emamajek on 15-Feb-2016 00:12:29 GMT about * nu. Cap
Nu Cap (HR 7773) is known by the proper name "Alshat" (or variants) in some astronomical references:
(1) Ludewig Ideler (1809) "Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen" (Berlin) ["El-scha"].
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Al Shat", meaning "the sheep", from Kazwini].
(3) William Tyler Olcott (1914) "A Field Book of the Stars" (Putnam) ["Al Shat"].
(4) 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 ["Al Shat"].
(5) D. Hoffleit & W.H. Warren, Jr. (1991) "The Bright Star Catalog, 5th Revised Edition (Preliminary Version)" ["Alshat"].
(6) Michael E. Bakich (1995) "The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations" (Cambridge University Press, New York) ["Alshat"].
(7) Patrick Moore (2000) "The Data Book of Astronomy" (CRC Press) ["Alshat"].
(8) P. Moore (2006) "The Amateur Astronomer" (12th edition, Springer) ["Alshat"].
(9) E. Anderson E. & C. Francis (2012, Astron. Letters, 38, 331) "XHIP: An Extended Hipparcos Compilation" (2012AstL...38..331A) ["Alshat"].
The name is briefly discussed in Allen (1899).
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