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==Etymology and History==
==Etymology and History==
Suhail is an Arabic star name which has been used in different positions.
Suhail is an Arabic star name which has been used in different positions:


* Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف) for ''γ Vel''
=== Adams, al-Ajaji, Determann, Laffitte ===
* Suhail al-Wazn (سهيل الوزن) for '''''λ Vel'''''
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The simple form adopted by the IAU may create further confusion with the name of the star α Car ([[Canopus]]), which is the only one among the Arabs to deserve the name Suhail/ Suhayl.

'''Spelling Variants:'''<ref name=":0">Roland Laffitte (2025), ''Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe'', Orient des Mots</ref>

* ''Suhayl al-Wazn''<ref>al-Ṣūfī</ref>
* ''Al Suhail al-Wazn''<ref>Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899). Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc., New York</ref><ref>Schjellerup</ref>
* ''Al Suhail al Wazn'' for λ Arg=λ Vel<ref>BdL (19SEE 10)</ref><ref>Hoffleit</ref>
* ''Alsuhail''<ref>BdL (1908)</ref>
* ''Suhail''<ref>Rhoads, Jack W. (1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. NASA JPL CIT, Technical Memorandum 33-507, Pasadena, 15 November 1971</ref><ref>Simbad ([https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Suhail&submit=SIMBAD+search lam Vel]), Wenger et al. (2000) "The SIMBAD astronomical database", A&AS, 143, 9</ref>
* ''Soheil AlWezn''<ref>Hyde</ref>
* ''Sihil ponderosus'' (lat.) for "heavy Suhayl"<ref>''Tabl. alphons.''</ref> ... a misreading of the word ''al-wazn'', which here does not mean “weight” but “counterpart”
* ''Al Suhail'' (wikipedia)

==== 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.<ref name=":0" />

==== Suhail Muhlifain ====
a misplacement of the term to another star (''γ Vel'').<ref name=":0" />

Spelling Variants:

* '''''Muhlifain محلفين'''''
* المحلفين ''al-Muḥlifayn'' (accus.)
* ''Suhail Al Muhlif'' (سهيل المخلف)


=== Kunitzsch and Smart ===
=== Kunitzsch and Smart ===

Revision as of 13:05, 14 October 2025

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

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 simple form adopted by the IAU may create further confusion with the name of the star α Car (Canopus), which is the only one among the Arabs to deserve the name Suhail/ Suhayl.

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 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]

Suhail Muhlifain

a misplacement of the term to another star (γ Vel).[1]

Spelling Variants:

  • Muhlifain محلفين
  • المحلفين al-Muḥlifayn (accus.)
  • Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف)

Kunitzsch and Smart

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.

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.

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Reference

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ al-Ṣūfī
  3. ↑ Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899). Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc., New York
  4. ↑ Schjellerup
  5. ↑ BdL (19SEE 10)
  6. ↑ Hoffleit
  7. ↑ BdL (1908)
  8. ↑ Rhoads, Jack W. (1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. NASA JPL CIT, Technical Memorandum 33-507, Pasadena, 15 November 1971
  9. ↑ Simbad (lam Vel), Wenger et al. (2000) "The SIMBAD astronomical database", A&AS, 143, 9
  10. ↑ Hyde
  11. ↑ Tabl. alphons.
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