List of star names in Lepus

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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

α Lep

  • Arneb, Elarneb:
＜ (ar) arnab, "hare" ＜ (scientific Arabic)[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.
  • Arsh:
＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (indigenous Arabic)[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

β Lep

  • Nihal:
＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (indigenous Arabic) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels ) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
  2. ^ See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.

References

  • Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  • 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, MA: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.