List of star names in Lepus

From HandWiki - Reading time: 1 min


Short description: none

This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Lepus. (Used in modern Western astronomy and uranography only).

List

star proper name etymon
α Lep Arneb Arabic
Arsh Arabic
β Lep Nihal Arabic

Etymologies

  • Arneb, Elarneb:
< (ar) arnab, "hare" < (sci.-ar)[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.
  • Arsh:
< (ar) ‘arsh, throne < (ind.-ar)[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.
  • Nihal:
< (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" < (ind.-ar) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels ) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

See also

Notes

  1. sci.-ar = scientific Arabic. See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
  2. ind.-ar = indigenous Arabic. See ibid.

References




Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Astronomy:List_of_star_names_in_Lepus
4 views | Status: cached on April 24 2026 14:26:46
↧ Download this article as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF