emamajek on 24-Apr-2015 02:44:18 GMT about * nu. UMa
Nu UMa (HR 4377) is known by the proper name "Tania Borealis" (or close variant) in the following astronomy references:
(1) Joseph Piazzi (1814) "Praecipuarum Stellarum Inerrantium Positiones Mediae Ineunte Saeculo XIX. Ex Observationibus Habitis In Specula Panormitana Ab anno 1792 ad annum 1813" [as "Al-ula Bor."].
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) [as "Alula borealis"].
(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.) [as "Alula Boreale"].
(4) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) [as "Alula Borealis"].
(5) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) [as "Alula Borealis"].
The origin of the name is discussed by Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006).
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