emamajek on 05-Feb-2016 15:06:29 GMT about * del Vir
Delta Vir (HR 4910) is known by the proper name "Minelauva" (or variant) in several astronomical references:
(1) Ulugh Beg (1437) (in "Ulugh Beigh's Catalogue of Stars. Reprinted from Dr. T. Hyde's 1665 translation, as edited by Dr. G. Sharpe in 1767" on page 79 of Francis Baily (1843, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 13) ["Min Al Auwa" for asterism of bet, tet, eta, pi Vir]
(2) 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.) ["Minelauva" or "Auva"]
(3) 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 ["Minelauva"]
(4) Michael E. Bakich (1995) "The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations" (Cambridge University Press, New York) ["Minelauva"]
(5) P. Moore (2006) "The Amateur Astronomer" (12th edition, Springer) ["Minelauva"]
The etymology is tied to the name of a lunar asterism "al 'Awwa" (al Sufi, 10th century; via Hafez 2010 PhD thesis), but it appears that a variation of the name appeared in the Becvar atlas in the mid-20th century, and it has appeared in more references since.
Services
Others
Sesame name resolver
Dictionary of nomenclature
Contact us
Help
View annotation on * del Vir object