Suhail
Suhail is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP 44816 (λ Vel, HR 3634) in constellation Vel.
Etymology and History
Kunitzsch and Smart (2006):
Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of Suhail. Lambda Vel was among these brighter stars. Some of the composite names may have been authentic ind-A names for far-southern stars, with their true identities unknown to the more northern sci-Arabs, while others of them were surely the creations of ind-A poets.
Laffitte (2025): Suhail is an Arabic star name which has been used in different positions:
- Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف) for γ Vel
- Suhail al-Wazn (سهيل الوزن) for λ Vel
The simplified form adopted by the IAU may create further confusion with the traditional Arabian name of the star α Car (Canopus), which is the only one among the Arabs to deserve the name Suhail/ Suhayl. In this context, Suhail is the name of the sweetheart of Al-Jauzā', the female giant represented in the stars of Orion/Gemini (see also star name "Betelgeuse").
Suhail al-Wazn
Introduced at the beginning of the 20th century in various forms, this name comes from Suhayl al-Wazn, “Suhayl of Wazn” found in al-Ṣūfī.[1]
Spelling Variants:[1]
- Suhayl al-Wazn[2]
- Al Suhail al-Wazn[3][4]
- Al Suhail al Wazn for λ Arg=λ Vel[5][6]
- Alsuhail[7]
- Suhail[8][9]
- Soheil AlWezn[10]
- Sihil ponderosus (lat.) for "heavy Suhayl"[11] ... a misreading of the word al-wazn, which here does not mean “weight” but “counterpart”
- Al Suhail (wikipedia)
Suhail Muhlifain
a misplacement of the term to another star (γ Vel).[1]
Spelling Variants:
- Muhlifain[12] محلفين
- al-Muḥlifayn (accus.) المحلفين
- Soheil AlMúhliph[10]
- Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف)
- Suhail [al Muhlif][13]
- Suhaïl al-Muhlif[4] [sic!][6][14]
- Al Suhail al-Muḥlif[3]
- Alsuhail al Mulhif [sic !][15]
- Al Suhail al Muhlif[12]
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/08/21. The WGSN chose to apply the name for the star λ Vel in the IAU-CSN although it has historically been used for several stars.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Laffitte (2025), Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots
- ↑ al-Ṣūfī
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899). Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc., New York
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Schjellerup
- ↑ BdL (19SEE 10)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hoffleit
- ↑ BdL (1908)
- ↑ Rhoads, Jack W. (1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. NASA JPL CIT, Technical Memorandum 33-507, Pasadena, 15 November 1971
- ↑ Simbad (lam Vel), Wenger et al. (2000) "The SIMBAD astronomical database", A&AS, 143, 9
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hyde
- ↑ Tabl. alphons.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Rumrill
- ↑ Abriged Nautical Almanach, 1953. Auj.
- ↑ Bakich
- ↑ BdL (1910)
