emamajek on 15-Jul-2015 02:53:33 GMT about * kap Her A
While there is a "kap Her A" and "kap Her B" SIMBAD entry, querying "kap Her" gives only an error. I recommend adding "kap Her" as an alias for "kap Her A".
Kappa Herculis (HR 6008) is known by the proper name "Marsic" (or variants) in several historical astronomical references. There is some confusion in the literature over whether it is "s" or "f" (sometimes written as the long-s in older references). While the etymology (Arabic origin) suggests "f", the "s" has come into more common modern usage (and there is already a star named Marfic" = lam Oph). An incomplete list:
(1) Claudius Ptolemaeus "Almagestum" (1515 Latin translation by Petrus Liechtenstein) ["Marfic"].
(2) Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. (1603), "Uranometria. Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus" ["Marfic"].
(3) Jacob Bartsch (1624) "Usus Astronomicus Planisphaerii Stellati" ["Marfic"].
(4) William Leybourn & Robert Morden (1702) "An
Introduction to Astronomy, Geography, Navigation, and
Other Mathematical Sciences Made Easie by the
Description and Uses of the Coelstial and Terrestrial Globes" (printed for R. Morden) ["Marsic"].
(5) J. E. Bode (1801) "Uranographia" ["Marfik"].
(6) Ludewig Ideler (1809) "Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen" (Berlin) ["Marfic"].
(7) Richard Anthony Proctor (1866) "The Handbook of
the Stars: Containing the Places of 1500 Stars, from
the..." (Longmans, Green, & Co.; London) ["Marsic"].
(8) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Marfik, from Al Marfik"; but also "Marfak, Mirfak, Marsia, and Marsic"].
(9) Arthur P. Norton (1910) "A Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook (Epoch 1920) for Students and Amateurs" (Gall and Inglis; London & Edinburgh) ["Marsik"].
(10) 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.) ["Marsik"].
(11) 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 ["Marsic"].
(12) Alan Hirshfeld & Roger W. Sinnott (1982) "Sky Catalog 2000.0" (Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, Mass.: Sky Pub. Corp.) ["Marfik"].
(13) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA) ["Marfik; Marsik; Mirfak; Marfak"].
(14) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Marsic"].
The history of the name is briefly discussed by Allen (1899), Kunitzsch & Smart (2006), and Ideler (1809; in German). Ideler attributes the name to the Arabic title "Marfik el-dschethi el-aimen" from Al Tizini. There is no mention of the name in Al-Sufi's work (Hafez 2010 PhD thesis). "Marsic" appears to be the preferred modern spelling. This spelling also uniquely distinguishes it from "Marfik" (attributed to Lambda Oph).
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