Alsafina

A brief information (language, culture of origin)

IAU Working Group Star Names

The name was discussed by the IAU WGSN in 2024.

"Alsafina" is duplicative with "Alsephina", a star name with similar etymology - Arabic for "the ship" - in this case referring to the constellation Argo Navis by Al-Ṣūfī (~964) in his Book of the Fixed Stars, and following the spelling and star identification by Andreas Cellarius (1660) in Harmonia Macrocosmica. As Alsephina was already adopted for Delta Velorum Aa by WGSN in 2017, Alsafina should not be eligible for use again.