emamajek on 29-Apr-2015 00:07:34 GMT about * lam Dra
Lambda Dra (HR 4434) is often known by the proper name "Giausar" (or close variants). While there have been multiple spellings over the past two centuries, "Giausar" appears to be the more common spelling in recent decades.
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" [as "Giauzar"].
(2) 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.) [as "Giansar"].
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) [as "Giansar" or "Giauzar"].
(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) [as "Giansar"].
(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.) [as "Gianfar"].
(6) Jack W. Rhoads (1971) "Technical Memorandum 33-507: A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars", Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. [as "Giausar"].
(7) W. B. Smith (1996) FK5 - SAO - HD - Common Name Cross Index (http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?IV/22). [as "Giausar"].
(8) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) [as "Giausar"].
The history of the name is discussed by Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006).
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