emamajek on 10-Jun-2015 03:44:55 GMT about * eta Oph
Eta Oph (HR 6378) is also known by the proper name "Sabik" in the following astronomical references:
(1) Ludewig Ideler (1809) "Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen" (Berlin).
(2) E. B. Knobel (1895) "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket",
MNRAS, 55, 429 ["Al Sabyk al Thanih"].
(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) 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) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications).
(8) Helmet Werner & Felix Schmeidler (1986) "Synopsis der Nomenklatur der Fixsterne = Synopsis of the Nomenclature of the Fixed Stars" Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuffgart.
(9) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA).
(10) Ian Ridpath (2003) "Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook" (20th edition; Dutton).
(11) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA)
The history of the name is discussed by Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). Ideler (1809) attributes the name to Al Tizini. Knobel (1895; MNRAS 55, 429) reports that Eta Oph was called "Al Sabyk al Thanih" in a 17th century star catalog written by Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket (Sheikh of the Grand Mosque at the College at Cairo), whose tables appear to mostly be based on the star catalog of Al Tizini (1534, Damascus).
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