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...l Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Northern Sami. It is the name of HIP 40687 (HD 68988) in constellation UMa. Násti means star in the Northern Sami language of Norway.

...e theme Terms associated with the sky and celestial bodies in the Northern Sami language of Norway. Albmi means sky in the Northern Sami language of Norway.

[[File:Sarvvis Sami-culture.png|thumb|Sarvvis drawing of the Sami asterism (Turi 2011): [https://www.nb.no/items/98b54ef27714131d3755cc9f607c ...-course-materials/Muitalus-translation-without-articles.pdf PDF]</ref> The Sami have lived off reindeer and hunting, and their constellations reflect this.

[[File:Elk Sami stellarium.jpg|thumb|Sarva, The Elk, in Sami uranography (Stellarium).]] ...rtuis to measure the length of a degree of latitude in the far north. (The Sami people of northern Scandinavia also visualized a reindeer called [[Sarvvis]