emamajek on 26-Aug-2015 02:51:17 GMT about * del Dra
Delta Dra (HR 7310) is known by the proper name "Altais" (or variant) in some astronomical references. The aliases "Nodus Secundus" and "Aldib" also appear in some catalogs, however "Altais" appears to be favored by the modern compendium by Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) and other recent references.
(1) Ludewig Ideler (1809) "Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen" (Berlin) ["El-tais"].
(2) Joseph Piazzi (1814) "Praecipuarum Stellarum Inerrantium Positiones Mediae Ineunte Saeculo XIX. Ex Observationibus Habitis In Specula Panormitana Ab anno 1792 ad annum 1813" ["Nodus Secun."].
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Al Tais" or "Nodus Secundus"].
(4) 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.) ["Aldib" or "Nodus II"].
(5) 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 ["Altais"].
(6) Paul Kunitzsch (1983) "How We Got Our "Arabic" Star Names", Sky & Telescope, Vol. 65, p. 20 (Jan 1983) ["Al Tais"].
(7) Helmet Werner & Felix Schmeidler (1986) "Synopsis der Nomenklatur der Fixsterne = Synopsis of the Nomenclature of the Fixed Stars" Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuffgart ["Al Tais"].
(8) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) [Note: "Nodus Secundus; Altais; Aldib, a name corresponding to a group rather than to a single star"].
(9) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Altais"].
The history of the nomenclature for this star is discussed by Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) and Allen (1899).
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