emamajek on 29-Feb-2016 00:21:15 GMT about * zet Dra
Zeta Dra (HR 6396) is known by the proper name "Aldhibah" (or variants) in various astronomical references, including the Bright Star Catalogue:
(1) Ulugh Beg (1437) (in "Ulugh Beigh's Catalogue of Stars. Reprinted from Dr. T. Hyde's 1665 translation, as edited by Dr. G. Sharpe in 1767" on page 79 of Francis Baily (1843, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 13) ["Al Dib"].
(2) Ludewig Ideler (1809) "Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen" (Berlin) ["El-dsib","El-dib","Eddib","Adive"].
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Al Dhi'bah"].
(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 ["Dhibah"].
(5) P. Moore (1990) "The Amateur Astronomer" (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) ["Aldhibah"].
(6) D. Hoffleit & W.H. Warren, Jr. (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Edition (Preliminary Version)" ["Aldhibah; Eldsib (rarely used)"].
(7) H.J.P Arnold, Paul Doherty, Patrick Moore (1999) "The Photographic Atlas of the Stars" (CRC Press) ["Aldhibah"].
(8) E. Anderson E. & C. Francis (2012) "XHIP: An Extended Hipparcos Compilation" ["Aldhibah"].
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