabic الأظفر al-ʼuẓfur "the talons (of the swooping [eagle])" which designates and asterism consisting of µ and η Lyr. It was made popular by Allen.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 288)		2017/09/05
Terebellum	7595	HR 7597	98066	ω Sgr	Sgr	Ptolemy's Almagest lists four stars in a quadrilateral with ω Sgr the first in the list (the others being A, b, c Sgr). Bayer (1603) concludes this list with the note after "c": Has quatuor multi Terebellum seu τετράπλευρον vocant. A "terebellum" is an auger, so it designates the asterism at the tip of the tail and originally not a specific star.	Latin	Bayer (1603)		2017/09/05
Aldulfin	7843	HR 7852	101421	ε Del	Del	Arabic scholarship adopted the Greek loanword "dulfim" or "dulfin" (with article: ad-dulfin or simplified adulfin) for the marine mammal. The star ε Del at the dorsal fin of the Ptolemaic (smaller than ancient Greek) figure was called Al Dhanab al Dulfim (the Dolphin's Tail) and as there are many stars named with the Arabic root for "tail", WGSN adopted only the last part of the name.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 201)		2017/09/05
Polaris Australis	8079	HR 7228	104382	σ Oct	Oct	the term literally means "South Pole" and was first used for the star in the 18th century.	Latin	--		2017/09/05
Aldhanab	8338	HR 8353	108085	γ Gru	Gru	Al Dhanab from Arabic ال ذنب (adh-dhanab), The Tail, became common since its mentioning in Allen (1899). There it is attributed to a Persian astronomer but the whole constellation Grus is a constellation invented in the Early Modern Era.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 238)		2017/09/05
Tiaki	8621	HR 8636	112122	β Gru	Gru	Makemson (1941: 261 #659) lists Tiaki as the Tuamotuan name for β Gru, sourcing this to unpublished field data supplied by Kenneth P. Emory (ibid.: 197). However, Emory's star information does not appear in his later publications and has not been located to date in archives of his unpublished material. Stimson's Tuamotuan dictionary (1964: 526) gives the meaning of Tīaki as "guardian", "keeper" or "watchman", but does not list it as a star. He does, however, list Tīakitau as the name of an unidentified star on Anaa, which Makemson (1941: 261 #660) lists separately.	Polynesian/Tuamotu	Makemson, Maud W. (1941). The Morning Star Rises: an Account of Polynesian Astronomy. New Haven: Yale University Press. Stimson, J. Frank, with the collaboration of Donald S. Marshall (1964). A Dictionary of Some Tuamotuan Dialects of the Polynesian Language. Published by the Peabody Museum of Salem Massachusetts and Het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.		2017/09/05
Salm	8843	HR 8880	115250	τ Peg	Peg	Bayer (1603) mentions three names: Markab, Sagma and its corruption Salma. Allen (1899, 329) considers the correct form "Salm", a Leathern Bucket.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 329)		2017/09/05
Alkarab	8868	HR 8905	115623	υ Peg	Peg	traditional Arabic name Al Karab, The Bucket-rope, was an asterism consisting of τ and υ Peg	Arabic	Allen (1899, 329)		2017/09/05
Wurren	357	HR 338	5348	ζ Phe	Phe	Wurren is the Wardaman name of ζ Phe, from the Northern Territory, Australia. Wurren means “child” and refers to the “Little Fish”, a child of Dungdung – the life-creating Frog Lady. Wurren gives water to Gawalyan, the echidna (Achernar), which they direct Earthly initiates to carry in small bowls. The water came from a great waterfall used to cool the people during the ceremony. Just as the water at the base of the waterfall keeps people cool and rises to the sky as mist, the water in the initiates’ bowls keeps them cool and symbolically transforms into clouds that bring the wet rains of the monsoon season. These ceremonies occur in late December when the weather is hot and these stars are high in the evening sky, signalling the start of the monsoon.	Aboriginal/ Wardaman	Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW, pp. 200, 204.		2017/11/17
Ginan	4704	HR 4700	60260	ε Cru	Cru	Ginan is the Wardaman name of ε Cru, from the Northern Territory, Australia. Ginan was found by Mulugurnden (the crayfish), who brought the red flying foxes from the underworld to the sky. The bats flew up the track of the Milky Way and traded the spiritual song with Guyaru, the Night Owl (Sirius). The bats fly through the constellation Scorpius on their way to the Southern Cross, trading songs as they go. The song informs the people about initiation, which is managed by the stars in Scorpius and related to Larawag (who ensures the appropriate personnel are present for the final stages of the ceremony). The colour of the star is reflected as the brownish-red colour of the dilly bag and its association with ceremonial fire.	Aboriginal/ Wardaman	Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW, pp. 147-149, 153.		2017/11/17
Larawag	6268	HR 6241	82396	ε Sco	Sco	Larawag is the Wardaman name of ε Sco, from the Northern Territory, Australia. Larawag is part of a procession of beings along the curve of stars in Scorpius, acting as the signal watcher, noting when only legitimate participants are present and in view of the ceremony. He gives the “All clear” signal, allowing the secret part of the ceremony to continue. This procession is related to the bats that carry Ginan.	Aboriginal/ Wardaman	Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW, pp. 147-149.		2017/11/17
Alpherg	466	HR 437	7097	η Psc	Psc		Arabic	--		2018/06/01
Elkurud	2174	HR 2177	29034	θ Col	Col	Early Arab poets referred to a number of anonymous stars as الفرود al-furūd, "the solitary ones". Besides this known name, Allen (1899) suggested that al-furūd might have been an old transcriber's error for القرود al-qurūd "the apes", which he rendered "Al Ḳurūd". Although this idea did not receive scholarly support, WGSN used the rare transliteration Elkurud for this star, as "Furud" was already chosen for ζ CMa.	Arabic	--		2018/06/01
Azmidi	3016	HR 3045	38170	ξ Pup	Pup	The name is an abbreviated misspelling of a Greek term. In the Almagest, the third star in Argo is called "The northernmost of the 2 stars close together over the little shield in the poop." The 'little shield' in Greek is ἀσπιδίσκῃ (Aspidiske), sometimes misspelled Azmidi(ske), and the asterism may or may not consist of stars, while the Almagest lists ξ and ο Pup "above" it. According to Allen (1899) The Century Atlas (1897) by Benjamin E. Smith registers ι Arg (now Car) with the name "Aspidiske".	Greek	cf. Allen (1899, 74), Heiberg and Ptolemy (18.., 146), Toomer and Ptolemy (1984, 388)		2018/06/01
Tarf	3228	HR 3249	40526	β Cnc	Cnc	Arabic: الطرف, Al-Ṭarf (The eyes of the lion) is one of the traditional "Lunar Stations". It is composed of the 2 stars: ε Leo and ο Leo. However, the name has been in common use for β Cnc as it was published in the Yale Bright Star Catalogue.	Arabic	Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.		2018/06/01
Piautos	3255	HR 3268	40881	λ Cnc	Cnc	piautos (πιαυτος) is a composition from Greek autos ("self") and Coptic pi- ("that") meaning "the same one". It occurred in a Coptic manuscript on lunar stations. Coptic is the ancient Egyptian language written in Greek letters, but lunar stations were uncommon for both the Greek and Egyptian culture. Hence, the origin of this term remains unknown.	Coptic	--		2018/06/01
Ashlesha	3465	HR 3482	43109	ε Hya	Hya	Āśleṣā (आश्लेषा) is the Sanskrit name for an asterism in Hydra. It is considered one of the traditional Nakṣatras (lunar stations).	Indian	--		2018/06/01
Nahn	3607	HR 3627	44946	ξ Cnc	Cnc	"Nahn", the Persian term for "Nose", given to ξ Cnc in the NASA Memorandum by Rhoads (1971).	Persian	Rhoads (1971)		2018/06/01
Ukdah	3818	HR 3845	47431	ι Hya	Hya	Kazwini knew the stars tau1, tau2 Hya as عقدة ʽuqdah (or ʽuḳdah), Arabic "knot". Rhoads (1971) considers this asterism consisting of four stars: tau1, tau2, 33 and ι Hya.	Arabic	Rhoads (1971)		2018/06/01
Felis	3894	HR 3923	48615		Hya	Felis (The Cat) is the name of a constellation invented by Lalande. The name is applied to one star in the area that the constellation covered.	Latin	http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/felis.html		2018/06/01
Kraz	4793	HR 4786	61359	β Crv	Crv	Name of unknown etymology from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965).	unknown	Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství		2018/06/01
Heze	5113	HR 5107	66249	ζ Vir	Vir	Name of unknown etymology from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965). It could refer to God, possibly derived from Ezechiel (one of four prophets from Old Testament). Transcription to the Greek language adds "H" to EZE.	Greco-Hebrew	Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství		2018/06/01
Elgafar	5405	HR 5409	70755	ϕ Vir	Vir	This name is a rare transliteration of Arabic الغفر al-ghafr (or "El-ġafr"), The Cover. This transliteration was used by Ideler (1809) but is uncommon today except in the Arabic Maghreb (northwest Africa). It is the name of the 15th lunar station (5 Oct).	Arabic	--		2018/06/01
Alruba	6652	HR 6618	86782		Dra	Arabic الربع Al Rubaʽ translates "the foal" and specifically refers to a young camel born in the spring. The name was considered traditional by WGSN in 2018 as it is listed in Allen (1899).	Arabic	Allen (1899, 211)		2018/06/01
Okab	7245	HR 7235	93747	ζ Aql	Aql	Zeta and Epsilon Aquilae together bore the traditional name Deneb el Okab, from an Arabic term ذنب العقاب Dhanab al-ʽuqāb "the tail of the eagle".	Arabic	--		2018/06/01
Fawaris	7517	HR 7528	97165	δ Cyg	Cyg	al-Fawāris (الفوارس), "the Riders" is an in indigenous Arabic asterism consisting of at least four stars. WGSN applied the name of the group to one of its members that now preserves (pars pro toto) the Indigenous heritage.	Arabic	Allen (1899, 195).		2018/06/01
Bunda	8243	HR 8264	106786	ξ Aqr	Aqr	Bunda is a Persian lunar mansion.	Persian	--		2018/06/01
Fumalsamakah	8749	HR 8773	113889	β Psc	Psc	Arabic فم السمكة fum al-samakah means "mouth of the fish". The name was considered traditional by the IAU in 2026, although it does not appear in Kunitzsch and Smart (2006) and not in Allen (1899).	Arabic	--		2018/06/01
Imai	4663	HR 4656	59747	δ Cru	Cru	The Mursi name a line of four stars imai (δ Cru), thaadoi (β Cru), waar (β Cen) and sholbi (α Cen). Their successive disappearance (heliacal setting) are used to determine when the River Omo will flood (it does this several times) and hence to determine when to plant the annual crop of cowpeas beside it (after the last flood but before the ground dries out). Imai is the Mursi name for the grass that grows along the banks of the river (Rhynchelytrum repens). It is said that when the imai star disappears, the Omo rises high enough to flatten the imai grass.	African/ Mursi	Turton and Ruggles (1978), "Agreeing to Disagree: the measurement of duration in a south-western Ethiopian community", Current Anthropology, 19 (1978), 585-600.		2018/08/10
La Superba	4854	HR 4846	62223	Y CVn	CVn	In 1868 Secchi used "superba" as an adjective to describe the star Y CVn, not as a proper name of the star. However, in 1876 Birmingham seems to have borrowed from Secchi this term and used it as a proper name of the star. As a consequence, in 1877 Secchi himself adopted the same name. Agnes Clerke attributed the term to Secchi, without distinguishing between the adjective and the name. In principle, it should be attributed to both Secchi and Birmingham, in my opinion.	Latin	Email from Ileana Chinnici, biographer of Secchi, to Ian Ridpath 2024 October 14.		2018/08/10
Toliman	5459	HR 5460	71681	α Cen	Cen	Applied in recent times from some ind-A name al-zulman, "the Ostriches." Stars in today's Centaurus were variously identified with one or more ostriches by the ind-Arabs, but what star or stars were originally designated is unknown.	Arabic	Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.		2018/08/10
Gudja	5888	HR 5879	77450	κ Ser	Ser	Gudja is the Wardaman name of κ Ser, from the Northern Territory, Australia. Gudja is a Water Goanna, related to birth and rebirth. It is part of the bright trio of stars in Serpens Caput, which also include Munin the Rock Cod (γ Ser) and the Mungamungga birthing place (β Ser), likened to a little hospital. Gudja is involved with the birthing process, which includes sacred ritual practices. The Spiritual Women at the birthing and blessing site in Serpens Caput are connected to the sacred areas of Crux and enacted at Munin Rock and Yinggalarri.	Aboriginal/ Wardaman	Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW. pp. 107-113.		2018/08/10
Paikauhale	6183	HR 6165	81266	τ Sco	Sco	Au-haele, Hōkū-‘ula and Paikauhale are documented as three stars in a line, running from north to south. Two of the most reliable sources—Mary Puku‘i and Rubellite Johnson—both identify Hōkū-‘ula as Antares (α Sco), which makes Au-haele Alniyat (σ Sco) and Paikauhale τ Sco.	Hawaii'ian	Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles (2015), Nā Inoa Hōkū, p. 201		2018/08/10
Guniibuu	6441	HR 6402	84405	36 Oph	Oph	Guniibuu is the Kamilaroi/Euahlayi name for the robin red-breast bird (Petroica boodang). A traditional story links Guniibuu with Gidjirrigaa (Budgerigar) the star κ Sco.	Aboriginal/ Kamilaroi/ Euahlayi	Fuller, R.S. (2018) Aboriginal Astronomy: The Kamilaroi and Euahlayi Peoples. Brochure accompanying planisphere for school education based on knowledge from Euahlayi elder Ghillar Michael Anderson. http://www.aboriginalastronomy.com.au/content/community/kamilaroi/		2018/08/10
Mago	1700	HD 32518	24003		Cam	Mago is a National Park in Ethiopia noted for its giraffes. The star also happens to be in the constellation of Camelopardis (the giraffe).	Ethiopian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Citalá	2620	HD 52265	33719		Mon	Citalá means River of stars in the native Nahuat language.	Nawat language	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Jishui	2920	HR 2930	37265	ο Gem	Gem	traditional Chinese single star asterism: translations of the term are "Bilgewater", "a store of water to make wine", or "accumulated water (held in by dikes for future use)". It refers to a faint star in Gemini or Perseus that is idenfied differently by modern authors. Sun and Kistemaker (1997) from Han sources and Sun Shuwei (Stellarium) from a medieval source both suggest o Gem while Xu et al. (2000) identify lambda Persei.	Chinese	Shi shi xingjing (Star Catalogue of the Shi Shi)		2019/12/17
Formosa	4458	HD 100655	56508		Leo	Formosa is the historical name of Taiwan used in the 17th century, meaning beautiful in Latin.	Portuguese	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Xihe	7058	HD 173416	91852		Lyr	Xihe (羲和) is the goddess of the sun in the Chinese mythology and also represents the earliest astronomers and developers of calendars in ancient China.	Chinese	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Gumala	7312	HD 179949	94645	V5652 Sgr	Sgr	Gumala is a Malay word, which means a magic bezoar stone found in snakes, dragons, etc.	Malay	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Chechia	7731	HD 192699	99894		Aql	Chechia is a flat-surfaced, traditional red wool hat worn by men and women, symbolising the country's rich traditions and is considered as the national headdress for in Tunisia.	Tunisian Arabic	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Parumleo	10000	WASP-32			Psc	Parumleo is a modern Pseudo-Latin term with the intended meaning "little lion", symbolising Singapore's struggle for independence.	Latin	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds	modern invention	2019/12/17
Citadelle	10001	HD 1502	1547		Psc	The Citadelle is a large mountaintop fortress in Nord, Haiti built after Haiti's independence, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site along with the nearby Sans-Souci Palace.	French	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Felixvarela	10002	BD-17 63	2247		Cet	Felix Varela (1788–1853) was the first to teach science in Cuba at the San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary. He opened the way to education for all, and began the experimental teaching of physics in Cuba.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Cocibolca	10003	HD 4208	3479		Scl	Cocibolca is the Nahualt name for the largest lake in Central America in Nicaragua.	Spanish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Nenque	10004	HD 6434	5054		Phe	Nenque means the Sun in the language spoken by the Indigenous Waorani tribes of the Amazon regions of Ecuador.	Waorani	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Emiw	10005	HD 7199	5529		Tuc	Emiw represents love in the local Makhuwa language of the northern region of Mozambique.	Makhuwa	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Bélénos	10006	HD 8574	6643		Psc	Bélénos was the god of light, of the Sun, and of health in Gaulish mythology.	French	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Mpingo	10007	WASP-71			Cet	Mpingo is a famous tree that grows in southern Tanzania and produces ebony wood used for musical instruments and curios.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Buna	10008	HD 16175	12191		And	Buna is the commonly used word for coffee in Ethiopia.	Ethiopian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Koeia	10009	HIP 12961	12961		Eri	Koeia was the word for star in the language of the Taíno Indigenous People of the Caribbean.	Taíno	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Nushagak	10010	HD 17156	13192		Cas	Nushagak is a regional river near Dilingham, Alaska, which is famous for its wild salmon that sustain local Indigenous communities.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Muspelheim	10011	HAT-P-29			Per	Muspelheim is the Norse mythological realm of fire. The first gods used the sparks of Muspelheim to form the sun, moon, planets, and stars.	Old Norse	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Horna	10012	HAT-P-38			Tri	Horna is hell or the underworld from Finnic mythology.	Finnish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Diya	10013	WASP-72			For	Diya is an oil lamp that is brought by Indian ancestors to Mauritius in the 1820's, and is used for lighting during special occasions, including the light festival of Diwali.	Hindi	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Chaophraya	10014	WASP-50			Eri	Chao Phraya is the great river of Thailand.	Thai	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Ayeyarwady	10015	HD 18742	13993		Eri	Ayeyarwady is the largest and most important river in Myanmar.	Burmese	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Intan	10016	HD 20868	15578		For	Intan means diamond in the Malay language (Bahasa Melayu), alluding to the shining of a star.	Bahasa Melyu	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tupi	10017	HD 23079	17096		Ret	Tupi is the name of the most populous Indigenous People living on the eastern coast of South America, before the Portuguese arrived in the 16th century.	Tupi languages	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tojil	10018	WASP-22			Eri	Tojil is the name of one of the Mayan deities related to rain, storms, and fire.	Mayan	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Hoggar	10019	HD 28678	21109		Tau	Hoggar is the name of the main mountain range in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria.	Arabic	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Mouhoun	10020	HD 30856	22491		Eri	Mouhoun, also called Volta Noire, is the largest river in Burkina Faso and plays an important role in the lives of the people in the areas it passes through.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Berehynia	10021	HAT-P-15			Per	Berehynia was a Slavic deity of waters and riverbanks but in more recent times her status has been promoted to that of a national goddess — "hearth mother, protectress of the earth".	Ukrainian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Montuno	10022	WASP-79			Eri	Montuno is the traditional costume the man wears in the “El Punto”, a Panamanian dance in which a man and woman dance to the sound of drums.	Spanish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Bubup	10023	HD 38283	26380		Men	Bubup is the Boonwurrung word for child.	Boonwurrung	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Naledi	10024	WASP-62			Dor	Naledi means star in the Sesotho, SeTswana and SePedi languages and is typically given as a name to girls in the hope that they will bring light, joy and peace to their communities.	Sesotho, Se Tswana and SePedi	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Amadioha	10025	HD 43197	29550		CMa	Amadioha is the god of thunder in Igbo mythology. As well as representing justice, Amadioha is also a god of love, peace and unity.	Igbo	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Lucilinburhuc	10026	HD 45350	30860		Aur	The Lucilinburhuc fortress was built in 963 by the founder of Luxembourg, Count Siegfried.	Luxembourgish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Lusitânia	10027	HD 45652	30905		Mon	Lusitânia is the ancient name of the western region of the Iberic Peninsula where the Lusitanian people lived and where most of modern-day Portugal is situated.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Nosaxa	10028	HD 48265	31895		Pup	Nosaxa means spring in the Moqoit language. The word comes from a combination of nosahuec, which means renew, and ñaaxa, which means year.	Moqoit	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Nervia	10029	HD 49674	32916		Aur	Nervia, adapted from Nervii, was a prominent Belgian Celtic tribe.	Latin	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Atakoraka	10032	WASP-64			CMa	Atakoraka means the chain of the Atacora: the largest mountain range in Togo.	Ewe	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Ceibo	10033	HD 63454	37284		Cha	Ceibo is the name of the native tree of Uruguay that gives rise to the national flower.	Spanish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tapecue	10034	HD 63765	38041		Car	Tapecue means eternal path in Guarani and represents the Milky Way through which the first inhabitants of the Earth arrived and could return.	Guarani	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tevel	10036	HAT-P-9			Aur	Tevel means Universe or everything and begins with the letter Taf, the last letter in the Hebrew alphabet.	Hebrew	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Koit	10037	XO-4			Lyn	Koit is Estonian for the time when the Sun rises in the morning (dawn).	Estonian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Absolutno	10038	XO-5			Lyn	Absolutno is a fictional miraculous substance in the sci-fi novel Továrna na absolutno (The Factory for the Absolute) by influential Czech writer Karel Čapek.	fictional	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17		wiki	4	3	2
Násti	10040	HD 68988	40687		UMa	Násti means star in the Northern Sami language of Norway.	Northern Sami	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Gakyid	10041	HD 73534	42446		Cnc	Gakyid means happiness. Gross National Happiness is the development philosophy conceived and followed in Bhutan and is one of Bhutan's contributions to the world.	Dzongkha	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Stribor	10042	HD 75898	43674		Lyn	Stribor is God of winds in Slavic mythology, as well as a literature character in the book Priče iz davnine (Croatian Tales of Long Ago) by the Croatian author Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić.	Slavic languages	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tislit	10044	WASP-161			Pup	Tislit is the name of a lake in the Atlas mountains of Morocco. It means the bride in the Amazigh language and it is associated with a heartbroken beautiful girl in an ancient local legend.	Amazigh	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Lerna	10045	HAT-P-42			Hya	Lerna was the name of a lake in the eastern Peloponnese, where the Lernaean Hydra, an immortal mythical nine-headed beast lived. The star lies in the constellation of Hydra.	Greek	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Illyrian	10046	HD 82886	47087		LMi	Historians largely believe that the Albanians are descendants of the Illyrians, a term Albanians proudly call themselves.	English	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Kalausi	10047	HD 83443	47202		Vel	The word Kalausi means a very strong whirling column of wind in the Dholuo language of Kenya.	Dholuo	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Natasha	10048	HD 85390	48235		Vel	Natasha means "thank you" in many languages of Zambia.	Zambian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Bibhā	10049	HD 86081	48711		Sex	Bibhā [/bɪbɦa/] is the Bengali pronunciation of the Sanskrit word Vibha, which means a bright beam of light.	Bengali	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Gloas	10050	WASP-13			Lyn	In Manx Gaelic, Gloas means to shine (like a star).	Manx Gaelic	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Macondo	10054	HD 93083	52521		Ant	Macondo is the mythical village of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) the classic novel by Gabriel García Marquez. Macondo is a fictional place where magic and reality are mixed.	Spanish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Dingolay	10057	HD 96063	54158		Leo	Dingolay means to dance, twist and turn in elaborate movements, symbolising the culture and language of the ancestors of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.	English	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Hunahpú	10058	HD 98219	55174		Crt	Hunahpú was one of the twin gods who became the Sun in K'iche' (Quiché) Mayan mythology as recounted in the Popol Vuh.	Kʼicheʼ language	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Amansinaya	10059	WASP-34			Crt	Aman Sinaya is one of the two trinity deities of the Philippine's Tagalog mythology, and is the primordial deity of the ocean and protector of fisherman.	Filipino	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Shama	10060	HD 99109	55664		Leo	Shama is an Urdu literary term meaning a small lamp or flame, symbolic of the light of the star.	Urdu	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Sagarmatha	10061	HD 100777	56572		Leo	Sagarmatha is the Nepali name for the highest peak in the world (also known as Mount Everest) and symbol of national pride of Nepal.	Nepali	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Uklun	10062	HD 102117	57291		Cen	Uklun means us or we in the Pitkern language of the people of Pitcairn Islands.	Pitkern	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Flegetonte	10063	HD 102195	57370		Vir	Flegetonte is the underworld river of fire from Greek Mythology in the Italian narrative poem on the afterlife "Divina Commedia" (Divine Commedy) by Dante Alighieri, chosen as an allusion to the star's fiery nature.	Italian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Aniara	10064	HD 102956	57820		UMa	Aniara is the name of a spaceship in the epic poem Aniara by Swedish author Harry Martinson.	fictional	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tupã	10067	HD 108147	60644		Cru	Tupã is one of four principle gods of the Guarani Cosmogony in popular Paraguayan folklore that helped the supreme god Ñamandu to create the Universe.	Guarani	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Funi	10068	HD 109246	61177		Dra	Funi is an old Icelandic word meaning fire or blaze.	Icelandic	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tuiren	10069	HAT-P-36			CVn	Tuiren was the aunt of the hunterwarrior Fionn mac Cumhaill of Irish legend, who was turned into a hound by the jealous fairy Uchtdealbh.	Old Irish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Dofida	10073	HD 117618	66047		Cen	Dofida means our star in Nias language.	Nias language	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Liesma	10074	HD 118203	66192		UMa	Liesma means flame, and it is the name of a character from the Latvian poem Staburags un Liesma.	Lavtian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Dombay	10075	HAT-P-3			UMa	Dombay is a resort region in the North Caucasus mountains that is enclosed by mountain forests and rich wildlife, including bears (as this star lies in the constellation Ursa Major, the great bear).	Russian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Nyamien	10076	WASP-15			Cen	Nyamien refers to the supreme creator deity of Akan mythology.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Arcalís	10079	HD 131496	72845		Boo	Arcalis is a famous peak in the north of Andorra, where the Sun passes through a hole in the mountain twice a year at fixed dates. It was used as a primitive solar calendar and reference point for shepherds and early inhabitants of Andorra.	Catalan	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Baekdu	10080	HD 133086	73136	8 UMi	UMi	Baekdu is the highest mountain on the Korean peninsula, situated in North Korea, and symbolises the national spirit of Korea.	Korean	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Malmok	10082	WASP-39		V732 Vir	Vir	Malmok is an indigenous name given to a beach in Aruba with a narrow sandy stretch that interrupts the limestone and rocky terrace along the coast. Its shallow clear Caribbean waters make it a popular snorkelling spot.	Papiamento	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Mönch	10083	HD 130322	72339		Vir	Mönch is one of the prominent peaks of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland.	German	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Nikawiy	10084	HD 136418	74961		Boo	Nikawiy is the word for mother in the Indigenous Cree language of Canada.	Cree language	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Karaka	10085	HD 137388	76351		Aps	Karaka is the word in the Māori language for a plant endemic to New Zealand that produces a bright orange, fleshy fruit.	Māori	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Dìwö	10086	WASP-17			Sco	Dìwö in Bribri language means the sun (bigger than the sun we know) and that never turns off.	Bribri	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Kamuy	10087	HD 145457	79219		CrB	Kamuy is a word in the Ainu language denoting a supernatural entity possessing spiritual energy.	Ainu	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Sharjah	10088	HIP 79431	79431		Sco	Sharjah is the cultural capital of United Arab Emirates, and considered the city of knowledge due to its many educational centers, institutes, museums, libraries and heritage centers.	Arabic	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Timir	10089	HD 148427	80687		Oph	Timir means darkness in Bengali language, alluding to the star being far away in the darkness of space.	Bengali	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Rosalíadecastro	10091	HD 149143	81022		Oph	Rosalia de Castro was a significant figure of Galician culture and prominent Spanish writer, whose pioneeting work often referenced the night and celestial objects.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Moldoveanu	10092	XO-1			CrB	Moldoveanu is the highest peak in Romania of the Făgăraș mountain range with an altitude of 2544 metres.	Romanian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Mahsati	10093	HD 152581	82651		Oph	Mahsati Ganjavi (1089–1159) is one of the brightest shining stars of Azerbaijani poetry. She was said to have associated with both Omar Khayyam and Nizami and was well educated and talented and played numerous musical instruments.	Persian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Irena	10094	WASP-38			Her	Irena is a leading character in the novel Under the Free Sun: a Story of the Ancient Grandfathers by Slovene writer Fran Saleški Finžgar. Irena is a woman of the court.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Hunor	10095	HAT-P-2	80076		Her	Hunor was a legendary ancestor of the Huns and the Hungarian nation, and brother of Magor.	Hungarian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Rapeto	10096	HD 153950	83547		Sco	Rapeto is a giant creature from Malagasy tales.	Malagasy	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Inquill	10097	HD 156411	84787		Ara	Inquill was one half of the couple involved in the tragic love story Way to the Sun by famous Peruvian writer Abraham Valdelomar.	fictional	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Franz	10100	HAT-P-14			Her	Franz is a character in the movie "Sissi" embodying an emperor of Austria in the XIXth century. The role is played by the actor Karlheinz Böhm. The male name "Franz" is a German derivative from Italian "Francesco" (Latinized Franciscus), meaning "litte Frenchman" with the Latin root "franc" for "free" also interpretable as "Little Free Man". The name goes back to "Franz von Assisi" (Francis of Assisi, 13th century) whose mother was French which caused his father to call him Francesco.	German	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Pipoltr	10101	TrES-3 Parent Star		V1434 Her	Her	In the local Triesenberg dialect of German, Pipoltr is a bright and visible butterfly, alluding to the properties of a star.	German	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Pincoya	10102	HD 164604	88414		Sgr	Pincoya is a female water spirit from southern Chilean mythology who is said to bring drowned sailors to the Caleuche so that they can live in the afterlife.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Alasia	10103	HD 168746	90004		Ser	Alasia is the first historically recorded name of Cyprus, dating back to mid-fifteenth century BCE.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Kaveh	10104	HD 175541	92895		Ser	Kaveh is one of the heroes of Shahnameh, the epic poem composed by Persian poet Ferdowsi between 977 and 1010 CE. Kaveh is a blacksmith who symbolises justice.	Persian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Chasoň	10105	HAT-P-5			Lyr	Chasoň is an ancient Slovak term for Sun.	Slovakian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Belel	10106	HD 181342	95124		Sgr	Belel is a rare source of water in the north of Senegal.	Wolof	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Sika	10107	HD 181720	95262		Sgr	Sika means gold in the Ewe language and gold is one of Ghana's principal exports.	Ewe	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Uruk	10108	HD 231701	96078		Sge	Uruk was an ancient city of the Sumer and Babylonian civilizations in Mesopotamia situated along an ancient channel of the Euphrates river in modern-day Iraq.	Akkadian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Petra	10109	WASP-80			Aql	Petra is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan and a UNESCO World Heritage site.	Greek	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17	2018/8/10
Sansuna	10110	HAT-P-34			Sge	Sansuna is the name of the mythological giant from traditional Maltese folk tales that carried the stones of the Gozo megalithic temples on her head.	Maltese	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Phoenicia	10111	HD 192263	99711	V1703 Aql	Aql	Phoenicia was an ancient thalassocratic civilisation of the Mediterranean that originated from the area of modern-day Lebanon.	Latin	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Moriah	10112	HAT-P-23			Del	Moriah is an ancient name for the mountain within the Old City of Jerusalem.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Sāmaya	10114	HD 205739	106824		PsA	Sāmaya means peace in the Sinhalese language.	Sinhalese	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Bosona	10115	HD 206610	107251		Aqr	Bosona is the name given to the territory of Bosnia in the 10th century. Later, the name was transformed to Bosnia originating from the name of the Bosna river.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Itonda	10116	HD 208487	108375		Gru	Itonda, in the Myene tongue, corresponds to all that is beautiful.	Myene	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Solaris	10117	BD+14-4559	104780		Peg	Solaris is the title of a 1961 science fiction novel about an ocean-covered exoplanet by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem.	fictional	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Lionrock	10118	HD 212771	110813		Aqr	Lion Rock is a lion-shaped peak overlooking Hong Kong and is a cultural symbol with deep respect from the local community.	English	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Taika	10119	HAT-P-40			Lac	Taika means peace in the Lithuanian language.	Lithuanian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Ebla	10122	HD 218566	114322		Psc	Ebla was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria, and served as a prominent region in the 2nd and 3rd millenia B.C.	NEWC	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Poerava	10123	HD 221287	116084		Tuc	Poerava is the word in the Cook Islands Maori language for a large mystical black pearl of utter beauty and perfection.	Cook Islands Maori	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Axólotl	10124	HD 224693	118319		Cet	Axólotl means water animal in the native Nahuatl language, which is a unique and culturally significant endemic amphibious species from the basin of Mexico.	Nahuatl	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Tangra	10125	WASP-21			Peg	Tangra is the supreme celestial god that early Bulgars worshiped.	Bulgarian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Márohu	10126	WASP-6			Aqr	Márohu the god of drought is the protector of the Sun and is engraved at a higher position on the stalagmite than Boinayel in the El Puente cave, where the Sun makes its way down every 21 December.	Taíno	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Anadolu	10127	WASP-52			Peg	Anadolu is the primary homeland of Turkey and refers to the motherland in Turkish culture.	Turkish	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Sterrennacht	10129	HAT-P-6			And	The Sterrennacht (Starry Night) is a world-famous painting by Dutch grand master Van Gogh that was painted in France in 1889 and now belongs to the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art.	Dutch	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Morava	10130	WASP-60			Peg	Morava is the longest river system in Serbia.	Serbian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2019/12/17
Mazaalai	10065	HAT-P-21			UMa	Mazaalai is the Mongolian name for the endangered Gobi bear subspecies (Ursus arctos gobiensis) of the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia, and the name of the first Mongolian satellite.	Mongolian	2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds		2020/02/24
Rana	1168	HR 1136	17378	δ Eri	Eri	Rana is Latin "The Frog". There are several stars named "frog" in the Arabic culture but at different places. WGSN placed the name at that constellation of the river.	Latin			2022/04/04
Geminga	10031	PSR B0633+17			Gem	The star name is an Italian pun, suggested in a paper by Bignami et al. (1983): This source is in the constellation of Gemini and it is a gamma-ray source. Pronounced with both G’s as in “get,” the word means “does not exist” or “it’s not there” in Milanese dialect.	Contemporary	Bignami, G. F. ; Caraveo, P. A. ; Lamb, R. C. (1983). An identification for "GEMINGA" (2CG 195+04) 1E 0630+178 : a unique object in the error box of the high-energy gamma-ray source. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 272, p. L9-L13		2022/04/04
Kosjenka	10030	WASP-63			Col	Kosjenka is the protagonist of the Croatian fairy tale Regoč.	Croatian	NEWC Croatia: Characters from the Croatian fairy tale Regoč by Croatian children’s writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874-1938).		2023/08/01
Dilmun	10035	WASP-121			Pup	Dilmun was the Sumerian name of an ancient civilisation of the Bahrain archipelago and the eastern Arabian Peninsula.	Sumerian and Greek	NEWC Bahrain: Names of ancient civilisations or places associated with the Bahrain archipelago.		2023/08/01
Kaewkosin	10039	GJ 3470			Cnc	Kaewkosin (แก้วโกสินทร์) refers to the crystals of the Hindu deity Indra in the Thai language, alluding to the ancient belief that the stars were gemstones.	Thai	NEWC Thailand: Terms associated with precious stones in the Thai language.		2023/08/01
Maru	10043	WD 0806-661			Vol	‘Maru’ (마루) is a Korean word reminiscent of the sky.	Korean	NEWC Republic of Korea: Korean words reminiscent of the sky, sea, and environment.		2023/08/01
Filetdor	10051	WASP-166			Hya	"Filet d'Or" refers to a golden sea serpent, the protagonist in the Mallorcan folktale (rondalla) "Na Filet d'Or".	Catalan	NEWC Spain: Characters in the Catalan dialect from Mallorcan folktales as recorded in "Aplec de Rondaies Mallorquines d'en Jordi d'es Racó" by Mallorcan writer Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862-1932).		2023/08/01
Añañuca	10052	GJ 367	47780		Vel	Añañuca (Phycella cyrtanthoides) is the name of a red wildflower that grows from the Coquimbo region to the Maule region, whose colour alludes to that of the star GJ 367.	Spanish	NEWC Chile: Names of flowers endemic to Chile, whose characteristics allude to the properties of the named celestial objects.		2023/08/01
Wattle	10053	WASP-19			Vel	Wattle is a genus of approximately 1000 species of shrubs and trees. The Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha), whose colour alludes to the G-type star WASP-19, is native to Australia and is the official floral emblem of Australia.	English	NEWC Australia: Names of native flora of Australia of cultural significance, whose characteristics allude to the properties of the celestial objects.		2023/08/01
Gnomon	10055	WASP-43			Sex	The gnomon (γνώμων) is a basic astronomical instrument, like a sundial, whose shadow length and direction can indicate time or determine latitude.	Greek	NEWC Romania: Names of ancient astronomical instruments, especially for navigation.		2023/08/01
Aiolos	10056	HD 95086	53524		Car	Aiolos (Αίολος) was the Greek mythological keeper of the winds. In Homer’s Odyssey, Aiolos used an oxhide flask to capture all winds except for the western one, Zephyr. Zephyr then helped the sailboat of Ulysses navigate the seas towards home (Ithaca).	Greek	NEWC Greece: Greek Names related to winds, especially from Homer’s Odyssey and from the poem "The Axion Esti" (1959) by Greek poet Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996; winner of 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature).		2023/08/01
Noquisi	10066	GJ 436	57087		Leo	“Noquisi” (ᏃᏈᏏ, No-Kwee-See) is the Cherokee word for “star”.	Cherokee	NEWC USA: The Cherokee legend of the eagle feather and Cherokee terms associated with celestial objects.		2023/08/01
Gar	10070	GJ 486	62452		Vir	“Gar” means flame in the Basque language.	Basque	NEWC Spain: Terms associated with fire, heat, and passion from the Basque language. The original names come from the popular Basque saying “su eta gar” (fire and flame), which signifies passion and enthusiasm.		2023/08/01
Matza	10072	HIP 65426	65426		Cen	Matza refers to “a star in the sky” or “somebody that shines within” in the language of the Zoque people.	Zoque	NEWC Mexico: Words in the language of the Zoque Indigenous people of Mexico relating to cosmological vision, harmony, conflict, balance, and life.		2023/08/01
Komondor	10077	HAT-P-12			CVn	The Komondor is a large white Hungarian breed of livestock guardian dog.	Hungarian	NEWC Hungary: Hungarian dog breeds and Hungarian words associated with dogs.		2023/08/01
Guahayona	10081	HAT-P-26			Vir	Guahayona was a Taíno mythological hero who was “the one who shone with his own light” and is identified with the morning and evening “star” Venus.	Taino	NEWC Puerto Rico: Names of deities associated with creation myths and storms from the Taíno indigenous people of the Caribbean.		2023/08/01
Orkaria	10099	GJ 1214			Oph	Orkaria refers to the red ochre commonly donned by young Maa warriors during cultural ceremonies and alludes to the colour of GJ 1214.	Maa	NEWC Kenya: Terms describing aspects of the celestial body from the language of the Maa community, including the Maasai, Samburu, Ngasa and Il-Chamus, native to Kenya and Tanzania.		2023/08/01
Wouri	10113	WASP-69			Aqr	The Wouri is an important river in Cameroon. The 15th-century Portuguese navigator Fernão do Pó noted the large number of shrimps in the river and called it “Rio dos Camerões” [river of shrimps], which was the source of the nation’s name Cameroon.	Duala	NEWC Cameroon: Rivers and their tributaries in Cameroon that flow into the Gulf of Guinea.		2023/08/01
Zembra	10120	HATS-72			Aqr	Zembra (زمبرة) is an island in the Gulf of Tunis, known for its wildlife and seabirds. It is part of the UNESCO Iles Zembra et Zembretta Biosphere Reserve, Tunisia.	Arabic	NEWC Tunesia: Places and species associated with UNESCO biosphere reserves in Tunisia.		2023/08/01
Batsũ̀	10121	LHS 3844			Ind	Batsũ̀ means “hummingbird” in the Bribri language. Batsũ̀ are the messengers of the creator Sibö̀, a culture hero and creator of Earth and Humanity.	Bribri	NEWC Costa Rica: Names of culturally significant animals in the language of the Bribri people from Costa Rica.		2023/08/01
Danfeng	10128	L 168-9	115211		Tuc	Danfeng (丹凤) refers to the red phoenix, a sacred bird symbolising good fortune in ancient Chinese legend.	Chinese (Simplified)	NEWC China: Mythological birds of ancient China.		2023/08/01
Uúba	10131	LTT 9779	117883		Scl	Uúba is the word for “stars”, “seeds”, and “eyes” in the Lenguistica U’wa language (Tunebo) of the U’wa Indigenous community of Colombia.	Lenguistica U’wa language, also known as Tunebo.	NEWC Colombia: Terms in the Lenguistica U’wa (Tunebo) language of the U’wa Indigenous community of Colombia related to their vision of the world and cosmos.		2023/08/01
Phyllon Kissinou	4796	23 Com	61394		Com	Contemporary modern astronomers have used the nickname "Kissin"; therefore, the real name was made official. The term originates from the phrase "φύλλοv κισσίνου (phyllon kissinou, an ivy leaf)" in Ptolemy's Almagest. The star might be "multiple or double" according to SIMBAD, so long double name for the visible dot in the sky might be split up to the components later.	Ancient Greek	see ASE		2024/05/16			188.7128034	22.629206	4.773
Tianfu	7663	HR 7669	98823	τ Aql	Aql	Tianfu (天桴) was an ancient Chinese constellation consisting of four stars. Their counting order has changed over time but we decided to take the name for the 1st star of the early (before Tang dynasty) version.	Chinese	see ASE		2024/05/16			301.0346453	7.277964388	5.278
Antinous	7698	HD 191692	99473	θ Aql	Aql	A "sub"-constellation (or asterism) Antinous was created by Ptolemy of Alexandria and published in the Almagest star catalogue 137 CE. It is placed in the constellation of Aquila, The Eagle.	Greco-Roman	see ASE		2024/06/06			302.8261945	-0.8214635937	3.22
Yunü (Yunu)	3952	HD 87837	49637	31 Leo	Leo	Yunü御女 is the star in the middle of the southernmost stars of the Xuanyuan轩辕 constellation. The correct transliteration is "Yunü".	Chinese	see ASE		2024/07/18			151.9761255	9.997506875	4.38
Shaomin	4111	HD 91316	51624	ρ Leo	Leo	Taimin太民 (or Damin大民) for o Leo and Shaomin少民 (ρ Leo) are the two southernmost stars of the Xuanyuan轩辕 constellation. They were used to star names in ancient China.	Chinese	see ASE		2024/07/18			158.2027933	9.306584817	3.87
Leepwal	5234	HD 121263	68002	ζ Cen	Cen	Ļeepwal is the name for ζ Cen in Marshallese. Original spelling Ļeepwal. Pronounced leyepwal, the first "l" being pronounced with the back of the tongue raised (velarized) and the root of the tongue retracted (pharyngealized) so as to elongate the oral cavity, thereby giving the consonant a "heavier" or "darker" sound.	Marshallese	see ASE		2024/07/18			208.8849402	-47.28837451	2.55
Bake-eo (or Bake Eo)	6670	HR 6629	87108	γ Oph	Oph	A Marshallese star name for γ Oph. Pronounced "bakey-yew". Both spellings, "Bake-eo" and "Bake Eo" are accepted. The particle "Eo" simply means "here it is, take it", Bake is the spondylus mussel.	Marshallese	see ASE		2024/08/20			266.9731691	2.707279122	3.75
Pipit	2433	HR 2451	31685	ν Pup	Pup	Among the Kendayan (Dayak Kenayatn) people of West Kalimantan province, Borneo, Indonesia, the star ν Pup is identified as "Pipit".	Dayak	see ASE		2024/08/25			99.44030261	-43.19593569	3.17
Stellio	8558	HR 8585	111169	α Lac	Lac	Hevelius, who invented the constellation Lacerta sive Stellio (modern Lacerta), gave it the alternative name Stellio in his star catalogue and atlas.	Latin	see ASE		2024/08/29			337.8229226	50.28249164	3.77
Uridim	5473	HR 5469	71860	α Lup	Lup	The constellation of Lupus is one of the few ancient "Greek" constellation outside the zodiac that was directly taken over from a Babylonian constellation. The Sumerian term for this creature was UR.IDIM, later alternatively written "Uridimmu" in the Akkadian language (the literal Akkadian translation of UR.IDIM would be "kalbu šegû", according to lexical lists).	Sumerian	see ASE		2024/09/12			220.4823158	-47.38819875	2.286
Rhombus	1345	HR 1336	19780	α Ret	Ret	Lacaille named the constellation ''Réticule Rhomboïde'' which may refer to the earlier constellation "Rhombus" that Habrecht (1621) defined in the area.	Latin	see ASE		2024/09/19			63.60612502	-62.47380349	3.36
Garnet Star	8280	HR 8316	107259	µ Cep	Cep	Piazzi (1803) named the star Garnet Sidus due to a description by W. Herschel (1773) as "deep garnet red"; the English name is well-established in recent literature and textbooks.	English	see ASE		2024/09/19			325.8769148	58.78004609	4.08
Lang-Exster	8488	HR 8502	110130	α Tuc	Tuc	"Lang" is an Malayan/ Indonesian term meaning "hornbill", "Exster" is a Dutch word meaning "magpie" and both terms were used as name for the newly defined constellation in Early Modern Age by the Dutch sailors (de Houtman 1603) who artificially created the constellation as "Indian Magpie" referring to a species of bird with a strong cultural significance for the indigenous people they met (e.g. Dayak). The star is a spectroscopic binary which is why it makes sense to give it a double-name for the visible dot; the name may be split for the components later.	Malayan-Dutch	see ASE		2024/09/19			334.6254685	-60.25962954	2.82
Tengshe	8704	HR 8726	113288		Lac	Tengshe螣蛇 or 腾蛇 (Téng Shé, Flying Serpent) is a constellation created by ancient Chinese astrologers, dating back to the 2nd century BCE.	Chinese	see ASE		2024/09/19			344.1083266	49.73354408	4.94
Solitaire	5527	HR 5526	72571	E Hya	Hya	extinct constellations invented by Le Monnier (1776), Latinized "Turdus Solitarius", was originally meant to remember the extinct bird "Rodrigues Solitaire", but always depicted as a Blue Rock Thrush.	French	see ASE		2024/10/31			222.5721179	-27.96036123	4.41
Zhou	5872	HR 5867	77233	β Ser	Ser	This is a traditional Chinese star name of one of the stars in the historical Chinese constellation of Tianshi (Celestial Marketplace).	Chinese	see ASE		2024/12/05			236.5468966	15.4218193	3.67
Hoerikwaggo	2195	HR 2261	29271	α Men	Men	the name of the constellation originally was Mons Mensae (Table Mountain) and not only "table"; this mountain had been called Sea-Mountain by Indigenous ethnics, in the Saan/ Khoe language spelled Huriǂoaxa, simplified in Africaans Hoerikwaggo.	San / Khoekhoe	see ASE		2024/12/12			92.56030243	-74.75304398	5.01
Xami	5478	HR 5463	71908	α Cir	Cir	The South African asterism "Eyes of the Lion" refers to alpha and beta Centauri. Assuming these bright stars are the eyes, the face of this creature "Xami" covers alf Cir, and the constellation Circinus does not have any mythology or alternative name. Therefore, WGSN decided for an Indigenous name for this main star of a constellation.	\Xam-dialect of Khoe	see ASE		2024/12/12			220.6267527	-64.97513301	3.19
Safina	8781	HR 8812	114341	88 Aqr	Aqr	an Indigenous Arabic constellation of the Ship was between Diphda and Fomalhaut (see al Qutayba); WGSN picked one of the possible stars in the area. considering the close vicinity of the Greek star name "Hydor" (The Water) north of it, it becomes a sunken treasure ship.	Arabic	see ASE		2024/12/12			347.3616502	-21.17241521	3.64
Kulou	5035	HR 5028	65109	ι Cen	Cen	"Kulou" (库楼) means arsenal and storied building. It is a super-constellation in the area of modern Cen/Lup created in ancient China, dating back to the 2nd century BCE.	Chinese	see ASE		2025/02/17			200.1492201	-36.71230458	2.73
Quadrans	5582	GJ 575	73695	44 Boo A	Boo	Quadrans Muralis is an obsolete constellation invented in 1795 by the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande. WGSN decided to commemorate this constellation as it is the root of the name of the Quadrantide meteor shower that peaks in the first days of January.	Latin	see ASE		2025/02/17			225.9467902	47.65397724	5.136
Shimu	244	HR 215	3693	ζ And	And	"Tian Shi Mu", The Eye of the Celestial Pig, is the oldest preserved name for this star in China. Later, this region was named Kui, the Legs, and zeta And was (in historical times before Qing Dynasty) used as the determinative star of this constellation and lunar mansion.	Chinese	see ASE		2025/03/16			11.8346905	24.26717855	4.06
Heng	5197	HR 5190	67464	ν Cen	Cen	Heng is an old Chinese name of a constellation within the super-constellation of Kulou, The Arsenal. The translation is not certain; probably a measuring device.	Chinese	see ASE		2025/03/16			207.3761521	-41.68770853	3.386
Kui	303	HR 271	4463	η And	And	Kui奎, The Legs, is an ancient Chinese constellation with 16 stars, belonging to the 28 Lunar Mansions in China, with a very long history. Its determinative star used to be zeta And for many centuries but it was changed to eta And in Qing Dynasty.	Chinese	see ASE		2025/04/06			14.30166783	23.41765002	4.42
Alfarasalkamil	8737	HR 8762	113726	ο And	And	Alfarasalkamil (الفرس الكامل) means "The Complete Horse", as opposed to the Greek constellation of a half horse that is now called Pegasus. The Arabian tradition may root in or connect to the Babylonian one which had a horse in that area, but we don't know where exactly.	Arabic	see ASE		2025/05/08
Udkadua	8925	HR 8961	116584	λ And	And	The Sumerian term UD.KA.DU8.A is a compound, literally meaning "the storm demon with the gaping mouth". This Babylonian constellation is at least 3000 years old; the star named after it is its heel. It was highly important, as it was used for time-measurement for at least a millennium (if not longer).	Sumerian	see ASE		2025/05/08			354.3910116	46.45815131	3.82
Rasalnaqa	8931	HR 8965	116631	ι And	And	The group of stars that Ptolemy called "The Hand of Andromeda" is also called "The Head of the She-Camel" in an Indigenous Arabian tradition. as-Sufi (11th c. CE) combines these two traditions, and so does IAU by naming one of the star after "the hand" and the other one "the camel's head"	Arabic	see ASE		2025/05/08			354.5341679	43.26807305	4.29
Kaffalmusalsala	8941	HR 8976	116805	κ And	And	Arabic desciption of a Greek star name. The Arabic term (كفّ المسلسة) means "Hand of the Chained Woman"; originating from the Almagest "Hand of Andromeda", originally designating a group of three stars.	Arabic	see ASE		2025/05/08			355.1021156	44.33393296	4.14
Honores	8796	HR 8830	114570	7 And	And	The Latin term "Honores" means honour. A constellation introduced by Bode (1801). He had given a paper in 1790 that this was a joined decision by many European astronomers as a memorial to an extraordinarily generous patron of scientific research and benevolent, peaceful ruler. WGSN considers this message worth to convay even without the dedication to a specific person; we named a star in the feather "Honores" as there is a German proverb "Die Feder ist mächtiger als das Schwert" (the feather is mightier than the sword).	Latin	see ASE		2025/05/14
Paradys	5511	HR 5470	72370	α Aps	Aps	In Dutch around 1600, two spelling versions of the Apus-bird existed. WGSN decided to take the first part of the earliest written witness, Paradys-vogel (Plancius 1598), to name the main star of the constellation.	Dutch	see ASE		2025/05/18			221.9654629	-79.04475355	3.798
Bodu	6775	HR 6730	88267	95 Her	Her	Bó Dù (帛度, “Textile Ruler”) is a Chinese asterism consisting of two stars, established by the Wuxian (巫咸) tradition during the Han dynasty. WGSN chose to adopt the name according to the Yi Shitong catalog because earlier identifications are highly uncertain.	Chinese	see ASE		2025/06/17
Tusizuo	6924	HR 6895	90139	109 Her	Her	Tú Sì (屠肆, "Butcher's Shop") is a Chinese asterism consisting of two stars, established by the Wuxian (巫咸) school during the Han dynasty. As "Tusi" could be confused with other celestial bodies named Tusi after two Persian astronomers (asteroid (10269) Tusi and asteroid (7058) Al-Tusi), WGSN chose to add a determinative here. The chosen star 95 Her is "the left one in Tusi", in Chinese "Tusizuo", so WGSN adopts this name.	Chinese	see ASE		2025/06/17
Ramus	6830	HR 6787	88886	102 Her	Her	Ramus, The Apple, is an addition to the early modern asterism Cerberus in Hercules. The name occurs in Bayer (1603) as a term but in depiction only later.	Latin	see ASE		2025/06/17
Deltoton	9300	HR 660	10644	δ Tri	Tri	Deltoton (Δελτωτόν; the letter Delta: Δ) is an ancient Greek name variant for the constellation triangulum, probably the original one as "Delta" is the first letter in the ancient Greek term for "dios", the highest god who possesses and rules the stars. In early uranographies, this triangle was considered a sign of the divinity of the starry sky, a divine inscription "written in the stars".	Greek	see ASE		2025/06/17
proper names	WGSN-id			Bayer ID	Constellation				Additional info, e.g. language corruptions	Date of Adoption

IAU-Catalog of Star Names

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IAU-Catalog of Star Names (2025)

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