al-Ḫibā’(الخِباء)

al-Ḫibā’, theTent is an Arabian name. Qutayba, Qazwīnī, al-Ṣūfī and Miṣrī refer to different tent constellations (Laffitte (2012, 2025)).

Concordance, Etymology, History

Spelling & Name Variants

• sometimes the Romanisation al-Ḥibā’ is used.

الخِباء	al-Ḫibā’	the Tent	Qutayba
الخِباء الشّامیَة	al-Ḥibā’ [al-Šāmiyya]	the [northern] Tent	al-Ṣūfī	10th c.
الخِباء الیمانی	al-Ḫibā’ al-Yamānī	the Yemenite [= Southern] Tent	al-Ṣūfī	10th c.
الخِباء	al-Ḥibā’	the [northern] Tent	Qazwīnī	13th c.
سَعْدُ الخِبَاء	Saᶜd al-Ḫiba’	the Lucky [star] of he Tent	Miṣrī	14th c.

Identification(s)

1. The constellation "The Tent" refers to the same constellation as "The Northern Tent"
2. The "Yemenite Tent" is then the southern counterpart,
3. The Lucky Tent is yet another constellation.

[Northern] Tent

Arabian constellation of The (Northern) Tent (CC BY Laffitte 2025)

Kunitzsch (1959) and Laffitte (2012, 2025) identifies الخِباء الشّامیَة (The Northern Tent) with stars in Lynx and Auriga.

Schjellerup had added some stars in Camelopardalis, but Laffitte (2025) argues that they are two far north.

Yemenite Tent

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Lucky Tent

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IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.

Reference

• References (general)
• References (early modern)

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