emamajek on 09-Apr-2016 19:18:45 GMT about * gam Gru
gam Gru (HR 8353) is known by the proper name "Al Dhanab" (or variants) in several astronomical references:
(1) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Al Dhanab"].
(2) Michael E. Bakich (1995) "The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations" (Cambridge University Press, New York) ["Al Dhanab"].
(3) Kostjuk (2002) "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index" http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?IV/27A ["Al'danab"].
(4) P. Moore (2006) "The Amateur Astronomer" (12th edition, Springer) ["Al Dhanab"].
(5) Fred Schaaf (2008) "The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars" (Wiley-VCH Verlag, Wenheim, Germany) ["Al Dhanab"].
(6) E. Anderson E. & C. Francis (2012) "XHIP: An Extended Hipparcos Compilation" ["Al'danab"].
As the SIMBAD name resolver appears to have difficulty with short 2- and 3-letter words which could be interpreted as a designation acronym, "Aldhanab" is a reasonable one-word alternative (similar to other star names of Arabic etymology starting with the definite article "Al", e.g. "Aldebaran", "Algol", etc.).
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