Tyl

a modern star name for epsilon Draconis A = HR 7582.

star name "Tyl" in Becvar's celestial atlas 1950

Etymology and History

Name of unknown etymology from ANTONÍN BEČVÁŘ’S Atlas Coeli Skalnate Pleso II (1951) & later editions. Later, it appeared in Hoffleit’s Bright Star Catalog (4th & 5th editions), Rhoads (1971), Moore (1990), Bakich (1995), Kunitzsch & Smart (2006), etc.

The etymology is unknown but highly likely, the name refers to Josef Kajetán Tyl, a Czech writer. He is best known for his authorship of the new Czech national anthem.

IAU Star Name

Name is already in SIMBAD: https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Tyl Star is V=3.91 mag, G7 giant at d=47 pc. Has companion B 3.6” away (V=6.8 mag).

Until March 2022, unable to find any other aliases for this particular star, and is only name for star in BSC.