emamajek on 12-Mar-2016 05:23:50 GMT about * tet Aur
Theta Aur (HR 2095) is known by the proper name "Mahasim" in some astronomical references going back to the Almagest.
(1) Claudius Ptolemaeus "Almagestum" (1515 Latin translation by Petrus Liechtenstein) ["Mahasim" in entry for Auriga star #8 = tet Aur].
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Mahasim", p. 245].
(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 ["Mahasim"].
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