emamajek on 24-Apr-2015 23:33:23 GMT about * tet01 Ser
Tet Ser is known by the proper name "Alya" in the following astronomy references, here applied to the brighter of the pair tet01 Ser and tet02 Ser (where provided, the name is applied to tet01 Ser = HR 7141, following BSC and Becvar):
(1) Joseph Piazzi (1814) "Praecipuarum Stellarum Inerrantium Positiones Mediae Ineunte Saeculo XIX. Ex Observationibus Habitis In Specula Panormitana Ab anno 1792 ad annum 1813" [Piazzi calls tet01 Ser "Alya praec." and tet02 Ser as "Alya seq."].
(2) Admiral Wiliam Henry Smyth (1881) "A Cycle of Celestial Objects" (revised, condensed, and greatly enlarged by George F. Chambers, F.R.A.S of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law, 2nd edition, Oxford, Clarendon Press).
(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) Antonin Becvar (1964) "Atlas of the Heavens - II: Catalogue 1950.0", Praha: Publication House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and Cambridge, Mass.: Sky Publishing Corporation, 1964, 4th enl. edition, edited by Mohr, Josef M. (scient. ed.).
(6) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA).
(7) Ian Ridpath (2003) "Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook" (20th edition; Dutton).
(8) 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 name is discussed by Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) and Allen (1899).
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