emamajek on 02-Mar-2016 04:15:04 GMT about * lam Vir
Lambda Vir (HR 5359) is known by the proper name "Khambalia" (or variants) in some astronomical references. This was originally the name of a Coptic asterism which has been attributed to the individual star lam Vir over the past century or so:
(1) R. H. Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["Khambalia"].
(2) H. Chatley (1940) "The Lunar Mansions in Egypt" (Isis, Vol. 31, No. 2, p. 394) ["Khambalia"].
(3) J. 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 ["Kambalia"].
(4) P. Moore (2000) "The Data Book of Astronomy" (CRC Press, Boca Raton) ["Khambalia"].
(5) N. D. Kostjuk (2002) "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index" http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?IV/27A ["Kkhambaliya"].
(6) E. Anderson E. & C. Francis (2012, Astron. Letters, 38, 331) "XHIP: An Extended Hipparcos Compilation" (2012AstL...38..331A) ["Kkhambaliya"].
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