emamajek on 06-Feb-2016 05:46:41 GMT about * rho Per
A group of stars in Perseus have common names with common etymology in the Bright Star Catalog and other astronomical references:
HR 879 = pi Per = Gorgonea Secunda
HR 921 = rho Per = Gorgonea Tertia
HR 947 = ome Per = Gorgonea Quarta
(1) Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. (1603), Uranometria.
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York).
(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.
(4) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA).
(5) E. Anderson E. & C. Francis (2012, Astron. Letters, 38, 331) "XHIP: An Extended Hipparcos Compilation" (2012AstL...38..331A).
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