emamajek on 27-Jan-2016 02:36:46 GMT about * alf Vul
HR 7405 (alf Vul) has the proper name "Anser" in the Bright Star Catalog and some other astronomical references:
(1) Ephraim Chambers (1728) "Cyclopaedia" https://artfl-project.uchicago.edu/node/88 [ambiguous ID, but see Allen 1899].
(2) Charles Hutton (1795) "A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary Containing... Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Authors, Volume 1" [ambiguous ID, but see Allen 1899].
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York).
(4) 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).
(5) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA).
(6) Stephen James O'Meara (2007) "Deep-Sky Companions: Hidden Treasures" (Cambridge University Press).
(7) E. Anderson E. & C. Francis (2012, Astron. Letters, 38, 331) "XHIP: An Extended Hipparcos Compilation" (2012AstL...38..331A).
(8) John C. Barentine (2015) "The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore" (Springer).
The history of the name is discussed in Allen (1899) and Barentine (2015).
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