emamajek on 05-Feb-2016 01:44:34 GMT about * pi. Sgr
Pi Sgr (HR 7264) is known by the name "Albaldah" in the Bright Star Catalog, and this name (or variants) can be found in several astronomical references:
(1) Ludewig Ideler (1809) "Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen" (Berlin) ["El-belda"]
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Al Baldah"]
(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 ["Al Baldah"]
(4) D. Hoffleit & W.H. Warren, Jr. (1991) "The Bright Star Catalog, 5th Revised Edition (Preliminary Version)" ["Albaldah" or "Al Baldah"]
(5) P. Moore (2006) "The Amateur Astronomer" (12th edition, Springer) ["Albaldah"]
(6) Fred Schaaf (2008) "The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars" (Wiley-VCH Verlag, Wenheim, Germany) ["Albaldah"]
The name appears to have originally referred to an Arabic asterism alternatively transcribed as "Albalda" (Alberuni 11th century; "The Chronology of Ancient Nations..."; translated by Sachau 1879) or "Al Baldah" (Al Tizini, following Allen 1899), or "El-Beldah" (Ideler 1809). Over at least the past two centuries, the name has been uniquely assigned to the star pi Sgr.
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