emamajek on 27-Jun-2015 04:38:56 GMT about * zet Leo
Zeta Leo (HR 4031) has been called by the proper name "Adhafera" (or variant) in several astronomical references:
(1) Chambers, Ephraim (1728) "Cyclopædia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" (London;
online at https://artfl-project.uchicago.edu/node/88) ["Aldhafera"].
(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.) ["Adhafera"].
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Adhafera, Aldhafara, and Aldhafera"].
(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) ["Aldhafera"].
(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.) ["Adhafera"].
(6) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications) ["Aldhafera"].
(7) Helmet Werner & Felix Schmeidler (1986) "Synopsis der Nomenklatur der Fixsterne = Synopsis of the Nomenclature of the Fixed Stars" Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuffgart ["Aldafera"].
(8) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) ["Adhafera", "Aldhafara", "Aldahafera"].
(9) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Adhafera"].
The history of the name is discussed in detail by Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). Despite there being multiple spellings, "Adhafera" could be argued to be the version in most common use - adopted by Kunitzsch & Smart (2006), in the Becvar (1964) atlas, and it is the first name listed in the BSC and Allen (1899). It is also the version used in an IAU map of the constellation Leo at: http://www.iau.org/public/images/detail/leo/.
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