emamajek on 23-Jan-2016 05:18:35 GMT about * lam Vel
HR 3634 (Lambda Vel) is known by the proper name "Suhail" (or variants) in numerous astronomical references:
(1) C. W. Allen (1963) "Astrophysical Quantities" 2nd edition, University of London, The Athlone Press (Chapter 12, Section 114) ["Suhail"].
(2) 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.) ["Alsuhail"].
(3) 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 ["Suhail"].
(4) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications) ["Suhail"].
(5) D. Hoffleit & W.H. Warren, Jr. (1991) "The Bright Star Catalog, 5th Revised Edition (Preliminary Version)" ["Suhail", "Alsuhail", "Al Suhail al Wazn"].
(6) Arthur N. Cox (2000) "Allen's astrophysical quantities, 4th ed." (AIP Press, Springer, New York) ["Suhail"].
(7) Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (2000) "The Nautical Almanac 2000" ["Suhail"].
(8) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Suhail"].
(9) Fred Schaaf (2008) "The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars" (Wiley-VCH Verlag, Wenheim, Germany) ["Suhail"].
The history of the name is discussed in Kunitzsch & Smart (2006).
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