emamajek on 13-Sep-2015 03:31:11 GMT about * del Crv
Delta Crv (HR 4757) is known by the proper name "Algorab" (or variants) in numerous astronomical references:
(1) Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. (1603), Uranometria.
Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus ["Algorab" or "Gorab"].
(2) Jacob Bartsch (1624) ""Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati" ["Algorab"].
(3) Philippe de la Hire (1727) "Tabulae astronomicae Ludovici Magni iussu et munificentia exaratae et in lucem editae" (Paris) ["Algorab" or "Corvi Ala"].
(4) Ephraim Chambers (1728) "Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: ..." ["Algorab"].
(5) Joseph Piazzi (1814) "Praecipuarum Stellarum Inerrantium Positiones Mediae Ineunte Saeculo XIX. Ex Observationibus Habitis In Specula Panormitana Ab anno 1792 ad annum 1813" ["Algorab"].
(6) 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.) ["Algorab"].
(7) Richard A. Proctor (1866) "The Handbook of the Stars" (Longmans, Green, and Co. London) ["Algores"].
(8) Admiral Wiliam Henry Smyth (1881) "A Cycle of Celestial Objects" (revised, condensed, and greatly enlarged by George F. Chambers, F.R.A.S of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law, 2nd edition, Oxford, Clarendon Press) ["Algorab" or "Al-ghorab"].
(9) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Algorab"].
(10) Arthur P. Norton (1910) "A Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook (Epoch 1920) for Students and Amateurs" (Gall and Inglis; London & Edinburgh) ["Algorab" or "Algorel" or "Algores"].
(11) 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) ["Algorab"].
(12) 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.) ["Algorab"].
(13) 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 ["Algorab"].
(14) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) ["Algorab; Algores; Algoral; Algorel"].
(15) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Algorab"].
(16) Ian Ridpath & Wil Tirion (2008) "Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Solar System Fully Revised and Expanded edition" (Princeton University Press, Princeton) ["Algorab"].
Brief histories of the name appear in Kutitzsch & Smart (2006) and Allen (1899). It appears that Al-Sufi's (964) "Book of the Fixed Stars" (Hafez 2010 PhD Thesis James Cook University; http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/28854/) labels Gamma Crv (HR 4662; the brightest star in Corvus) on an astrolabe as "Janah al-Ghurab al-Ayman". It appears that the name "Algorab" was attached to the same star on Mercator's (1551) celestial globe (
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/maps/exhibits/mercator/celestial/index.html), and not Delta Crv (although Mercator's asterism for Corvus is a bit confusing). However, Bayer (1603) clearly (mistakenly?) attached the name to Delta Crv and it appears that for the past four centuries the name has stuck to Delta Crv instead of Gamma Crv.
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