emamajek on 18-Apr-2015 14:36:00 GMT about * iot UMa
Iota UMa (HR 3569) is known by the proper name "Talitha" in the following astronomy references:
(1) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York).
(2) William Tyler Olcott (1911) "Star Lore of All Ages" (G.P. Putnum's Sons, NY and London; republished as "Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts", Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY, USA 2004).
(3) Antonin Becvar (1964) "Atlas of the Heavens - II: Catalogue 1950.0", Praha: Publication House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and Cambridge, Mass.: Sky Publishing Corporation, 1964, 4th enl. edition, edited by Mohr, Josef M. (scient. ed.).
(4) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications).
(5) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA).
(6) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA).
The origin of the name is discussed by Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). It appears to come from Ulegh Beigh's (1437) mention of an Arabic asterism containing iota UMa called "Al Phikra Al Thalitha" (Francis Baily 1843, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 13, p. 1).
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