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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