emamajek on 29-Apr-2015 02:50:44 GMT about * del Sgr
Delta Sgr (HR 6859) has been known by the proper name "Kaus Media" (or variant). 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 "Kaus Mediu."].
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) [as "Kaus Meridionalis" or [Kaus] "Media"].
(3) 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 "Kaus Medius"].
(5) 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 "Kaus Media"].
(4) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications) [as "Kaus Meridianalis" or "Media"].
(5) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) ["Kaus Media", "Kaus Meridionalis"].
(6) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) [as "Kaus Media"].
The history of the name is discussed by Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006).
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