emamajek on 11-Apr-2015 03:49:34 GMT about * iot Vir
Iot Vir (HR 5338) is known by the proper name "Syrma" in the following astronomy references:
(1) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York).
(2) William Tyler Olcott (1911) "Star Lore of All Ages" (G.P. Putnum's Sons, NY and London; republished as "Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts", Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY, USA 2004).
(3) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA).
(4) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA).
The origin of the Greek name is discussed further in Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). Both references state that Ptolemy (in the Almagest) designated this star to refer to the "train of the Virgin's robe" (Allen 1899).
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