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| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Hipparcos | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dsullat and hanis | Cen | dsullat and hanis | Sullat is the Sun god, Lucifer in Latin, and Hanis is the storm god, identifed as the god of storms, Baal British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html |
Babylonian | *eps Cen | ||
| Agena | Cen | alpha + genu (knee) | Bayer's star identifier alpha and Latin, Menzel Donald H. (1963) |
error | * bet Cen | ||
| Alnair | Cen | Nā'ir al Baṭn al Kentaurus | "The Bright (Star) of the Body of the Centaur" Kunitzsch, P.; Smart, T. (2006), A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd revised ed.), Cambridge, MA: Sky Pub, p. 28, ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7 |
Arabic & Latin | * zet Cen | ||
| al-Zulman | Cen | al-Zulman | the ostrichs Kunitzsch, P. (1976). "Naturwissenschaft und Philologie: Die arabischen Elemente in der Nomenklatur und Terminologie der Himmelskunde". Die Sterne. 52: 218. Bibcode:1976Stern..52..218K. |
Golius' 1653 Arabico-Latinum Lexicon latinisation of the Arabic name | * alf Cen | ||
| Asmeat | Cen | Asmeat | a palm branch Allen, p. 150 |
Bayer's Uranometria | * alf Cen | ||
| Baten Kentaurus | Cen | Nā'ir al Baṭn al Kentaurus | the bright one of the centaur's belly Allen p. 154 |
Arabic | * zet Cen | ||
| Bidelman's Helium Variable Star | Cen | Bidelman's Helium Variable Star | The variations in the spectrum of HD 125823 can be represented by an oscillation between MK types B2 V and B7 IV:, on low-dispersion slit spectrograms. On spectrograms of higher dispersion, lines of both Si in and Siii are present and are sensibly unchanged in intensity throughout the variations. The spectral type determined from the ratio of Si in to Si ii is B2. The star's "normal" state appears to be B2 V. At intervals the He i lines become much weaker, with- out an accompanying change in the general level of excitation in the spectrum. At the helium-weak phase the spectrum may resemble the category of "weak helium-line" stars noted by Sharpless in Orion and discussed further by Sargent and Searle https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968ApJ...153L..87J/abstract |
English | * a Cen | ||
| Bungula | Cen | beta ungula | hoof Allen p. 152, Kunitzsch p. 27 |
the Greek word beta plus the Latin word ungula; an error in transcription | * alf Cen A | ||
| Dofida | Cen | dofida | our star StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Nias | HD 117618 | ||
| Hadar | Cen | Ḥaḑari | "to be present" or "on the ground" or "settled, civilized area" Allen p. 154, Kunitzsch p. 27, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, Rhoads Jack W. (November 15, 1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12, Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic | * bet Cen | ||
| hand of en-te-na-bar-hum | Cen | hand of en-te-na-bar-hum | hand of the mouse or wild boar British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html |
Babylonian | * del Cen | ||
| Menkent | Cen | derived from "Menkib" & 'Kentaurus" | shoulder of the centaur Kunitzsch p. 28, Kaler http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/menkent.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic/Greek | * bet Cen | ||
| Muhlifain | Cen | Al Muḥlifān | "two things": half man and half beast Kunitzsch, P.; Smart T. (2006), A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and their Derivations. (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, MA: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7. |
Arabic | * gam Cen | ||
| nu-mus-da | Cen | nu-mus-da | British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html |
Babylonian | * eta Cen | ||
| Nyamien | Cen | Nyamien | the supreme creator deity https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, |
Akan | WASP-15 | ||
| Popper's Star | Cen | Popper's Star | https://www.universeguide.com/star/hip69619 |
English | V* V821 Cen | ||
| Proxima Centauri | Cen | Proxima Centauri | a red flare, discovered in 1915 by Robert T. A. Innes, who suggested that it be named Proxima Centaurus, later amended to Proxima Centauri. The name is from Latin, meaning ' nearest [star] of Centaurus'. It's visual magnitude is only 11.13, meaning that a very powerful telescope is required to see it. Kunitzch p. 37, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri, StockmanL.H. & Harper David http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html |
Latin | * alf Cen C | ||
| Przybylski's Star | Cen | Przybylski's Star | In 1961, the Polish-Australian astronomer Antoni Przybylski discovered that this star had a peculiar spectrum that would not fit into the standard framework for stellar classification. Przybylski's observations indicated unusually low amounts of iron and nickel in the star's
Przybylski, A.; Kennedy, P. Morris (August 1963). "The Spectrum of HD 101065". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 75 (445): 349–353. Bibcode:1963PASP...75..349P. doi:10.1086/127965. |
Polish-Australian | V* V816 Cen | ||
| Rigil Kentaurus | Cen | Al Rijl al Kentaurus | the foot of the centaur Allen p. 152, Kunitzsch p. 26, StockmanL.H. & Harper David , Rhoads Jack W. (November 15, 1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 12, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.htmlhttp://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic | * alf Cen A | ||
| Rigilkent | Cen | Rijl Qanturus | Foot of the centaur http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | * alf Cen | ||
| Toliman | Cen | al-ẓulmān | originates with Jacobus Golius' 1669 edition of Al-Farghani's Compendium. Tolimân is Golius' latinisation of the Arabic name "al-Zulman", the ostriches Kunitzsch p. 27, https://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Toliman.html, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 40 |
the heretofore and the hereafter | Arabic | * alf Cen A | |
| Uklun | Cen | uklun | us or we StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Pitkern | HD 102117 | ||
| Wazn | Cen | wazn | weight or heavy; this star barely breaks the horizon in the northern hemisphere Allen p. 134 |
Babylonian | * bet Cen |