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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
Al Aghnam 1 Cep Al Aghnām the sheep

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12
Arabic * ksi Cep
Al Aghnam 2 Cep Al Aghnām the sheep

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12
Arabic * pi. Cep
Al Derab Cep Al Dhirā' al Yamīn alternate pronunciation for

Allen p. 157
coming in a circle Arabic (Alfonsine Tables, 1483, Spain) * alf Cep
Al Deraf Cep Al Dhirā' al Yamīn alternate pronunciation for

Allen p. 157
coming in a circle Arabic (Alfonsine Tables, 1483, Spain) * alf Cep
Al Deramin Cep Al Dhirā' al Yamīn the right forearm; Yemen is on the right facing east in Mecca

Allen p. 157
coming quickly as in a circle Arabic * alf Cep
Al Phirk Cep Al Kawākib al Firḳ the herd of antelopes

Allen p. 157
the redeemer Arabic (Kazwini 1203–1283) * alf Cep
Al Phirk Cep Al-Firq the flock (of sheep)

Bullinger p. 103
the Redeemer Arabic * bet Cep
Al Rai Cep Al Kalb al Rā`I the dog of the shepherd

Allen p. 159, Bullinger p. 159
he who bruises Arabic * rho Cep
Al Rai Cep Al Rāi` the shepherd

Allen p. 158, Bullinger 103
who bruises or breaks Indigenous Arabic * gam Cep
Alderamin Cep Al Dhirā' al Yamīn the right forearm; Yemen is on the right facing east in Mecca

Allen p. 157, Olcott pp. 134139, Kunitzsch p. 28, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * alf Cep
Alfirk Cep Al-Firq the flock (of sheep)

Allen p. 158, Olcott pp. 134-139, Kunitzsch p. 29, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12, Stockman, L.H. & Harper, David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * bet Cep
Arrai Cep al rā‘i the shepherd

Allen p. 158
Indigenous Arabic * gam Cep
Er Rai Cep Al Rai` the shepherd

Allen p. 158, Olcott p. 134
Arabic * gam Cep
Errai Cep Ar-Rā'i the shepherd

Kunitzsch p. 29, AlA Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12, ttp://www.icoproject.org/star.html, Harper StockmanL.H. & Harper David, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic (Palermo) * gam Cep
Garnet Star Cep Garnet Star Herschel's "Garnet Star"

Allen p. 158
English (William Herschel, 1783) * mu. Cep
Kabalfird Cep Al Kawākib al Firḳ stars of the flock

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12, Allen, R. H. (1963), Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.), New York: Dover Publications Inc, p. 157, ISBN 0-486-21079-0, retrieved 2010-12-12, Davis Jr., G. A. (October 1944), "The Pronunciations, Derivations, and Meanings of a Selected List of Star Names", Popular Astronomy, LII (3): 16, Bibcode:1944PA.....52....8D
Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) & Latin * eta Cep
Kalb al Rai Cep Al Kalb al Rā`I the dog of the shepherd

Allen p. 159, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Cepheus
Arabic * rho Cep
Kurhah Cep Al Ḳirḥaḥ white blaze on a horse's face

Kunitzsch, p. 29, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic (Kazwini 1203–1283) * ksi Cep
Kurhah Cep Al-Qurhah the blaze on a horse's brow

http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * ksi Cep
Kurhah A Cep Al-Qurhah blaze in the face of a horse

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12
Arabic * ksi Cep A
Kurhah B Cep Al-Qurhah blaze in the face of a horse

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12
Arabic * ksi Cep