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=== '''''al-TERM''''' in Adams (2018),<ref>Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018</ref> pp. xx-xx. ===
=== '''''al-TERM''''' in Adams (2018),<ref>Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018</ref> pp. xx-xx. ===


=== '''''al-TERM''''' per Khalid AlAjaji ===
=== '''''al-Nāqa''''' per Khalid AlAjaji ===
[[File:Al-Naqā Arabic constellation.png|thumb|Al-Naqā constellation as defined by al-Ṣufī, mapped to the boundaries of the IAU constellations]]



=== '''''al-TERM''''' in Laffitte (2012<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Le ciel des Arabes'', 2012</ref>, 2025<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe'', Orient des Mots, 2025 ([https://uranos.fr/500-noms-herites-des-arabes/ online])</ref>). ===




[[File:AnNaqa-Camel Roland2025.jpg|thumb|an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Indigenous Arabian constellation (Laffitte 2012).]]




=== '''''al-Nāqa''''' in Laffitte (2012<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Le ciel des Arabes'', 2012</ref>, 2025<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe'', Orient des Mots, 2025 ([https://uranos.fr/500-noms-herites-des-arabes/ online])</ref>). ===
Laffitte's identification is also available on his website.<ref>Laffitte: URANOS.FR https://uranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CATALOGUE_EN_03_01_25_LITE.pdf</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Arabic
!Arabic transliteration
!English
!author
!identified stars
|-
|الناقة
|''al-Nāqa''
|the She-camel
|Qutayba
|figure
|-
|
|''Ra’s al-Nāqa''
|the Head of the She-camel
|Ṣūfī, ''Ast.''
|''ικλ And''
|-
|
|''Fum al-Nāqa''
|the Mouth the She-camel
|Māğid
|''ικ And''
|-
|
|''Ḥalq al-Nāqa''
|the Throat the She-camel
|Māğid
|''β And ( ?)''
|-
|
|''ᶜUnq al-Nāqa''
|the Neck the She-camel
|Māğid
|''ζ Cas''
|-
|
|''Naḥr al-Nāqa''
|the Sloudler Blade ofthe She-camel
|''Ḏ. hay.''
|''ζ Cas ( ?)''
|-
|
|
* ''Ẓahr al-Nāqa''

* ''Aṣl al-Sanām''
|the Back the She-camel
the Root of the Hump
|Ṣūfī
|''αγδ Cas''
|-
|
|''al-Š(a)dād''
|the Saddle
|St. Ajaji
|''βαγδ ε Cas''
|-
|
|''Sanām al-Nāqa''
|the Hump the She-camel
|Ṣūfī
|''β Cas''
|-
|
|''Ṭaraf al-Sanām''
|the Top of the Hump
|Ṣūfī
|''β Cas''
|-
|
|''Baṭn al-Nāqa''
|the Billy of the She-camel
|Māğid
|''δε Cas''
|-
|
|''  Kifal al-Nāqa''
|the Buttock of the She-camel
|Ṣūfī  
|''ε Cas''
|-
|
|''Aṣl Ḏanab al-Nāqa''
|the Root of the Tail of the She-camel
|Ṣūfī
|''ε Cas''
|-
|
|''Sima ᶜalā Faḫiḏ al-Nāqa''
|the Brand on the Thigh of the She-c.
|Māğid
|''χh Per''
|-
|
|''Yad al-Nāqa''
|the Hand of the She-camel
|Ṣūfī
|''φυ Per''
|}


==Discussion==
==Discussion==

Latest revision as of 23:03, 19 April 2025


الناقة, al-Nāqa or an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Arabic/ Arabian asterism.

Etymology and History

al-TERM in Adams (2018),[1] pp. xx-xx.

al-Nāqa per Khalid AlAjaji

Al-Naqā constellation as defined by al-Ṣufī, mapped to the boundaries of the IAU constellations




an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Indigenous Arabian constellation (Laffitte 2012).



al-Nāqa in Laffitte (2012[2], 2025[3]).

Laffitte's identification is also available on his website.[4]

Arabic Arabic transliteration English author identified stars
الناقة al-Nāqa the She-camel Qutayba figure
Ra’s al-Nāqa the Head of the She-camel Ṣūfī, Ast. ικλ And
Fum al-Nāqa the Mouth the She-camel Māğid ικ And
Ḥalq al-Nāqa the Throat the She-camel Māğid β And ( ?)
ᶜUnq al-Nāqa the Neck the She-camel Māğid ζ Cas
Naḥr al-Nāqa the Sloudler Blade ofthe She-camel Ḏ. hay. ζ Cas ( ?)
  • Ẓahr al-Nāqa
  • Aṣl al-Sanām
 the Back the She-camel

the Root of the Hump

Ṣūfī αγδ Cas
al-Š(a)dād the Saddle St. Ajaji βαγδ ε Cas
Sanām al-Nāqa the Hump the She-camel Ṣūfī β Cas
Ṭaraf al-Sanām the Top of the Hump Ṣūfī β Cas
Baṭn al-Nāqa the Billy of the She-camel Māğid δε Cas
  Kifal al-Nāqa the Buttock of the She-camel Ṣūfī   ε Cas
Aṣl Ḏanab al-Nāqa the Root of the Tail of the She-camel Ṣūfī ε Cas
Sima ᶜalā Faḫiḏ al-Nāqa the Brand on the Thigh of the She-c. Māğid χh Per
Yad al-Nāqa the Hand of the She-camel Ṣūfī φυ Per

Discussion

IAU Working Group Star Names

Weblinks

Reference

Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallah b. Muslim. 1956. Kitāb al-anwāʾ (fī mawāsim al-ʿArab). Hyderabad: Maṭbaʿat Majlis Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmāniyya.

Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.

al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. 1981. Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thamāniya wa al-arbaʿīn. Beirut: Dār al-Āfāq al-Jadīda.

  1. ↑ Danielle Adams, Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise, 2018
  2. ↑ Roland Laffitte, Le ciel des Arabes, 2012
  3. ↑ Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots, 2025 (online)
  4. ↑ Laffitte: URANOS.FR https://uranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CATALOGUE_EN_03_01_25_LITE.pdf
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