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HR 6148 (Beta Her) is known by the proper name "Kornephoros" (or variants), and occasionally "Rutilicus" (or variants), in recent astronomical references. Here is a brief, incomplete history of what the star has been called through history:
(1) Claudius Ptolemaeus "Almagestum" (1515 Latin translation by Petrus Liechtenstein) [description ends with "rutillico"].
(2) Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. (1603), "Uranometria. Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus" ["Rutilicum"].
(3) Jacob Bartsch (1624) "Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati" ["Rutilicum"].
(4) Joseph Piazzi (1814) "Praecipuarum Stellarum Inerrantium Positiones Mediae Ineunte Saeculo XIX. Ex Observationibus Habitis In Specula Panormitana Ab anno 1792 ad annum 1813" ["Korneforos"].
(5) 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.) ["Rutilicus"].
(6) Richard A. Proctor (1866) "The Handbook of the Stars" (Longmans, Green, and Co. London) ["Korneforos"].
(7) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Korneforos", "Kornephoros", "Kornephorus", "Rutilicus", "Rutilico"].
(8) Arthur P. Norton (1910) "A Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook (Epoch 1920) for Students and Amateurs" (Gall and Inglis; London & Edinburgh) ["Kornephoros"].
(9) 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) ["Kornephoros"].
(10) 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.) ["Kornephoros" or "Rutilicus"].
(11) 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 ["Kornephoros"].
(12) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications) ["Kornephoros"].
(13) Mark R. Chartrand III (1982) "Skyguide: A Field Guide for Amateur Astronomers" (Golden Press, New York) ["Kornephoros"].
(14) Helmet Werner & Felix Schmeidler (1986) "Synopsis der Nomenklatur der Fixsterne = Synopsis of the Nomenclature of the Fixed Stars" Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuffgart ["Rutilicus"].
(15) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) [note: "Kornephoros; Korneforos; Rutilicus"].
(16) W. B. Smith (1996) FK5 - SAO - HD - Common Name Cross Index (http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?IV/22) ["Kornephoros"].
(17) Ian Ridpath (2003) "Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook" (20th edition; Dutton) ["Kornephoros"].
(18) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Kornephoros" or "Rutilicus"].
The history of the names are discussed in Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). Over the past century, "Kornephoros" appears to be the most commonly used name for Beta Her.
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