emamajek on 07-Feb-2016 05:20:12 GMT about * tau Peg
Tau Peg (HR 8880) is known by the proper name "Salm" (or variants) in some astronomical references.
(1) Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. (1603), Uranometria ["Salma", "Sagma", "Markab"]
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Salm", see below]
(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 ["Salm"]
(4) Helmet Werner & Felix Schmeidler (1986) "Synopsis der Nomenklatur der Fixsterne = Synopsis of the Nomenclature of the Fixed Stars" Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuffgart ["Salm"]
(5) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) ["Salm; Kerb; Markab; El khereb"]
The star has other aliases listed in Allen (1899) and the Bright Star Catalogue (e.g. "Kerb", "El Khereb", "Markab") but they are non-unique to tau Peg. "Salm" appears to be unique to tau Peg.
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