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| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Hipparcos | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahfa al Farkadain | UMi | Aḣfa al Farḳadain | the brighter of the two calves Allen p. 460 |
Arabic | * zet UMi | ||
| Al Farqad | UMi | Al Farḳad | the two calves, gamma ursa minoris being the other Allen p. 459 |
Arabic | * bet UMi | ||
| Al Gedi | UMi | Al Jadi | the young billy goat Allen p. 457, Bullinger p. 153 |
the kid | Arabic | * alf UMi | |
| Al Jadi | UMi | Al Jady | the young goat Allen p. 456 |
Arabic | * alf UMi | ||
| Al Kaid | UMi | Kochab | star Bullinger p. 153 |
Arabic | * bet UMi | ||
| Al Kaid | UMi | Kā'id Banāt al Na`ash | governor of the daughters of the bier (coffin); i.e., chief mourner; assembled for the funeral Allen p. 441, Bullinger p. 153 |
the assembled | Arabic | * eta UMi | |
| Al Kaukab al Shamaliyy | UMi | Al Kaukab al Shāmaliyy | the star of the north Allen, p. 457 |
Arabic | * alf UMi | ||
| Al Kiblah | UMi | Al Ḳiblah | the star least distant from the pole Allen p. 456 |
Arabic | * alf UMi | ||
| Al Kutb al Shamaliyy | UMi | Al Ḳuṭb al Shamaliyy | the axle of the north Allen, p. 457 |
Arabic | * alf UMi | ||
| Al Pherkadain | UMi | Aḣfa al Farḳadain | the dim one of the two calves Allen p. 459, Bullinger p. 153 |
the calves, or the young | Arabic | * gam UMi | |
| Al Pherkadain | UMi | Na'ir al Farḳadāin | the bright one of the two calves Allen p. 459, Bullinger p. 153 |
the calves, or the young | Arabic | * bet UMi | |
| Al Ruccaba | UMi | Alrucaba | the knee of the Phoenician bear, in combination with beta ursae minoris Bullinger p. 152 |
the turned or ridden on | Arabic (Alfonsine tables of 1521) | * alf UMi | |
| Alferkathan | UMi | Al Farḳad | the two calves, beta and gamma ursae minoris Allen p. 459 |
Arabic (Chilmead) | * bet UMi | ||
| Al-Judeyy | UMi | Al-Judeyy | of the Jews Schjellerup, Hans (1874). Description des Etoiles fixes. p. 45. |
pre-Islamic Arabic | * alf UMi | ||
| al-kawkab | UMi | kokhav | star 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. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7. |
Hebrew | * bet UMi | ||
| Alrucaba | UMi | Alrucaba | the knee of the Phoenician bear, in combination with beta ursae minoris Allen pp. 457 |
Arabic (Alfonsine tables of 1521) | * alf UMi | ||
| Alrucabah | UMi | Alrucabah seu (Latin for "or") Ruccabah Ismaelitis | the knee of the Phoenician bear, in combination with alpha ursae minoris Allen p. 458 |
Bayer's Uranometria | * bet UMi | ||
| Alruccabah | UMi | Alruccabah seu (Latin for "or") Ruccabah Ismaelitis | the knee of the Phoenician bear, in combination woth beta ursae minoris Allen pp. 457 |
Bayer's Uranometria | * alf UMi | ||
| Alsephina | UMi | al-safinah | the ship StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Velorum#Nomenclature, https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=del01+vel&submit=submit+id |
Arabic (1660, Andreas Cellarius’s Harmonia Macrocosmica | * del01 Vel | ||
| Angel Stern | UMi | Angel Stern | thepivot star Allen p. 455 |
Bayer | * alf UMi | ||
| An-nas-sur-ra | UMi | An-nas-sur-ra | the high-rising one, generally applied to the entire constellation Allen p. 448, Bullinger p. 152 |
high in rising | Euphratean | * alf UMi | |
| Anwar al Farkadain | UMi | Anwar al Farḳadāin | the bright one of the two calves Allen p. 459 |
Arabic | * bet UMi | ||
| Anwar al Farqadain | UMi | Anwar al Fḳaradain | the dimmer of the two calves Allen p. 460 |
Arabic | * eta UMi | ||
| Baekdu | UMi | Paektu | the highest mountain on the Korean penninsula StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Korean | * 8 Umi | ||
| Cinosura | UMi | Cynosura | a person or thing that is so good or beautiful that it attracts a lot of attention; literally the tail of the dog Allen p. 457 |
high in rising | Latin (17th Century) | * alf UMi | |
| Circiatores 1 | UMi | Polaris | first of the circlers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * alf UMi | ||
| Circiatores 2 | UMi | Kochab | second of the circlers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * bet UMi | ||
| Circiatores 3 | UMi | Pherkad Major | third of the circlers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * gam Umi | ||
| Circiatores 4 | UMi | Pherkad Minor | fourth of the circlers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * 11 UMi | ||
| Circiatores 5 | UMi | Yildun | fifth of the circlers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * del UMi | ||
| Circiatores 6 | UMi | Circiatores 6 | sixth of the circlers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * eps UMi | ||
| Cynosura | UMi | Cynosura | a person or thing that is so good or beautiful that it attracts a lot of attention; literally the tail of the dog Allen p. 457 |
Latin (17th Century) | * alf UMi | ||
| Cynosure | UMi | Cynosura | a person or thing that is so good or beautiful that it attracts a lot of attention; literally the tail of the dog Bullinger 152 |
Latin (17th Century) | * alf UMi | ||
| Dhruva | UMi | Dhruva | the great god of the universe Allen p. 456 |
Hindu (Al Biruni) | * alf UMi | ||
| Giedi | UMi | Al Jady | the young goat; the slayer of the dead man on the bier of Ursa Major Allen p. 457 |
Arabic | * alf UMi | ||
| Gildun | UMi | Yildun | the pole star, better applied to alpha today Allen p. 459 |
Turkish (the Century Dictionary) | * del UMi | ||
| Grahadhara | UMi | Grahadhara | the pivot of the planets Allen p. 456 |
ancient northern India | * alf UMi | ||
| Juddah | UMi | Al Jady | the young goat Allen p. 456 |
Arabic | * alf UMi | ||
| kaukab | UMi | Kochab | star Kunitzsch p. 58 |
Arabic | * bet UMi | ||
| Kochab | UMi | kōkhābh | the star 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. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7. |
Hebrew | * bet UMi | ||
| Kochab | UMi | Al Ḳuṭb | the axle of the north Allen p. 458, Olcott p. 370376, Kunitzsch p. 58, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 153 |
waiting him who cometh | Hebrew | * bet UMi | |
| Kochah | UMi | Kochab | star Allen p. 458 |
Arabic | * bet UMi | ||
| Kokab | UMi | Al-Kaukab | the star http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | * bet UMi | ||
| kokhabh | UMi | Kochab | star Kunitzsch p. 58 |
Hebrew | * bet UMi | ||
| la Tramontana | UMi | la Tramontana | a cold north wind blowing in Italy Allen p. 454 |
Latin (Bayer 1603) | * alf UMi | ||
| Loadstar | UMi | loadstar | guiding star |
Early English | * alf UMi | ||
| Lodestar | UMi | Lodestar | guiding star Allen p. 455 |
English, Spenser, then Shakespeare | * alf UMi | ||
| Ludentes 1 | UMi | Polaris | first of the dancers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * alf UMi | ||
| Ludentes 2 | UMi | Kochab | second of the dancers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * bet UMi | ||
| Ludentes 3 | UMi | Pherkad Major | third of the dancers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * gam Umi | ||
| Ludentes 4 | UMi | Pherkad Minor | fourth of the dancers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * 11 UMi | ||
| Ludentes 5 | UMi | Yildun | fifth of the dancers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * del UMi | ||
| Ludentes 6 | UMi | Circiatores 6 | sixth of the dancers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * eps UMi | ||
| Na'ir al Farḳadain | UMi | Na'ir al Farḳadāin | the bright one of the two calves Allen p. 459 |
Arabic | * bet UMi | ||
| Navigatoria | UMi | Navigatoria | the steering star |
Latin | * alf UMi | ||
| Nortes | UMi | Nortes | the northern star Allen p. 454 |
Spanish | * alf UMi | ||
| Pherkad | UMi | Aḣfā al Farḳadain | guarders of the pole, with beta usase minoris included; the dim one of the two calves Allen p, 459, Olcott p. 376, Kunitzsch p. 58, http://icoproject.org/star.html, Kaler James B, http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/pherkad.html. Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic | * gam UMi | ||
| Pherkad Major | UMi | Aḣfa al Farḳadain | the brighter of the two calves; was early known as gamma-1, of a double star, but now is just gamma; the former gamma-2 has been reclassified as * 11 UMi Allen p, 459, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20 |
Arabic | * gam UMi | ||
| Pherkad Minor | UMi | Aḣfa al Farḳadain | the dimmer of the two calved; formerly classified as gamma-2, but is now * 11 UMi Allen p. 459 |
Arabic | * 11 UMi | ||
| Phoenice | UMi | Phoenice | an ancient Greek city in Epirus Allen p. 453 |
Greek | * alf UMi | ||
| Polaris | UMi | Polaris | north pole star Allen p. 453, Olcott pp. 370373, Kunitzsch p. 58, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 20, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/polaris.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
the pole star | Latin (Riccoli 1598 - 1671) | * alf UMi | |
| Pole Star | UMi | Pole Star | pole star Allen p. 453 |
English | * alf UMi | ||
| Reicchabba | UMi | Reicchabba | the knee of the Phoenician bear, in combination with alpha ursae minoris Allen p. 458 |
Arabic (Alfonsine Tables) | * bet UMi | ||
| Ruccaba | UMi | Ruccabah | the knee of the Phoenician bear, in combination woth beta ursae minoris Bullinger p. 152 |
the lesser sheepfold | Bayer's Uranometria | * alf UMi | |
| Ruccabah | UMi | Ruccabah | Allen pp. 457 |
Bayer | * alf UMi | ||
| Saltatores 1 | UMi | Polaris | first of the leapers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * alf UMi | ||
| Saltatores 2 | UMi | Kochab | second of the leapers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * bet UMi | ||
| Saltatores 3 | UMi | Pherkad Major | third of the leapers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * gam Umi | ||
| Saltatores 4 | UMi | Pherkad Minor | fourth of the leapers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * 11 UMi | ||
| Saltatores 5 | UMi | Yildun | fifth of the leapers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * del UMi | ||
| Saltatores 6 | UMi | Circiatores 6 | sixth of the leapers Allen p. 459 |
Italian | * eps UMi | ||
| Scip-steorra | UMi | scip-steorra | ship star Allen p. 454 |
Old English | * alf UMi | ||
| Sephina | UMi | Sephina | the ship Bullinger p. 160 |
the released who travel | Greek | * del01 Vel | |
| Star of Arcady | UMi | Star of Arcady | Arcadia was the earthly home of Arcas in Greek mythology. Allen p. 456 |
Greek | * alf UMi | ||
| Stella Maris | UMi | Stella Maris | star of the sea Allen p. 454 |
Latin (St. Jerome) | * alf UMi | ||
| Stella Polaris | UMi | Stella Polaris | pole star Allen p. 453 |
Latin | * alf UMi | ||
| Taehti | UMi | Taehti | the star at the top of the heavenly mountain Allen p. 454 |
Finnish | * alf UMi | ||
| Tatrit tan Tamasna | UMi | Tatrit tan Tamasna |
star of the desert (for navigation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris#Names |
Tuareg Berber language | * alf UMi | ||
| The Steering Star | UMi | the steering star | the steering stat |
English | * alf UMi | ||
| Unosura | UMi | Unosura | the high-rising one https://shenjiva.com/astro/BouwGD_DracoTheDragon.pdf |
Greek | * alf UMi | ||
| Vigiles | UMi | Vigilies | gaurders of the pole Allen p. 459 |
Latin | * 11 UMi | ||
| Vildiur | UMi | Yildun | the pole star, better applied to alpha today Allen p. 459 |
a degeneragtion of the Turkish | * del UMi | ||
| Yildun | UMi | Yilduz | the pole star, better applied to alpha today Allen p. 459 |
Turkish | * del UMi | ||
| Yilduz | UMi | Yilduz | star par excellence Allen p. 457 |
Turkish | * alf UMi |