emamajek on 25-Apr-2015 02:15:33 GMT about * bet01 Sco
Beta01 Sco (HR 5954) is known by the proper name "Acrab" in the following astronomy references:
(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 labels bet01 Sco as "Acrab praec."].
(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) Arthur P. Norton (1910) "A Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook (Epoch 1920) for Students and Amateurs" (Gall and Inglis; London & Edinburgh).
(5) C. W. Allen (1963) "Astrophysical Quantities" 2nd edition, University of London, The Athlone Press (Chapter 12, Section 114).
(6) 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.).
(7) Ian Ridpath (1988) "Star Tales" (Universe Books, New York).
(8) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA).
(9) Ian Ridpath (2003) "Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook" (20th edition; Dutton).
(10) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA).
Beta01 Sco (HR 5954) is also known by the alias "Graffias" in the following astronomy references:
(1) Elijah Hinsdale Burritt (1840) "The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas" (5th Edition, with an introduction by Thomas Dick. New York, F.J. Huntington and Co.).
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York).
(3) 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).
(4) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications).
(5) Ian Ridpath (1988) "Star Tales" (Universe Books, New York).
(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 names "Acrab" and "Graffias" are discussed by Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) and Allen (1899).
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