emamajek on 20-Nov-2015 03:53:55 GMT about * alf Col
Alf Col (HR 1956) is known by the proper name "Phact" (and variants) in numerous 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" ["Phact"].
(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.) ["Phaet"].
(3) Richard A. Proctor (1866) "The Handbook of the Stars" (Longmans, Green, and Co. London) ["Phact"].
(4) William Dwight Whitney (1889) "Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia" (The Century Company, New York) ["Phact"].
(5) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Phaet, Phact, and Phad"].
(6) Arthur P. Norton (1910) "A Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook (Epoch 1920) for Students and Amateurs" (Gall and Inglis; London & Edinburgh) ["Phact" or "Phakt"].
(7) 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) ["Phaet"].
(8) 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.) ["Phakt"].
(9) 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 ["Phact"].
(10) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications) ["Phact" or "Phaet"].
(11) Helmet Werner & Felix Schmeidler (1986) "Synopsis der Nomenklatur der Fixsterne = Synopsis of the Nomenclature of the Fixed Stars" Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuffgart ["Phach"].
(12) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) ["Phaet; Phakt; Phact; Phad"].
(13) Ian Ridpath (2003) "Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook" (20th edition; Dutton) ["Phact"].
(14) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Phact"].
(15) 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) ["Phact"].
Brief discussions of the name's etymology appear in Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) and Allen (1899). Following Kunitzsch & Smart (2006), the majority of recent references, and the oldest atlas/catalog/reference for which a name could be found (Piazzi 1814), it is probably best to adopt the spelling "Phact".
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