Index by Constellation |
Below is a brief listing of all sources used in this project, sorted by topic. Please note: This section still needs a lot of cleanup as it does not yet follow the common standards of a bibliography. Currently, it is not much more than a data dump, but in due time, this will be fixed. |
Name | Type | Designation | Meaning | Status | Origin |
Andromeda | Constellation | And | Andromeda | IAU | Greek; Ptolemy |
Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae | Constellation | Scepter and Hand of Justice | Obsolete | Royer | |
Honores Friderici | Constellation | Frederick's Honor | Obsolete | Bode | |
as-samakatan | Constellation | Two Fishes | Local | Arabian Peninsula | |
al-ḥūt | Asterism | Great Fish | Local | Arabian Peninsula | |
as-samaka al-‘azima | Asterism | Great Fish | Alternate | Arabian Peninsula | |
as-samaka as-sughra | Asterism | Smaller Fish | Local | Arabian Peninsula | |
Apin | Constellation | The Plow | Local | Babylonian | |
I-Iku | Constellation | The Field | Local | Babylonian | |
Anunitum | Constellation | The Great Fish | Local | Babylonian | |
Lu-Lim | Constellation | Messenger of the Stars | Local | Babylonian | |
Tiníléí | Constellation | The Gila Monster | Local | Navajo | |
Kokominakasis | Constellation | Grandmother Spider | Local | Cree | |
Friedrichs Ehre | Constellation | Frederick's Honor | Obsolete | Bode | |
Gloria Frederici | Constellation | Frederick's Glory | Alternate | Bode | |
Alpheratz | Star | α And Aa | From surrat al-faras - the navel of the mare | IAU | Arabic |
surrat al-faras | Star | α And | The navel of the mare | Local | Arabic |
rās al-mar'a al-musalsala | Star | α And | The head of the woman in chains | Local | Arabic |
batn al-ḥūt | Star | β And | Belly of the Fish | Local | Arabian Peninsula |
Takurua-e-te-tuki-hanga-ruki | Star | α And | Star of the wearisome toil | Local | Tuamotu |
Mirach | Star | β And | From mizar - girdle | IAU | Arabic; Alphonsine Tables |
janb al-musalsalah | Star | β And | The Side of the Chained Lady | Local | Arabic |
qalb al-hūt | Star | β And | The Heart of the Fish | Local | Arabic |
KA.MUSH.I.KU.E | Star | β And | The Deleter (either β And or α Cas) | Local | Babylonian |
Piringa-o-Tautu | Star | β And | The star of a (certain) season of its existence. | Local | Tuamotu |
Almach | Star | γ And A | From al-ʿanāq al-ʾarḍ - caracal; desert lynx | IAU | Arabic |
al-ʿanāq | Star | γ And | Desert lynx | Local | Arabic |
rijl al musalsalah | Star | γ And | The Foot of The Chained Woman | Local | Arabic |
al khamis al na'amah | Star | γ And | The fifth ostrich | Local | Arabic; al-Muwaqqit |
Sadiradra | Star | δ And | From sadar aleadhra - the virgin's breast | Local | Arabic |
sadar aleadhra | Star | δ And | The virgin's breast | Local | Arabic |
Keff al-Salsalat | Star | ι And | From kaf al-musalsala - palm of chained woman | Local | Arabic; al-Muwaqqit |
Tiānshǐmů | Star | ζ And | The Celestial pig's eye | Local | China |
Adhil | Star | ξ And | From aḏ-ḏayl - the train, the tail | IAU | Arabic |
Nembus | Star | 51 And | Used by Bayer; Bode | IAU | Bayer, Bode |
Ke | Constellation | Porpoise | Local | Marshall Islands | |
Buna | Star | HD 16175 | Common Ethiopian word for coffee. | IAU | ExoW 2019, Ethiopia |
Abol | Exoplanet | HD 16175 b | Part of Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony | IAU | ExoW 2019, Ethiopia |
Sterrennacht | Star | HAT-P-6 | Painting by Vincent van Gogh. | IAU | ExoW 2019, Netherlands |
Nachtwacht | Exoplanet | HAT-P-6b | Painting by Rembrandt. | IAU | ExoW 2019, Netherlands |
Titawin | Star | υ And A | World Heritage Site in northern Morocco | IAU | ExoW 2015 |
Saffar | Exoplanet | υ Andr b | 11th century Andalusian Arab astronomer | IAU | ExoW 2015 |
Samh | Exoplanet | υ And c | 11th century Andalusian Arab astronomer | IAU | ExoW 2015 |
Majriti | Exoplanet | υ And d | 11th century Andalusian Arab astronomer | IAU | ExoW 2015 |
Veritate | Star | 14 And A | Latin for 'where there is truth' | IAU | ExoW 2015 |
Spe | Exoplanet | 14 And A b | Latin for where there is hope | IAU | ExoW 2015 |
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