emamajek on 26-Feb-2016 04:03:58 GMT about * bet Ser
Beta Ser (HR 5867) is known by the proper name "Chow". This is a historical Chinese name for the star which has appeared in recent astronomical references.
(1) John Reeves, Esq. F.R.&L.S. "Chinese Names of Stars and Constellations collected at the Request of the Author of this Dictionary" in Robert Morrison (1819) "A Dictionary of the Chinese Language in Three Parts, Volumes 1-2" (Honorable East India Company's Press).
(2) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York).
(3) Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978) "Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System" (Dover Publications).
(4) Howard Schneider (2009) "Backyard Guide to the Night Sky" (National Geographic Books).
(5) Shaya E.J. & Olling R.P. (2011;
2011ApJS..192....2S
) "Very wide binaries and other comoving stellar companions: a Bayesian analysis of
the Hipparcos catalogue".
(6) Jones et al. (2015;
2015ApJ...813...58J
) "The ages of A-stars. I. Interferometric observations and age estimates for stars in the Ursa Major moving group".
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