emamajek on 26-Mar-2016 23:20:02 GMT about * eps Aur
Epsilon Aur (HR 1605) is known by the proper name "Almaaz" (or variants):
(1) Thomas Hyde (1665) "Tabulae long. ac lat. stellarum fixarum, ex observatione Ulugh Beighi, Tamerlanis Magni Nepotis, Regionum ultra citraque Gjihun (i. Oxum) Principis potentissimi. Ex tribus invicem collatis MSS. Persicis jam primum Luce ac Latiodonavit, & commentariis illustravit, Thomas Hyde. In calce libriaccesserunt Mohammedis Tizini tabulae declinationum & rectarium ascensionum. Additur demum Elenchus Nominum Stellarum. Oxonii: Typis Henrici Hall, sumptibus authoris". Tables and discussion based on Ulugh Beg's work. In text "Stellarum Fixarum Commentarii" p.21, after discussion Capella (Al Aiyuk) he discusses neighboring star "Et post hanc est stella par va que dicitur Al Maaz, Caper" (And after this it is a star which is called Al Maaz, i.e. goat) ["Al Maaz"].
(2) Ludewig Ideler (1809) "Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen" (Berlin) ["El-anz" from Al Tizini or "El-maaz" from Ulugh Beg].
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Al 'Anz" from Kazwini or "Al Ma'az" from Hyde/Ulugh Beg].
(4) A.H.M. Samaha (1936) "Arabic Names of Stars" Helwan Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics Bulletins, vol. 39, pp.1-36/37 ["Al-Anz" from As-Sufi].
(5) 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 ["Alanz"].
(6) D. Hoffleit & C. Jaschek (1982) "The Bright Star Catalogue, Fourth Revised Edition (Containing data compiled through 1979)" (New Haven: Yale University Observatory) ["Almaaz", "Alanz", "Al Anz"].
(7) D. Hoffleit & W.H. Warren, Jr. (1991) "The Bright Star Catalog, 5th Revised Edition (Preliminary Version)" "Al Anz; Almaaz"].
(8) Michael E. Bakich (1995) "The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations" (Cambridge University Press, New York) ["Almaaz" or "Maaz"].
(9) Andrew Franknoi (1996) "Universe at Your Fingertips: An Astronomy Activity and Resource Notebook" ["Almaaz"].
(10) P. Moore (2000) "The Data Book of Astronomy" (CRC Press, Boca Raton) ["Almaaz"].
(11) P. Murdin (2000) "Epsilon Auriga" entry in "Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics" (Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing) ["Almaaz" or "Al Anz"].
(12) James B. Kaler (2006) "The Hundred Greatest Stars" (Copernicus Books, Hong Kong) ["Almaaz"].
(13) Fred Schaaf (2008) "The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars" (Wiley-VCH Verlag, Wenheim, Germany) ["Almaaz"].
(14) D. Garner (2011) "Open Clusters and Nebulous Regions in Auriga" (Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 105, No. 6, p.255) ["Almaaz"].
(15) "An Eleventh-Century Egyptian Guide to the Universe: The Book of Curiosities" (2014) edited and translated by Yossef Rapoport and Emilie Savage-Smith (Brill, Leiden) Translated treatise by anonymous author in Egypt between AD 1020 and 1050, designated Bodleian Library MS Arab. c. 90. ["al-'anz" referring to either eps Aur or alf Aur].
It appears that "Almaaz" has become the most common name in the astronomical literature over the past couple decades.
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