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| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Hipparcos | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dTIR.AN.NA | Lyr | Tir-anna | the pole star, the ewe that pulled the small wagon Thompson Gary D (2021) http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html, http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Vega.html |
Sumerian | * alf Lyr | ||
| dUZA | Lyr | mulUZA | the bright star of the she-goat: dLamma, the messenger of dBABA, the life of heaven Olcott p. 261, Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html |
Sumerian | * alf Lyr | ||
| Aladfar | Lyr | Al Aṭhfār | the talons of the falling vulture Allen p. 28, Olcott p. 256 |
Arabic | * mu. Lyr | ||
| Aladfar | Lyr | Aladfar | the "talons" of an eagle Allen p. 288, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 16, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/aladfar.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/altname.html |
Arabic (Century Atlas) | * eta Lyr | ||
| Alathfar | Lyr | Al Aṭhfār | the talons of the falling eagle Allen p. 288, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/aladfar.html |
Arabic (Kazwini 1203 - 1283) | * mu. Lyr | ||
| Alathfar | Lyr | Al Aṭhfār | the talons (of the swooping eagle) Allen p. 28, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 16 |
Arabic | * mu. Lyr | ||
| an-nasr al-waqi | Lyr | an-nasr al-waqi | the swooping desert vulture Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * alf Lyr | ||
| Athfar | Lyr | Al Aṭhfār | talons http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alathfar.html |
Arabic | * mu. Lyr | ||
| Bubup | Lyr | bubup | the child StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Boon Wurrung | HD 38283 | ||
| Chason | Lyr | chason | the sun Allen p. 116, Olcott pp. 82-83, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Ancient Slovak | HAT-P-5 | ||
| crook of uz | Lyr | crook of uz | crook of the goat, zipqu 7 British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html |
Babylonian | *alf Lyr | ||
| Dayan-same | Lyr | Dayan-same | Judge of Heaven Allen p. 285 |
Assyrian | * alf Lyr | ||
| Dilgan | Lyr | Dilgan | the Angel of Light; "Lucifer" in Latin; the current standard by which the brightness of stars is judged
Allen p. 285 |
early Babylonian | * alf Lyr | ||
| Double Double 1 A | Lyr | Double Double 1 A | part of a system of ten stars Allen p. 288 |
English | * eps01 Lyr A | ||
| Double Double 1 B | Lyr | Double Double 1 B | part of a system of ten stars Allen p. 288 |
English | * eps01 Lyr B | ||
| Double Double 2 A | Lyr | Double Double 2 A | part of a system of ten stars Allen p. 288 |
English | * eps02 Lyr A | ||
| Double Double 2 B | Lyr | Double Double 2 B | part of a system of ten stars Allen p. 288 |
English | * eps02 Lyr B | ||
| Fidis | Lyr | alternative name for Lyra | harp star; the Arabian black vulture was unknown to the Greeks, but a harp made from a tortoise shell was part of their mythology Allen p. 285 |
Latin | * alf Lyr | ||
| Harp Star | Lyr | alternative name for Lyra | brightest star in Lyra, the claw-like tip of the vulture's beak Allen, p. 28, Olcott p. 260 |
English | * alf Lyr | ||
| Jugum | Lyr | Jugum | yoke Allen p. 287, Olcott p. 263 |
Latin | * gam Lyr | ||
| LAMMA | Lyr | Lammassu | the bright star of the she-goat: dLamma, the messenger of dBABA, the life of heaven Olcott p. 261, Thompson Gary D (2021). http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html |
Akadian | * alf Lyr | ||
| Lusitania | Lyr | Lusitania | an ancient name for the region now occupied by Portugal https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Portugese | HD 45652 | ||
| Nasr al Waki 1 | Lyr | Nasr al Wāḳi 1 | forms a small triangle with epsilon and alpha Alllen p. 288, Olcott p. 260, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 16, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/zetalyr.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/altname.html |
Arabic | * zet01 Lyr | ||
| Nasr al Waki 2 | Lyr | Nasr al Wāḳi 2 | forms a small triangle with epsilon and alpha Alllen p. 288, Olcott p. 260, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 16, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/zetalyr.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/altname.html |
Arabic | * zet02 Lyr | ||
| pa-bil-sag- above ma-gur8 | Lyr | pa-bil-sag- above ma-gur8 | Sagittarius- above ma-gur8 British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html |
Babylonian | * iot Lyr | ||
| Ring Nebula | Lyr | Ring Nebula | Ring Nebula Olcott p. 263 |
English | M 57 | ||
| Sheliak | Lyr | Sheliāk | tortoise Allen p. 287, Olcott pp. 256262, Kunitzsch p. 44, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 16, KalerJames B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/sheliak.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic | * bet Lyr | ||
| Shelyak | Lyr | Sheliāk | tortoise Allen p. 287 |
Arabic | * bet Lyr | ||
| Shelyuk | Lyr | Sheliāk | tortoise Allen p. 287, Bullinger p. 67 |
an eagle | Arabic | * bet Lyr | |
| Shiliak | Lyr | Sheliāk | tortoise Allen p. 287 |
Arabic | * bet Lyr | ||
| Shulaphat | Lyr | Sulafat | turtle Allen p. 287, Bullinger p. 67 |
springing up, or ascending as in praise | Arabic | * gam Lyr | |
| Sulafat | Lyr | As-Sulahfah | the tortoise Allen p. 287, Olcott pp. 256263, Kunitzsch p. 44, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, |
Arabic | * gam Lyr | ||
| Tir-anna | Lyr | Tir-anna | the life of heaven, as the pole star Allen p. 285 |
Akkadian | * alf Lyr | ||
| Vega | Lyr | Waḳi` | the vulture, but Allen p. 284, Olcott pp. 256260, Kunitzsch p. 43, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 16, KalerJames B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/vega.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 66 |
He shall be exalted. | Arabic (Alphonsine Tables) | * alf Lyr | |
| Vulture Cadens | Lyr | Vulture Cadens | the swooping eagle/vulture Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * alf Lyr | ||
| waqi‘ | Lyr | waqi‘ | falling or landing; the constellation is Al Nasr in Arabic, associated with the legend of "The Roc" Allen, p. 284 |
Arabic | * alf Lyr | ||
| Wega | Lyr | Al Waki' | desert vulture for the Arabs, handle of the harp of Orpheus for the Greeks Allen p. 284 |
Arabic | * alf Lyr | ||
| Xihe | Lyr | Xihé | the goddess of the sun https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Chinese | HD 173416 |