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[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png|thumb|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The She-Camel next to the adopted |
[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png|thumb|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The She-Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript. Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition: al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa.]] |
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الناقة, al-Nāqa or an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Arabic/ Arabian asterism. |
الناقة, al-Nāqa or an-naqa, The She-Camel, is an Arabic/ Arabian asterism. |
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Revision as of 19:33, 20 April 2025
The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The She-Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish (Andromeda) in an al-Sufi manuscript. Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition: al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa.
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-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 ( ?) | |
|
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.
- ↑ Danielle Adams, Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise, 2018
- ↑ Roland Laffitte, Le ciel des Arabes, 2012
- ↑ Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots, 2025 (online)
- ↑ Laffitte: URANOS.FR https://uranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CATALOGUE_EN_03_01_25_LITE.pdf
