List of Arabic star names

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The Book of Fixed Stars, a 10th-century synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy’s Almagest with local Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the constellation system of the Anwā’). This page shows Orion (al-jabbar, "the giant"). The star Rigel in his foot derives its name from the Arabic rijl, "foot."

This is a list of Arabic star names. In Western astronomy, most of the accepted star names are Arabic, a few are Greek and some are of unknown origin. Typically only bright stars have names.[1]

## Contents

* 1 History of Arabic star names
* 2 List
* 2.1 A
* 2.1.1 Star groups
* 2.2 B
* 2.3 C
* 2.4 D
* 2.5 E
* 2.6 F
* 2.7 G
* 2.8 H
* 2.9 I
* 2.10 J
* 2.11 K
* 2.12 L
* 2.13 M
* 2.14 N
* 2.15 O
* 2.16 P
* 2.17 R
* 2.18 S
* 2.19 T
* 2.20 U
* 2.21 V
* 2.22 W
* 2.23 Y
* 2.24 Z
* 2.25 Others
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History of Arabic star names

Very old star names originated among people who lived in the Arabian Peninsula more than a thousand years ago, after the rise of Islam.[2] However, some Arabic-language star names sprang up later in history, as translations of ancient Greek-language descriptions.

The astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in his Almagest (2nd century) tabulated the celestial position and brightness (visual magnitude) of 1,025 stars. Ptolemy's book was translated into Arabic in the 8th and 9th centuries and became famous in Europe as a 12th-century Latin translation. Many of the Arabic-language star descriptions in the Almagest came to be widely used as names for stars.

Ptolemy used a strategy of "figure reference" to identify stars according to their position within a familiar constellation or asterism (e.g., "in the right shoulder of The Hunter"). Muslim astronomers adopted some of these as proper names for stars, and added names from traditional Arabic star lore, which they recorded in various Zij treatises. The most notable of these is the Book of Fixed Stars written by the Muslim astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (known as Azophi in the West), who thoroughly illustrated all the stars known to him along with their observations, descriptions, positions, magnitudes, brightness, and color.

In Europe, during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, many ancient star names were copied or translated incorrectly by various writers, some of whom did not know the Arabic language very well. As a result, the history of a star's name can be complicated.[3]

In 2016, the IAU designated official star names to resolve the difficulty of using different naming systems.[4] Many stars were given the commonly used Arabic name.

## List

### A

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Arabic name (vowels) | Scientific star name

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Acamar  | Ākhiru-n-Nahr | the River's or Stream's End / Tail / Edge / Border  | آخر النهر  | آخِرُ ٱلْنََهْر  | Theta Eridani
Achernar | Alpha Eridani
Acrab  | ʽAqrab | the Scorpion  | عقرب  | عَقْرَب  | Beta Scorpii
Acubens | ʼaz-Zubānā | the Claw / Dart / Sting  | الزبانى  | الْزُّبَانَى  | Alpha Cancri
Adhafera  | aḍ-Ḍafiyrah | the Braid / Curl / Strand (of the lion's mane)  | الضفيرة  | الْضَّفِيرَة  | Zeta Leonis
Adhara | al-ʽAthara | the Virgin / Nymph  | العذارى  | الْعَذَارَى  | Epsilon Canis Majoris A
Adhil | adh-Dhayl | the Tail / Annex  | الذيل  | الْذَيْل  | Xi Andromedae
Adib  | adh-Dhiʼb | the Wolf  | الذئب  | الْذِّئْب  | Alpha Draconis, "Thuban"
Ain | ʽAyn | the Eye (of the bull)  | عين  | عَيْن  | Epsilon Tauri
Aladfar | al-ʼUẓfūr | the Talons (of the Swooping Eagle)  | الأظفر  | أُظْفُور  | Eta Lyrae
Alawaid | al-ʽAwāʼidh | the Protecting Mother Camels; the Old Camels; "the Four"  | الربع, العوائذ  | الْرُّبَع, الْعَوَائِذ  | Gamma Draconis,
Xi Draconis,
Nu Draconis,
Beta Draconis
Albali  | al-Bāliʽ | the Swallower  | البالع  | البَالِع  | Epsilon Aquarii
Alchibah  | الخباء  | الخِبَاء  | Alpha Corvi
Alcor | al-khawār | the Faint One  | الخوار  | الخوار  | 80 Ursae Majoris
Aldebaran | ad-Dabarān | the Follower (of the Pleiades)  | الدبران  | اَلدَّبَرَان  | Alpha Tauri
Alderamin  | adh-Dhirāʽu l-Yamīn | the Right Arm (of Cepheus)  | الذراع اليمين  | الذّراع اليَمِين  | Alpha Cephei
Aldhibah | ʼaḍ-Ḍibaāʽ [Adh-Dhibaaʽ],
ʼaḍ-Ḍibāʽ [Adh-Dhibaaʽe]  | the Hyenas  | الضباع  | الْضِّبَاع  | Zeta Draconis
Aldhanab | Al Dhanab | the tail | الذنب | ال ذنب  | Gamma Gruis
Aldhibain | ʼadh-Dhiʼbayn | the Two Hyenas / Wolves  | الذئبين  | الْذِّئْبَيْن  | Zeta Draconis (Aldhibah),
Eta Draconis
Aldulfin | Al Dhanab al Dulfīm | the Dolphin's Tail  | الذنب الدلفين  | الذَّنَبُ الدُّلْفِين  | Epsilon Delphini
Alfarasalkamil | Al Faras al Kamil | the Complete Horse  | الفرس الكامل  | الفرس الكامل  | Omicron Andromedae
Alfirk  | al-Firqah | the Flock of sheep  | الفرقة  | الفِرْقَة  | Beta Cephei
Algebar  | (Rijl) ul-Jabbār | (Foot of) the Giant  | رجل الجبار  | رَجْلَ الجَبَّار  | Beta Orionis, "Rigel"
Algedi  | al-Jady | the Goat | الجدي  | الجَدْي  | Alpha2 Capricorni
Algenib | al-Janb | the Flank (of Pegasus)  | الجنب  | الجَنْب  | Gamma Pegasi
Algieba | al-Jab'hah | the Forehead (of the Lion)  | الجبهة  | الجَبْهَة  | Gamma Leonis
Algol | (Ra'as) al-Ghūl | (Head of) the Ghoul  | رأس الغول  | رَأسَ الغُول  | Beta Persei, the "Demon Star"
Algorab  | al-Ghurāb | the Crow | الغراب  | الغُرَاب  | Delta Corvi
Alhena | al-Hanʽah | the Brand (on the neck of the camel)  | الهنعة  | الهَنْعَة  | Gamma Geminorum, "Almeisan"
Alioth | Al-Jawn | The black horse "John"  | الجون  | الجَوْن  | Epsilon Ursae Majoris
Alkaid | al-Qā'id (banāt naʽash) | the Leader (of the mourning maidens)  | القائد بنات نعش  | القائِد بَنات نَعْش  | Eta Ursae Majoris
Alkes  | al-Ka's | the Cup  | الكأس  | الکَأْس  | Alpha Crateris
Almak, Almach | ʼal-ʽAnāqi ʼl-Arḍ [Al-ʽAnaaqi 'l-Ardh]  | the Caracal,
Desert Lynx; "She-kid, She-Goat of the land"  | عناق الأرض  | عَنَاقِ ٱلْأَرْض  | Gamma Andromedae
Almeisan  | al-Maysān | the Shining one  | الميسان  | المَيْسَان  | Gamma Geminorum, "Alhena"
Almighzal | al-Miġzal | the Wool spindle  | المِغْزَل  | المِغْزَل  | Eta Cygni
Alnair | an-Nayyir | the Bright one  | النير  | النّيّر  | Alpha Gruis
Alnasl  | an-Naşl | the Blade  | النصل  | النَّصْل  | Gamma² Sagittarii
Alnilam | an-Niżm | the String of Pearls  | النظم  | النَّظْم  | Epsilon Orionis
Alnitak | an-Niṭāq | the Girdle (Orion's Belt)  | النطاق  | النِّطَاق  | Zeta Orionis
Alphard | al-Fard | the Solitary one  | الفرد  | الفَرْد  | Alpha Hydrae
Alphecca  | (Nayyir) al-Fakkah | (the Bright one of) the Broken (Ring)  | نير الفكة  | نَيِّر الفَکَّة  | Alpha Coronae Borealis
Alpheratz | (Surrat) al-Faras | (Navel of) the Mare  | سرة الفرس  | سُرَّة الفَرَس  | Alpha Andromedae
Alruba'  | al-Rubaʽ | the foal  | الربع  | الرُّبع  | HD 161693, HR 6618
Alrumh | Al-Rumḥ | the lance  | الرُّمْح  | الرُّمْح  | 34 Boötis
Alrescha | ar-Rishāʽ | the Well-Rope  | الرشاء  | الرِّشَاء  | Alpha Piscium
Alsafi  | aṣ-Ṣaāfiyy  [Asw-Swaafiyy],
aṣ-Ṣāfiyy [As-Ssaafiyy] | the Tripods  | الصافيّ  | الْصَّافِيّ  | Sigma Draconis
Alsuhail  | Suhayl | Glorious  | سهيل  | سّهَيْل  | any of: Canopus,
Velorum, or Lambda Velorum
Altair | (an-Nisr) uṭ-Ṭāʼir | the Flying (Eagle)  | النسر الطائر  | النَّسْر الطَّائِر  | Alpha Aquilae
Altais  | at-Tays | the Goat  | التيس  | التَّيْس  | Delta Draconis
Alterf  | aṭ-Ṭarf | the View (of the Lion)  | الطرف  | الطَّرْف  | Lambda Leonis
Aludra  | al-ʽUdhrah | Virginity  | العذرة  | العُذْرَة  | Eta Canis Majoris
Alula Australis,
Alula Borealis  | (al-Qafzat) ul-Ūla' | the First (Leap)  | القفزة الأولى  |  | Xi Ursae Majoris and Nu Ursae Majoris
Alya  | al-Alyah | the fatty Tail of a sheep  | الألية  |  | Theta Serpentis
Alsephina | Al-Safinah | the ship  | السفينة  |  | Delta Velorum
Angetenar  | ʽArjat un-Nahr | Curve of the River | عرجة النهر  |  | Tau² Eridani
Ankaa  | al-ʽAnqā' | Anqa, Phoenix  | العنقاء  |  | Alpha Phoenicis
Arkab | al-ʽArqūb | the Hamstring  | العرقوب  |  | Beta Sagittarii
Arneb  | al-Arnab | the Hare  | الأرنب  |  | Alpha Leporis
Arrakis | ʼar-Rāqiṣ | the Dancer; Trotting Camel  | الراقص  | الْرَّاقِص  | Alrakis
Asuia | ʼash-Shujaāʽ,
ʼash-Shujāʽ | the Hydra / Sea-Serpent  | الشجاع  | الْشُّجَاع  | Beta Draconis
Atik | al-ʽĀtiq ath-Thurayyā | the Shoulder (of Perseus)  |  | عَاتِق الثّريّا  | Omicron Persei
Auva  | al-ʽAwwā' | the Barking (Dog)  | العواء  | الْعَوَّاء  | Delta Virginis, "Minelauva"
Azfar Adib | ʼAẓfaāru ʼdh-Dhiʼb,
ʼAẓfaāru ʼdh-Dhiʼb | the Wolf's Nails / Fingerprints  | أظفار الذئب  | أَظْفَارُ ٱلْذِّئْب  | Azfar Adib
Azha | Āshiyānah (Persian: آشیانه Āshyāneh) | (Ostrich) Nest  | اشیانه  | أَشیانَة  | Eta Eridani

#### Star groups

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Adhara | al-ʽAdhāriy | the Virgins / Nymphs  | الْعَذَارِي  | ʼAwwalu-l-ʽAdhāriy | First of the Virgins / Nymphs  | أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَذَارِي  | Epsilon Canis Majoris
Thāniyu-l-ʽAdhāriy | Second of the Virgins / Nymphs  | ثَانِيُ ٱلْعَذَارِي  | Omicron² Canis Majoris

In Arabic astronomy, Draco was divided into three parts:

1. Alawaid, the first part and the main body of Draco, also called الْرُّبَع ar-Rubaʽ.
2. Arrakis
3. Azfar Adib

### B

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Baham | Sa'ad ul-Biham | Luck of the Young Beasts | سعد البهام  | Theta Pegasi
Baten Kaitos | Baṭni Qayṭus | Belly of Cetus | بطن قيطوس  | Zeta Ceti
Beid | Bayḍ | Eggs | بيض  | Omicron¹ Eridani
Benetnash | Banāt un-Naʿash | Daughters of the bier | بنات النعش  | Eta Ursae Majoris

see also Alkaid

Betelgeuse | yad ul-Jawzā' | hand of the Central One | يد الجوزاء  | Alpha Orionis
Botein | al-Buṭayn | the Belly (of the ram) | بطين  | Delta Arietis

### C

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Caph | al-Kaff ul-Khaḍib | the Palm (reaching from the Pleiades) | الكـــف الخضيب  | Beta Cassiopeiae
Celbalrai | Kalb ur-Rāʿī | the Shepherd's Dog | كلب الراعي  | Beta Ophiuchi
Chertan | al-Kharat | the Rib (of Leo) | الخرت  | Theta Leonis
Cursa | Kursiyy al-Jauzah | the Chair or Footstool (of Orion) | الكرسيّ  | Beta Eridani

### D

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Dabih | Saʿad udh-Dhābiḥ | the lucky star of the Slaughterer | سّعد الذّابح  | Beta Capricorni
Deneb | Dhanab ud-Dajājah | Tail of the hen | ذنب الدجاجة  | Alpha Cygni
Deneb Algedi | Dhanab ul-Jady | Tail of the goat | ذنب الجدي  | Delta Capricorni
Deneb Dulfim | Dhanab ud-Dulfīn | Tail of the Dolphin | ذنب الدّلفين  | Epsilon Delphini
Deneb Kaitos | Dhanab ul-Qayṭus (ul-Janūbīyy) | (Southern) Tail of Cetus | ذنب قيطوس الجنوبي  | Beta Ceti

see also Diphda

Denebola | Dhanab ul-Asad | Tail of the lion | ذنب الاسد  | Beta Leonis
Diphda | aḍ-Ḍifdaʿ ath-Thānī | the (second) Frog | الضّفدع الثاني  | Beta Ceti
Dschubba | al-Jab'hah | the Forehead (of the scorpion) | الجبهة  | Delta Scorpii
Dubhe | Kāhil ud-Dubb | (the back of) the Bear | كاهل الدّب  | Alpha Ursae Majoris
Dziban | adh-Dhi'ban | the Two Wolves or Jackals | الذئبان  | Psi Draconis

### E

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Edasich | adh-Dhikh | the Hyena | الذّيخ  | Iota Draconis
Elnath | an-Naṭḥ | the butting (of the bull's horns) | النطح  | Beta Tauri
Eltanin | at-Tinnin | the Great Serpent | التنين  | Gamma Draconis
Enif | al-Anf | the Nose (of Pegasus) | الأنف  | Epsilon Pegasi
Errai | ar-Rāʿī | the Shepherd | الراعي  | Gamma Cephei

### F

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Fomalhaut | Fum al-Ḥūt | Mouth of the Whale | فم الحوت  | Alpha Piscis Austrini
Fumalsamakah | Fum al-samakah | Mouth of the fish | فم السمكة  | Beta Piscium
Furud | al-Furud | the bright Single ones (see Zeta Canis Majoris § Name) | الفرد  | Zeta Canis Majoris

### G

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Gienah | al-Janāḥ | the Wing | الجناح  | Gamma Corvi
Gomeisa | al-Ghumaişā' | the Bleary-eyed one | الغميصاء  | Beta Canis Minoris

### H

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Hadar | Ḥaḍār | Settlement | حضار  | Beta Centauri
Hamal | Rā's al-Ḥamal | (head of) the Ram | رأس الحمل  | Alpha Arietis
Heka | al-Haqʿah | the White Spot | الهقعة  | Lambda Orionis

see also Meissa

Homam | Saʿad al-Humām | the Lucky star of the High-minded | سعد الهمام  | Zeta Pegasi

### I

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Iklil | Iklīl al Jabhah | The Crown of the Forehead | إكليل الجبهة  | Rho Scorpii
Izar | Al-Izar | The girdle, or, The loin-cloth | الإزار  | Epsilon Boötis

### J

Common name | Arabic name | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Jabbah | al-Jab'hah | the Forehead (of the scorpion) | الجبهة  | Nu Scorpii

### K

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Kalb | Kaʿab Dhiy l-ʿInān | the Shoulder of the Rein-holder | كعب ذي العنان  | Iota Aurigae

also named Hassaleh

Kaffaljidhma | al-Kaff al-Jadhmā' | the Cut-short Hand | الكف الجذماء  | Gamma Ceti
Kaffalmusalsala | Kaff al-Musalsala | The hand of the Chained Woman | كفّ المسلسة | Kappa Andromedae
Kaus Australis,
Kaus Media,
Kaus Borealis | al-Qaws | the Bow | القوس  | Epsilon Sagittarii

Delta Sagittarii Lambda Sagittarii

Keid | al-Qaiḍ | the (broken egg) Shells | القيض  | Omicron² Eridani
Kitalpha | Qiṭʿat al-Faras | Part of the Horse | قطعة الفرس  | Alpha Equulei
Kochab | al-Kawkab | the Star | كوكب  | Beta Ursae Minoris
Kurhah | al-Qurḥah | the Blaze on a horse's brow | القرحة  | Xi Cephei

### L

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Lesath | al-Lasʿah | The sting | اللسعة  | Upsilon Scorpii
Luh-Denebola / Denebola | Dhanab al-Asad/al-Layth | the lion's tail | ذنب الاسد/الليث  | Beta Leonis

### M

Arab-Latinized star name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning  | Arabic name  | Arabic name

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Maasym | al-Miʿasam uth-Thurayyā | the Wrist (of Hercules) | معصم الثّريّا  |  | Lambda Herculis
Maaz | al-Māʿaz | the he-Goat | المعز  |  | Epsilon Aurigae
Mankib | Mankib (ul-Faras) | the Shoulder (of the Horse) | منكب الفرس  |  | Alpha Pegasi
Marfik | al-Mirfaq | the Elbow | المرفق  |  | Lambda Ophiuchi
Markab | Markab (ul-Faras) | the Saddle (of the Horse) | مركب الفرس  |  | Alpha Pegasi
Markeb | Markab | Something to Ride | مركب  |  | Kappa Velorum
Matar | al-Saʿad ul-Maṭar | the lucky star of Rain | سعد مطر  |  | Eta Pegasi
Mebsuta | adh-Dhirāʿu l-Mabsūṭah | the Outstretched (Paw) | الذّراع المبسوطه  |  | Epsilon Geminorum
Megrez | al-Maghriz | the Base of the bear's tail | مغرز  |  | Delta Ursae Majoris
Meissa | al-Maysān | the Shining one | الميسان  |  | Lambda Orionis
Mekbuda | adh-Dhirāʿu l-Maqbūḍah | the Folded (Arm) | الذّراع المقبوضة  |  | Zeta Geminorum
Meleph | Al Ma᾽laf | the Stall |  |  | Epsilon Cancri
Menkalinan | Mankib Dhiyi l-ʿInān | Shoulder of the Rein-holder | منكب ذي العنان  |  | Beta Aurigae
Menkar | al-Minkhar | the Nostril | المنخر  |  | Alpha Ceti
Menkent | Mankib ul-Qanṭūris | the Shoulder of the Centaur | منكب قنطورس  |  | Theta Centauri
Menkib | Al-Mankib uth-Thurayyā | the Shoulder (of the Pleiades) | منكب الثّريّا  |  | Xi Persei
Merak | ʼal-Marāqq | the Loins (of the bear) | المراقّ  | الْمِرَاقّ  | Beta Ursae Majoris
Mintaka | al-Minṭaqah | the Belt (of Orion) | المنطقة  |  | Delta Orionis
Mirach | ʼal-Marāqq | the Loins / Loincloth  | المراقّ  | الْمِرَاقّ  | Beta Andromedae
Mirak | Epsilon Boötis
Mirfak | al-Mirfaq uth-Thurayyā | the Elbow | مرفق الثّريّا  |  | Alpha Persei
Mizar | al-Mi'zar | the Apron | المئزر  |  | Zeta Ursae Majoris
Mothallah | Ra'as ul-Muthallath | (Head of) the Triangle | الرعس المثلث  |  | Alpha Trianguli
Muhlifain | ʼal-Muḥlifayn |  | محلفين  | مُحْلِفَيْن  | Gamma Centauri
Muliphein | Gamma Canis Majoris
Muphrid | Mufrid ur-Rāmiḥ | the Solitary one of the Lancer | المفرد الرامح  |  | Eta Boötis
Murzim / Mirzam | ʼal-Murzim / ʼal-Mirzam | the Herald | المرزم  | الْمُرْزِم \الْمِرْزَم  | Beta Canis Majoris

### N

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Nashira | Saʿad Nāshirah | Lucky star of Nashirah | سعد ناشرة  | Gamma Capricorni
Nekkar | al-Baqqār | the Cattleman | البقار  | Beta Boötis
Nihal | an-Nihāl | (camels) Quenching their thirst | النهال  | Beta Leporis
Nusakan | an-Nasaqān | The two arrays | النسقان  | Beta Coronae Borealis
Nushaba / Alnasl | Zujji n-Nashshāba [Zujji n-Nashāba?] / an-Naşl | the Arrowhead | زُجِّ النشابة / النصل  | Gamma Sagittarii

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Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Okda | al-ʿUqdah | the Knot | العقدة  | Alpha Piscium

### P

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Phact | (al-)Fākhitah | the Dove |

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| Alpha Columbae
Phad | (al-)Fakhidh | the Thigh |

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| Gamma Ursae Majoris
Pherkad | (al-)Farqad | the Calf |

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| Gamma Ursae Minoris

### R

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Rasalased | Ra'as ul-Assad | Head of the lion |

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| Epsilon Leonis
Rasalgethi | Ra'as ul-Jathī | Head of the Kneeler |

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| Alpha Herculis
Rasalhague | Ra'as ul-Ḥawwā' | Head of the Snake-man |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: رأس الحوّاء (help)

| Alpha Ophiuchi
Rasalnaqa | Ras al Naqa | Head of the She-camel |

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| Iota Andromedae
Rastaban | Ra'as uth-Thuʿabān | Head of the Snake |

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| Beta Draconis
Rigel | Rijl ul-Jabbār | Foot of the Giant |

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| Beta Orionis

see also Algebar

Rigil Kentaurus | Rijl ul-Qanṭūris | Foot of the Centaur |

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| Alpha Centauri
Risha | ar-Rishā' | the Well-Rope |

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| Alpha Piscium
Rukbah | ar-Rukbah | the Knee |

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| Delta Cassiopeiae
Rukbat | Rukbat ur-Rāmī | Knee of the archer |

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| Alpha Sagittarii

### S

Common name  | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Sabik | as-Sābiq | the Preceding |

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| Eta Ophiuchi
Sadachbia | Saʿad ul-Akhbiyyah | Lucky star of the Tents |

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| Gamma Aquarii
Sadalbari | Saʿad ul-Bāriʿ | Lucky star of the Splendid one |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: سعد البارع (help)

| Mu Pegasi
Sadalmelik | Saʿad ul-Malik | Lucky star of the King |

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| Alpha Aquarii
Sadalsuud | Saʿad us-Suʿūd | Luck of Lucks |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: سعد السعود (help)

| Beta Aquarii
Sadr | aṣ-Ṣadr | the Breast (of the hen) |

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| Gamma Cygni
Saiph | as-Sayf | the Sword (of Orion) |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: السيف (help)

| Kappa Orionis
Scheat | as-Sāʿid | the Shoulder |

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| Beta Pegasi
Shaula | ash-Shawlāh | the Raised (tail of the scorpion) |

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| Lambda Scorpii
Schedar | aṣ-Ṣadr | the Breast |

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| Alpha Cassiopeiae
Sheliak | ash-Shiliyāq | Lyra |

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| Beta Lyrae
Sheratan | ash-Sharaṭayn | the Two Signs |

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| Beta Arietis
Sirrah | Surratu l-Faras | Navel (of the Mare) |

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| Alpha Andromedae
Siwarha | siwārhā | her bracelet | سِوَارهَا  | Alpha Orionis B
Skat | as-Sāq (or Shi'at) | the Leg (or the Wish) |

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| Delta Aquarii
Spica | as-Sunbulah | the Stem |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: السنبلة (help)

| Alpha Virginis
Sulafat | as-Sulḥafāh | the Tortoise |

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| Gamma Lyrae

### T

Arab-Latinized name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning  | Arabic name  | Arabic name

(vowels)

| Scientific star name

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Talitha Australis,
Talitha Borealis | al-Qafzat uth-Thālathah | the Third Leap (of the ghazal) |

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| Kappa Ursae Majoris
Tania Australis,
Tania Borealis | al-Qafzat uth-Thāniyah | the Second Leap (of the gazelle) |

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| Mu Ursae Majoris
Tarf | aṭ-Ṭarf | "The glance" of the lion |

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| Beta Cancri
Thuban | ath-Thuʽabān | the Snake |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: الثعبان (help)

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| Alpha Draconis
Toliman | aẓ-Ẓalīmān | the (two male) ostriches |

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| Alpha Centauri B

### U

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Unukalhai | ʿUnuq ul-Ḥayyah | Neck of the Snake |

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| Alpha Serpentis

### V

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Vega | an-Nisr ul-Wāqiʿ | the Falling Eagle |

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| Alpha Lyrae

### W

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Wasat | Wasṭ us-Samā' | "Middle" of the sky |

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| Delta Geminorum
Wezen | al-Wazn | the Weight |

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| Delta Canis Majoris
Wezn | Beta Columbae

### Y

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Yed Posterior | Mu'akhkhir Yad ul-Ḥawwā' | (Back of the Snake Man's) Hand |

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| Epsilon Ophiuchi
Yed Prior | Muqaddim Yad ul-Ḥawwā' | (Palm of the Snake Man's) Hand |

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| Delta Ophiuchi

### Z

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name | Scientific star name

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Zaurac | az-Zawraq | the Boat |

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| Gamma Eridani
Zavijava | Zāwiyat ul-ʽAwwāʼ | the Angle of the Barking Dog |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: زاوية العواء (help)

| Beta Virginis
Zawiah

aka Zaniah

| az-Zāwiyah | The angle |

[{{{2}}}] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: الزاوية (help)

| Eta Virginis
Zubenelgenubi | az-Zubān ul-Janūbiy | Southern Claw (of the scorpion) |

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| Alpha Librae
Zubenelhakrabi | Zuban al-ʿAqrab | Claws (of the scorpion) |

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| Gamma Librae
Zubeneschamali | az-Zubān ush-Shamāliy | Northern Claw (of the scorpion) |

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| Beta Librae

### Others

Common name | Arabic name (transliteration) | Meaning | Arabic name

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Milky Way | Darb ut-Tabānah | The Milky Road |

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Andromeda Galaxy | as-Saḥābat uṣ-Ṣaghirah ("small cloud")[5][6] | "little cloud" was the Arabic name for the Andromeda Galaxy, which was first mentioned by Al-Sufi in his Book of Fixed Stars |

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## See also

* Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world
* List of proper names of stars
* List of Chinese star names
* Lists of astronomical objects

## References

1. ↑ "Stargazing Network". Stargazing.net. http://www.stargazing.net/david/constel/starnames.html.
2. ↑ Morrison, Robert G. (2013). "Astronomy in Islam". Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. pp. 155–158. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8265-8_89. ISBN 978-1-4020-8264-1. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4020-8265-8_89.
3. ↑ "Star Names: Where Do They Come From? And Can You Buy One?", RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium Information Bulletin #19 December 1996, (archived 2007)
4. ↑ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/.
5. ↑ Henbest, N.; Couper, H. (1994). The guide to the galaxy. CUP Archive. p. 31. ISBN 0-521-45882-X. https://archive.org/details/guidetogalaxy00henb/page/31.
6. ↑ Kepple, G. R.; Sanner, G. W. (1998). The Night Sky Observer's Guide. 1. Willmann-Bell. p. 18. ISBN 0-943396-58-1.

* Islamic Crescents' Observation Project (ICOP) website, which in turn cites:
* Paul Kunitzsch, Tim Smart, Short Guide to Modern Star Names and Their Derivations (1986)
* Guy Ottewell, The Astronomical Companion[year needed]
* Abdul-Rahim Bader, Rasd al-Sama' ("Observing the Sky")[year needed]
* Hamid Al-Naimy Elm al-Falak ("Astronomy")[year needed]

## External links

* ICOP: Arabic Star Names
* Kaler, James, "Star Names: Proper Names", University of Illinois
* The Astronomy Corner: Reference – Star Names v1.1.2 (2006-05-28) from web.archive.org
* Lebling, Robert W., "Arabic in the Sky" , Saudi Aramco World magazine, September/October 2010, v.61, n.5

* v
* t
* e

Stars

Formation|

* Accretion
* Molecular cloud
* Bok globule
* Young stellar object
* Protostar
* Pre-main-sequence
* Herbig Ae/Be
* T Tauri
* FU Orionis
* Herbig–Haro object
* Hayashi track
* Henyey track

Evolution|

* Main sequence
* Red-giant branch
* Horizontal branch
* Red clump
* Asymptotic giant branch
* Blue loop
* Protoplanetary nebula
* Planetary nebula
* PG1159
* Dredge-up
* Instability strip
* Luminous blue variable
* Blue straggler
* Stellar population
* Supernova
* Superluminous supernova / Hypernova

Spectral
classification|

* Early
* Late
* Main sequence
* O
* B
* A
* F
* G
* K
* M
* Brown dwarf
* WR
* OB
* Subdwarf
* O
* B
* Subgiant
* Giant
* Blue
* Red
* Yellow
* Bright giant
* Supergiant
* Blue
* Red
* Yellow
* Hypergiant
* Yellow
* Carbon
* S
* CN
* CH
* White dwarf
* Chemically peculiar
* Am
* Ap/Bp
* HgMn
* Helium-weak
* Barium
* Extreme helium
* Lambda Boötis
* Lead
* Technetium
* Be
* Shell
* B[e]

Remnants|

* White dwarf
* Helium planet
* Black dwarf
* Neutron
* Radio-quiet
* Pulsar
* Binary
* X-ray
* Magnetar
* Stellar black hole
* X-ray binary
* Burster

Hypothetical|

* Blue dwarf
* Green
* Black dwarf
* Exotic
* Boson
* Electroweak
* Strange
* Preon
* Planck
* Dark
* Dark-energy
* Quark
* Q
* Black
* Gravastar
* Frozen
* Quasi-star
* Thorne–Żytkow object
* Iron
* Blitzar

Stellar
nucleosynthesis|

* Deuterium burning
* Lithium burning
* Proton–proton chain
* CNO cycle
* Helium flash
* Triple-alpha process
* Alpha process
* Carbon burning
* Neon burning
* Oxygen burning
* Silicon burning
* S-process
* R-process
* Fusor
* Nova
* Symbiotic
* Remnant
* Luminous red nova

Structure|

* Core
* Convection zone
* Microturbulence
* Oscillations
* Radiation zone
* Atmosphere
* Photosphere
* Starspot
* Chromosphere
* Corona
* Stellar wind
* Bubble
* Bipolar outflow
* Accretion disk
* Asteroseismology
* Helioseismology
* Eddington luminosity
* Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism

Properties|

* Designation
* Dynamics
* Effective temperature
* Luminosity
* Kinematics
* Magnetic field
* Absolute magnitude
* Mass
* Metallicity
* Rotation
* Starlight
* Variable
* Photometric system
* Color index
* Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
* Color–color diagram

Star systems|

* Binary
* Contact
* Common envelope
* Eclipsing
* Symbiotic
* Multiple
* Cluster
* Open
* Globular
* Super
* Planetary system

Earth-centric
observations|

* Sun
* Solar System
* Sunlight
* Pole star
* Circumpolar
* Constellation
* Asterism
* Magnitude
* Apparent
* Extinction
* Photographic
* Radial velocity
* Proper motion
* Parallax
* Photometric-standard

Lists|

* Proper names
* Arabic
* Chinese
* Extremes
* Most massive
* Highest temperature
* Largest volume
* Smallest volume
* Brightest
* Historical
* Most luminous
* Nearest
* Nearest bright
* With exoplanets
* Brown dwarfs
* White dwarfs
* Milky Way novae
* Supernovae
* Candidates
* Remnants
* Planetary nebulae
* Timeline of stellar astronomy

Related articles|

* Substellar object
* Brown dwarf
* Sub-brown dwarf
* Planet
* Galactic year
* Galaxy
* Guest
* Gravity
* Intergalactic
* Starfield
* Tidal disruption event

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Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world

Astronomers

* by century (CE
* AD)

8th|

* Ahmad Nahavandi
* Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht
* Muḥammad ibn
* Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
* Mashallah ibn Athari
* Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq

9th|

* Abu Maʿshar
* Abu Said Gorgani
* Al-Farghānī
* Al-Kindi
* Al-Mahani
* Abu Hanifa Dinawari
* Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf
* Al-Marwazi
* Ali ibn Isa al-Asturlabi
* Banu Musa
* Iranshahri
* Khālid ibn ʿAbd al‐Malik
* Al-Khwārizmī
* Sahl ibn Bishr
* Thābit ibn Qurra
* Yahya ibn Abi Mansur

10th|

* al-Sufi
* Ibn
* Al-Adami
* al-Khojandi
* al-Khāzin
* al-Qūhī
* Abu al-Wafa
* Ahmad ibn Yusuf
* al-Battani
* Al-Qabisi
* Ibn al-A'lam
* Al-Nayrizi
* Al-Saghani
* Aṣ-Ṣaidanānī
* Ibn Yunus
* Ibrahim ibn Sinan
* Ma Yize
* al-Sijzi
* Mariam al-Asturlabi
* Nastulus
* Abolfadl Harawi
* Haseb-i Tabari
* al-Majriti

11th|

* Abu Nasr Mansur
* al-Biruni
* Ali ibn Ridwan
* Al-Zarqālī
* Ibn al-Samh
* Al-Muradi
* Alhazen
* Avicenna
* Ibn al-Saffar
* Kushyar Gilani
* Said al-Andalusi
* Ibrahim ibn Said al-Sahli
* Ibn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī
* Al-Isfizari

12th|

* Al-Bitruji
* Avempace
* Ibn Tufail
* Al-Kharaqī
* Al-Khazini
* Al-Samawal al-Maghribi
* Abu al-Salt
* Averroes
* Ibn al-Kammad
* Jabir ibn Aflah
* Omar Khayyam
* Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī

13th|

* Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi
* Ibn al‐Ha'im al‐Ishbili
* Jamal ad-Din
* Alam al-Din al-Hanafi
* Najm al‐Din al‐Misri
* Muhyi al-Dīn al-Maghribī
* Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
* Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
* Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī
* Zakariya al-Qazwini
* al-Urdi
* al-Abhari
* Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al‐Farisi
* Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Marrakushi
* Ibn Ishaq al-Tunisi
* Ibn al‐Raqqam
* Al-Ashraf Umar II

14th|

* Ibn al-Shatir
* al-Khalīlī
* Ibn Shuayb
* al-Battiwi
* Abū al‐ʿUqūl
* Al-Wabkanawi
* Nizam al-Din Nishapuri
* al-Jadiri

15th|

* Ali Kuşçu
* ʿAbd al‐Wājid
* Jamshīd al-Kāshī
* Kadızade Rumi
* Ulugh Beg
* Sibt al-Maridini
* Ibn al-Majdi
* al-Wafa'i
* al-Kubunani

16th|

* Al-Birjandi
* al-Khafri
* Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī
* Piri Reis
* Takiyüddin

17th|

* Yang Guangxian
* Ahmad Khani
* Al Achsasi al Mouakket
* Mohammed al-Rudani

Topics

| Works|

* Arabic star names
* Islamic calendar
* ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt
* Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
* Tabula Rogeriana
* The Book of Healing

Zij|

* Alfonsine tables
* Huihui Lifa
* Book of Fixed Stars
* Toledan Tables
* Zij-i Ilkhani
* Zij-i Sultani
* Sullam al-sama'

Instruments|

* Alidade
* Analog computer
* Aperture
* Armillary sphere
* Astrolabe
* Astronomical clock
* Celestial globe
* Compass
* Compass rose
* Dioptra
* Equatorial ring
* Equatorium
* Globe
* Graph paper
* Magnifying glass
* Mural instrument
* Navigational astrolabe
* Nebula
* Octant
* Planisphere
* Quadrant
* Sextant
* Shadow square
* Sundial
* Schema for horizontal sundials
* Triquetrum

Concepts|

* Almucantar
* Apogee
* Astrology in medieval Islam
* Astrophysics
* Axial tilt
* Azimuth
* Celestial mechanics
* Celestial spheres
* Circular orbit
* Deferent and epicycle
* Earth's rotation
* Eccentricity
* Ecliptic
* Elliptic orbit
* Equant
* Galaxy
* Geocentrism
* Gravitational potential energy
* Gravity
* Heliocentrism
* Inertia
* Islamic cosmology
* Moonlight
* Multiverse
* Obliquity
* Parallax
* Precession
* Qibla
* Salah times
* Specific gravity
* Spherical Earth
* Sublunary sphere
* Sunlight
* Supernova
* Temporal finitism
* Trepidation
* Triangulation
* Tusi couple
* Universe

Institutions|

* Al-Azhar University
* House of Knowledge
* House of Wisdom
* University of Al Quaraouiyine
* Observatories
* Constantinople (Taqi al-Din)
* Maragheh
* Samarkand (Ulugh Beg)

Influences|

* Babylonian astronomy
* Egyptian astronomy
* Hellenistic astronomy
* Indian astronomy

Influenced|

* Byzantine science
* Chinese astronomy
* Medieval European science
* Indian astronomy

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