emamajek on 26-Feb-2016 06:07:19 GMT about * chi UMa
Chi UMa (HR 4518) is known by the proper name "Alkafzah" (or variants):
(1) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Al Kafzah", Burritt's "Al Kaphrah" deemed wrong].
(2) 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 ["Alkafzah"]
(3) H.J.P Arnold, P. Doherty & P. Moore (1999) "The Photographic Atlas of the Stars" (CRC Press) ["Alkafzah"].
(4) P. Moore (2006) "The Amateur Astronomer" (12th edition, Springer) ["Alkafzah"].
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