emamajek on 03-May-2015 05:15:05 GMT about * tet Peg
Theta Peg (HR 8450) is also known by the proper name "Biham" (or variants):
(1) Ulugh Beg (1437) (in "Ulugh Beigh's Catalogue of Stars. Reprinted from Dr. T. Hyde's 1665 translation, as edited by Dr. G. Sharpe in 1767" on page 79 of Francis Baily (1843, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 13) ["Sa'd Al Bahaim"].
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Biham", "Baham"].
(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) ["Baham"].
(4) 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 ["Biham"].
(5) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA). ["Biham", "Baham"].
(6) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Biham"].
While Ulegh Beg originally attached the original name "Sa'd Al Bahaim" to both Theta Peg and Nu Peg, however the name appears to have been attached to Theta Peg alone over the past century. The history of the name is discussed in Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006).
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