emamajek on 16-Jul-2015 03:32:15 GMT about * eps Gem
Delta Gem (HR 2473) has been known by the proper name "Mebsuta" (or variants) in many astronomical 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" ["Mebsuta"].
(2) Richard A. Proctor (1866) "The Handbook of the Stars" (Longmans, Green, and Co. London).
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Mebsuta is from Al Mabsutat, the Outstretched"].
(4) Arthur P. Norton (1910) "A Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook (Epoch 1920) for Students and Amateurs" (Gall and Inglis; London & Edinburgh) ["Mebsuta"].
(5) 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) ["Mebusta" on map, "Mebsuta" in text].
(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.) ["Mebsuta"].
(7) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications) ["Mebsuta"].
(8) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) ["Mebsuta, Melucta, Meboula"].
(9) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Mebsuta"].
The history of the name is discussed by Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). "Mebsuta" appears to be the common modern spelling.
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