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- 13:07, 31 May 2025 Abhijit (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:07, 31 May 2025 Uttara Bhadrapada (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:06, 31 May 2025 Purva Bhadrapada (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:06, 31 May 2025 Dhanishta (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:06, 31 May 2025 Shravana (hist | edit) [1,309 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:06, 31 May 2025 Uttara Ashadha (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:06, 31 May 2025 Purva Ashadha (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:05, 31 May 2025 Mula (hist | edit) [957 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:04, 31 May 2025 Jyeshtha (hist | edit) [734 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:04, 31 May 2025 Anuradha (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:04, 31 May 2025 Vishakha (hist | edit) [695 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:03, 31 May 2025 Chitra (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:03, 31 May 2025 Hasta (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:02, 31 May 2025 Uttara Phalguni (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:02, 31 May 2025 Purva Phalguni (hist | edit) [689 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:01, 31 May 2025 Magha (hist | edit) [679 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:01, 31 May 2025 Pushya (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:00, 31 May 2025 Punarvasu (hist | edit) [695 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 13:00, 31 May 2025 Ardra (hist | edit) [695 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} ... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 12:59, 31 May 2025 Mrigashira (hist | edit) [742 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "... is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. ===Origin of Constellation=== ===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== ==Mythology== mnemonic tales and cultural significance ==Weblinks== *{{NAMESPACE}} ==References== *References (ge...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 12:56, 31 May 2025 Rohini (hist | edit) [753 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} Rohini is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESP...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 10:42, 31 May 2025 Yue (Disambiguation) (hist | edit) [240 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__DISAMBIG__ here are the words that are spelled "Yue" * Yuè is the Chinese term for the Moon * Yuè (Moon) is also a traditional Chinese constellation. {{Disambiguation}} Category:Disambiguation")
- 10:33, 31 May 2025 Yuè (Constellation) (hist | edit) [2,261 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Chinese constellation. == Etymology and History == ... === Identification of stars === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Star Names or Orders(Traditional/Qing) !Ho PENG YOKE<ref>P.-Y. Ho, “Ancient And Mediaeval Observations of Comets and Novae in Chinese Sources,” ''Vistas in Astronomy'', 5(1962), 127-225.</ref> !Yi Shitong<ref>Yi Shitong伊世同. ''Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao''中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.</ref> Based on catalogue in...")
- 19:15, 30 May 2025 Yuè (月) (hist | edit) [2,174 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Yuè (月) is a name for the Moon of the Earth in China. ==Name Variants and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. ===Name Variants=== ===Dark Spots on the Moon=== In China, there is a huge variety of mythologies connected to the dark and bright spots on the Moon: in addition to the rabbit, there is also the idea of a toad or a crab. Instead of a man, a princess is seen there. There are various legends about...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 16:30, 29 May 2025 Kṛttika (hist | edit) [981 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Kṛttika}} Kṛttika (Krittika) is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Name Variants === * Agni, * Hutabhuk, * agnidaiva === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === ==...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 16:22, 29 May 2025 Aśvini (hist | edit) [854 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE: Aśvini}} Aśvini is the name of an Indian twin deity that is asscoiated with the first nakshatra. ==Etymology and History== What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time. === Origin of Constellation === === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === == Mythology == mnemonic tales and cultural significance == Weblinks == * {{NAMESPACE}} == References == * References (general) Categ...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:55, 27 May 2025 Contributions (hist | edit) [1,794 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "These are the wonderful scholars who share their knowledge here:")
- 15:36, 23 May 2025 Añañuca (hist | edit) [23 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "#REDIRECT {{Añañuca}}")
- 18:19, 20 May 2025 Zubeneschamali (hist | edit) [890 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zubeneschamali}} Zubeneschamali 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 HIP74785 (β Lib, HR 5685) in constellation Lib. ==Etymology and History== Applied in Renaissance times from its sci-A name al-zubana alshamali, "the Northern Claw (of the Scorpion)". ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:19, 20 May 2025 Zubenelhakrabi (hist | edit) [1,102 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zubenelhakrabi}} Zubenelhakrabi 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 HIP76333 (γ Lib, HR 5787) in constellation Lib. ==Etymology and History== Allen (1899) claims that this term was used for η Lib while “properly belonging to γ Scorpii”. He gives the name “Zubān alʿAkrab, the Scropion’s Claw,” with the spelling variants Zuba...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:18, 20 May 2025 Zubenelgenubi (hist | edit) [1,565 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zubenelgenubi}} Zubenelgenubi 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 HIP72622 (α2 Lib, HR 5531) in constellation Lib. ==Etymology and History== Applied in Renaissance times from its sci-A name al-zubana al-janubi, the Southern Claw ( of the Scorpion)." The stars of Libra were interpreted by the Baby!onians as "the Claws of Scorpius" (thus f...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:18, 20 May 2025 Zosma (hist | edit) [1,113 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zosma}} Zosma is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Greek. It is the name of HIP54872 (δ Leo, HR 4357) in constellation Leo. ==Etymology and History== From the Greek word ζῶσμα, "girdle" or "loin cloth". In Renaissance times this word was erroneously said to have been used to describe δ Leo in a medieval Greek text. Correctly, the text has ὀσφῦς, "hip...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:18, 20 May 2025 Zibal (hist | edit) [1,019 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zibal}} Zibal 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 HIP15197 (ζ Eri, HR 984) in constellation Eri. ==Etymology and History== Applied in recent times from a misreading of the ind-A name al-ri'al, "the Young of the Ostriches," for the numerous dim stars running between α Eri and α PsA (or, according to another tradition, those within the t...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:15, 20 May 2025 Zhang (hist | edit) [846 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zhang}} Zhang is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Chinese. It is the name of HIP48356 (υ1 Hya, HR 3903) in constellation Hya. ==Etymology and History== determinitive star of lunar mansion Zhang (The Stomach [of the Red Fire Bird] or a Bow or Bird Catcher, an Extended Net, Spread or "to open") whose naming constellation constists of 6 stars according to sources ba...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:15, 20 May 2025 Zembra (hist | edit) [848 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zembra}} Zembra 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 HIPIntegerPart[] (, HATS-72) in constellation Aqr. ==Etymology and History== Zembra (زمبرة) is an island in the Gulf of Tunis, known for its wildlife and seabirds. It is part of the UNESCO Iles Zembra et Zembretta Biosphere Reserve, Tunisia. ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group on St...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:15, 20 May 2025 Zavijava (hist | edit) [1,051 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zavijava}} Zavijava 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 HIP57757 (β Vir, HR 4540) in constellation Vir. ==Etymology and History== From a contraction of the ind-A name zawiyat al-'awwa', "the Angle of al-'awwa'," for γ Vir. Wrongly transferred to β Vir in recent times. The stars β, η, γ, and ε Vir marked the ind-A lunar mansion al-'...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:15, 20 May 2025 Zaurak (hist | edit) [984 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zaurak}} Zaurak 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 HIP18543 (γ Eri, HR 1231) in constellation Eri. ==Etymology and History== From the Arabic word zauraq, "boat," used in an unaginat1ve, nonclassical description of several stars near Eridanus (evidently the stars of today's Phoenix). Arbitrarily applied as a star name toy Eri in recent t...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:14, 20 May 2025 Zaniah (hist | edit) [908 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zaniah}} Zaniah 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 HIP60129 (η Vir, HR 4689) in constellation Vir. ==Etymology and History== From an abbreviation of the ind-A name zawiyat al-'awwa', "the Angle of al-'awwa'," for γ Vir. Wrongly transferred to η Vir in recent times. ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== The name was adopt...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:11, 20 May 2025 Yildun (hist | edit) [1,010 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Yildun}} Yildun 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 HIP85822 (δ UMi, HR 6789) in constellation UMi. ==Etymology and History== From the Turkish word yildiz, "star." In Renaissance times this common noun was erroneously said to be a Turkish name for the Pole Star (α UMi). Misspelled as "Yildun," the word was arbitrarily applied as a star...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:11, 20 May 2025 Yed Prior (hist | edit) [1,106 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Yed Prior}} Yed Prior 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 HIP79593 (δ Oph, HR 6056) in constellation Oph. ==Etymology and History== Originally from the Arabic word al-yad, "the hand," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing these stars. yed was applied as a star name to δ Oph in medieval times. Then in recent times, this application w...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:10, 20 May 2025 Yed Posterior (hist | edit) [1,114 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Yed Posterior}} Yed Posterior 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 HIP79882 (ε Oph, HR 6075) in constellation Oph. ==Etymology and History== Originally from the Arabic word al-yad, "the hand," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing these stars. yed was applied as a star name to δ Oph in medieval times. Then in recent times, this appli...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:10, 20 May 2025 Xuange (hist | edit) [784 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Xuange}} Xuange is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Chinese. It is the name of HIP69732 (λ Boo, HR 5351) in constellation Boo. ==Etymology and History== single star asterism: a halberd, the celestial lance or north lance. ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/06/30. ==Weblinks== * Website of the IAU WGS...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:09, 20 May 2025 Xihe (hist | edit) [765 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Xihe}} Xihe is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Chinese. It is the name of HIP91852 (, HD 173416) in constellation Lyr. ==Etymology and History== Xihe (羲和) is the goddess of the sun in the Chinese mythology and also represents the earliest astronomers and developers of calendars in ancient China. ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== The name was...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:09, 20 May 2025 Xamidimura (hist | edit) [932 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Xamidimura}} Xamidimura is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Khoekhoe. It is the name of HIP82514 (μ1 Sco, HR 6247) in constellation Sco. ==Etymology and History== Originally spelled as three word "xami di mura" means "eyes of the beast" in the Khoekhoe language (South Africa). The term designates two stars which is why it was suggested (Hahn 1881) to refer to μ...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:04, 20 May 2025 Wurren (hist | edit) [1,546 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Wurren}} Wurren is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Aboriginal/ Wardaman. It is the name of HIP5348 (ζ Phe, HR 338) in constellation Phe. ==Etymology and History== Wurren is the Wardaman name of ζ Phe, from the Northern Territory, Australia. Wurren means “child” and refers to the “Little Fish”, a child of Dungdung – the life-creating Frog Lady. Wurren...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:03, 20 May 2025 Wouri (hist | edit) [935 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Wouri}} Wouri is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Duala. It is the name of HIPIntegerPart[] (, WASP-69) in constellation Aqr. ==Etymology and History== The Wouri is an important river in Cameroon. The 15th-century Portuguese navigator Fernão do Pó noted the large number of shrimps in the river and called it “Rio dos Camerões” [river of shrimps], which was t...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:03, 20 May 2025 Wezen (hist | edit) [1,141 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Wezen}} Wezen 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 HIP34444 (δ CMa, HR 2693) in constellation CMa. ==Etymology and History== From the Arabic name al-wazn, for one of a pair of stars, the other one being hadari. Arabic authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, a...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:03, 20 May 2025 Wazn (hist | edit) [840 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Wazn}} Wazn 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 HIP27628 (β Col, HR 2040) in constellation Col. ==Etymology and History== Applied in recent times from some ind-A name al-wazn, of unknown significance. ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/07/20. ==Weblinks== * Website of the IA...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:02, 20 May 2025 Wattle (hist | edit) [970 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Wattle}} Wattle is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is English. It is the name of HIPIntegerPart[] (, WASP-19) in constellation Vel. ==Etymology and History== Wattle is a genus of approximately 1000 species of shrubs and trees. The Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha), whose colour alludes to the G-type star WASP-19, is native to Australia and is the official floral embl...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 18:02, 20 May 2025 Wasat (hist | edit) [1,412 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Wasat}} Wasat 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 HIP35550 (δ Gem, HR 2777) in constellation Gem. ==Etymology and History== From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a sci-A commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the ind-A constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the s...") Tag: Disambiguation links
