emamajek on 18-Apr-2015 04:20:42 GMT about * omi UMa
Omi UMa (HR 3323) is known by the proper name "Muscida" in the following astronomy references:
(1) Claudius Ptolemaeus 1515, Almagestum: Opus ingens ac nobile omnes Celorum motus continens. Felicibus Astris eat in lucem. Astronomy Library of Vienna [appears as "muscide"].
(2) Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. 1603, Uranometria. Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus.
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York).
(4) 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).
(5) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications).
(6) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA).
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