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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
Aakràb genubi Sco Aakràb genubi northern part of the crab

Allen p. 369
Arabic * del Sco
Abaddon Sco Abaddon The Hebrew term Abaddon (Hebrew: Abaddon), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (Greek: Apollýon) appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss. In the Hebrew Bible, abaddon is used with reference to a bottomless pit, often appearing alongside the place Sheol, meaning the realm of the dead.

In the New Testament Book of Revelation, an angel called Abaddon is described as the king of an army of locusts; his name is first transcribed in Greek (Revelation 9:11—"whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, The Angel of Death.") as Abaddon, and then translated ("which in Greek means the Destroyer", Apollyon). The Latin Vulgate and the Douay Rheims Bible have additional notes (not present in the Greek text), "in Latin Exterminans", exterminans being the Latin word for "destroyer".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon
Hebrew * iot01 Sco
Acrab Sco Aakrab schemali junction of the left claw with the body

Allen p. 367, Kunitzsch p. 52, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic (Riccioli) * bet Sco
Al Jabba Sco Al Jabbah the forehead (of the scorpion)

Allen p. 369
Arabic * del Sco
Al Kalb Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
Arabic * alf Sco
Al Niyat 1 Sco al-niyāṭ the arteries [of the scorpion]

Allen p. 371, Kunitzsch p. 53, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alniyat-s.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * sig Sco
Al Niyat 2 Sco al-niyaṭ the arteries [of the scorpion]

Allen p. 371, Kunitzsch p. 53, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alniyat-s.html
Arabic * tau Sco
Al Shaula Sco Mushalah the raised sting, ready to strike

Allen p. 370
Arabic (Al Biruni, 1030 AD) * lam Sco
Alascha Sco Al Las`ah the foggy patch

Allen p. 371
Arabic * ups Sco
Alascha Sco Alascha the raised sting, ready to strike

Allen p. 370
Arabic * lam Sco
Alcantub Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
Riccioli (1598 - 1671) * alf Sco
Ankaa Sco al-`anqa’ the phoenix

Burnham Robert (1978); Burnham39;s celestial handbook: an observer39;s guide to the universe beyond the Solar System, Dover Books on Astronomy, 2 (2nd ed.), Courier Dover Publications, p. 1108, ISBN 0486235688
Arabic (after 1800) * gam Sco
Antares Sco Antares "Anti Ares", the rival of Mars

Allen p. 364, Olcott pp. 324328, Kunitzcsh p. 52, KalerJames B. KalerJames B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/antares.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 55
the wounding Greek (originated in Ptolemy's Syntacticus Mathematicus, in 164 AD) * alf Sco
Antar's Star Sco Antar's Star shone, Natar, Raphine

Allen p. 365
Arabic (Beigel 1753 - 1837) * alf Sco
Apollyon Sco Apollyon a place of destruction, the destroyer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon
Greek * iot01 Sco
Appolyon (Greek) Sco ’Abaddon a place to store fallen angels, the Angel of Death, Azriel; peforms an invaluable service on behalf of the Creator in the Day of Judgment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Scorpius,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon
Hebrew * iot01 Sco
Bighanwand Sco Bighanwand clawless

Allen p. 369
Khorasmian * del Sco
Bilan-sha-ziri Sco Bilan-sha-ziri lord of the seed

Alllen p. 366
Euphratean * alf Sco
Brachium Sco Brachium arm

Burnham Robert (1978); Burnham's celestial handbook: an observer's guide to the universe beyond the Solar System, Dover Books on Astronomy, 2 (2nd ed.), Courier Dover Publications, p. 1108 ISBN 0486235688, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Latin (named July 31, 1930) * gam Sco
Calbalacrab Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
European * alf Sco
Calbalatrab Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
European * alf Sco
Calbaltrab Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
European * alf Sco
Calbolacrabi Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
European * alf Sco
Cor Scorpii Sco Cor Scorpii heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365, Olcott pp. 324329, Bullinger p. 55
the heart of the scorpion Latin * alf Sco
Cornu Sco Cornu horn

Allen pp. 287, 369
Latin * gam Sco
Dar Lugal Sco Dar Lugal the god of lightning

Alllen p. 366
Euphratean * alf Sco
Denebakrab Sco Deneb al akrab the beginning of the tail of the scorpion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Scorpius
Arabic * mu. Sco
Dharind Sco Dharind the seizer

Allen p. 366
Khorasmian * alf Sco
Dschubba Sco Al Jabhah "The forehead" of the scorpion

Allen p. 369, Olcott p. 324, Kunitzsch p. 53, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html,StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * del Sco
Elacrab Sco al-'Aqrab the scorpion

Allen pp. 362, 367
Arabic * bet Sco
Exterminans Sco Abaddon, in Hebrew the destroyer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon
Latin * iot01 Sco
Fang Sco Fáng Xiù the first star of the room

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Chinese * pi. Sco
Fuyue Sco Fù Yuè named for a labourer who became a high-ranking minister to King Wu Ding

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Chinese HR 6630
Gablin (und qa) sha rishu aqrabi Sco Gablin (und qa) sha rishu aqrabi the middle of the head of the scorpion

Allen p. 369
Arabic * del Sco
Gel Sco red the red

Allen p. 366
(Depuis, 26 October 1742 – 29 September 1809) * alf Sco
Girtab Sco mulGIR.TAB stinger

Moore, Patrick (2011). The Mythology of the Night Sky, an Amateur's Guide to the Ancient Greek and Roman Legends. Springer, New York. p. 106
Sumerian * kap Sco
Girtab Sco mulGIR.TAB the two stars which stand in the sting of the Scorpion, sometimes including iota, kappa, lambda and nu, adding more detail to the stinger; MUL.GIR.TAB was initially the whole constellation.

Allen p. 369, Kunitzsch p. 53, Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html
Sumerian * tet Sco
Girtab Sco Girtab stinger

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Akkadian * iot01 Sco
Gis-gan-gu-sur Sco Gis-gan-gu-sur light of the hero, or the tree in the garden of light

Allen p. 369
Arabic * del Sco
Graffias Sco Graffias scorpion

Allen p. 367, Olcott p. 324330
Greek * bet Sco
Grafias sco Graffias crab

Allen p. 367
Greek * bet Sco
Grassias Sco Graffias crab

Allen p. 367
Greek * bet Sco
Grassias A Sco Graffias crab

Allen p. 367
Greek * ksi Sco A
Grassias B Sco Graffias crab

Allen p. 367
Greek * ksi Sco B
Iclarkrav Sco Iklīl al `Aḳrab is applied to a star whose assigned position for the year 1800 would indicate our delta Scorpii; the crown of the scorpion.

Allen p. 369
Arabic * del Sco
Iklil Sco Iklil al 'Akrab Crown of the Scorpion

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * rho Sco
Isis Sco Isis goddess of the underworld and fertility

Allen p. 366
Egyptian * alf Sco
Jabbah Sco Iklil al Jabhah the forehead (of the scorpion)

Allen p. 371, The Century Cyclopedia, Olcott p. 324, http:/www.icoproject/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/jabbah.html, Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * nu. Sco
Jabhat Acrabi 1 Sco Al-Jabhah the forehead of the scorpion

Allen p. 37, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * ome01 Sco
Jabhat Acrabi 2 Sco Al-Jabhah the forehead of the scorpion

Allen p. 372, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * ome02 Sco
Jabhat al Akrab Sco Jabhat al Akrab the forehead of the scorpion

Allen p. 37, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * ome01 Sco
Kakkab-Bir Sco Kakkab-Bir the vermillion star

Alllen p. 366
Euphratean * alf Sco
Kak-shisa Sco Kak-shisa the creator of prosperity

Alllen p. 366
Euphratean * alf Sco
Kalb Aakrab Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
Riccioli (1598 - 1671) * alf Sco
Kardia Skorpiu Sco Kardia Skorpiu heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365 (read the Greek)
Greek * alf Sco
Kelbalacrab Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
European * alf Sco
Kharthian Sco Khaṛthian the heart

Alllen p. 366
Coptic * alf Sco
Lance Star Sco Lance Star lance star

Alllen p. 366
Jensen (16 August 1861 - 16 August 1936) * alf Sco
Larawag Sco larawag the signal watcher

StockmanL.H. & Harper Kunitzsch p. 53, David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Wardaman * eps Sco
Lesath Sco Al Las`ah the sting

Allen p. 371, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/lesath.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt, Bullinger p. 55
the perverse Arabic * ups Sco
Lesath Sco al-latkha the spot

Kunitzsch p. 53
Arabic * ups Sco
Leschath Sco las'a pass (or bite) of a poisonous animal

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Lesath.html
Arabic * ups Sco
Lesha Sco lesha pass (or bite) of a poisonous animal

Bullinger p. 55
the perverse Chaldee * ups Sco
Leshaa Sco leshaa the sting

Bullinger p. 55
the perverse * ups Sco
Leshat Sco leshat the sting

Bullinger p. 55
the perverse * ups Sco
Lesos Sco lesos the sting

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Lesath.html
Greek * ups Sco
Lesuth Sco Al Las`ah the sting

Allen p. 371, Olcott pp. 324331, http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Lesath.html
Arabic * ups Sco
Lisi Sco mulGABA GIR.TAB the breast of the Scorpion: Lisi [god/goddess of fires], dNabu [god of wisdom and writing]

Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html, Roger, J. H. (February 1998). "Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 108 (1): 9–28. Bibcode:1998JBAA..108....9R.
Babylonian/Akkadian/Sumerian * alf Sco
Lugal Tudda Sco Lugal Tudda the lusty king

Alllen p. 366
Euphratean * alf Sco
Masu Sar Sco Masu Sar the hero and the king

Allen p. 366
Ancient Mesopotamian * alf Sco
Minamref Sco Minamref the sting

Allen p. 370
Coptic * ups Sco
Minamref Sco Minamref the sting

Allen p. 370
Coptic * lam Sco
Mosclek Sco Mosclek the raised sting, ready to strike

Allen p. 370
Arabic * lam Sco
Mula Sco Mula The symbol of Mula is a bunch of roots tied together (reticulated roots) or an 'elephant goad' (ankusha) and the Deity associated with it is Niriti, the god of dissolution and destruction. The Lord of Mula is Ketu (south lunar as a node).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mula_(nakshatra)
Hindu * kap Sco
Nur Sco Nur bright

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Persian * pi. Sco
Paikauhale Sco paikauhale a vagabond

https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Hawai'ian * tau Sco
Pipirima Sco Pipirima he mythological Polynesian twins who ran away and became stars

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Tahitian * mu.02 Sco
Qalb al-Aqrab Sco Ḳalb al `Aḳrab heart of the scorpion

Allen p. 365
Arabic * alf Sco
Rapeto Sco rapeto a giant creature from Malagasy tales

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Malagasy HD 153950
rear of foot of ur-idim Sco rear of foot of ur-idim rear foot of the howling mad dog

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian *zet02 Sco
Sargas Sco dSar-gaz mace-like weapon of the god of war

Allen p. 369, Olcott p. 324, Kunitzsch p. 53, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Euphratian * tet Sco
Sargaz Sco dSar-gaz mace-like weapon of the god of war

Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html, http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/shaula.html
Sumerian * nu. Sco
Sargaz Sco dSAR.GAZ Two stars stand in the sting of the Scorpion: dSarur (Messenger of Ninurta) and dSargaz (mace-like weapon of the god of war)

http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html
Sumerian * ups Sco
Sarur Sco dSar-ur4 Messenger of Ninurta

Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_Scorpii
Sumerian * lam Sco
Satevis Sco Satevis one of four royal stars; guardians of heaven mentioned by Charles Francois Dupuis, French astronomical writer (1742 - 1809)

Allen p. 366
Persian (ca. 3000 BC) * alf Sco
Satevis Sco Satevis guardian of the heavens, one of the royal stars of Persia circa 3000 BC

Allen p. 366
(Depuis, 26 October 1742 – 29 September 1809) * alf Sco
Schomlek Sco Schomlek the raised sting, ready to strike

Allen p. 370
Arabic * lam Sco
Selket Sco Serk-t the scorpion goddess, Isis

Allen p. 366
Egyptian * alf Sco
Selkit Sco Selkit goddess of the dead

Allen p. 366
Egyptian * alf Sco
Selk-t Sco Selkit goddess of the dead

Allen p. 366
Egyptian * alf Sco
Serk-t Sco Selkit goddess of the dead

Allen p. 366
Egyptian * alf Sco
Sharjah Sco aš-šarja the cultural capital of the United Arab Emirates

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic HIP 79431
Shauka Sco Shauka the raised sting, ready to strike

Allen p. 370
Arabic * lam Sco
Shaula Sco Al Shaulah the sting where it lies

Allen p. 370, Olcott p. 331, Kunitzsch p. 53, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
* lam Sco
Shaula Sco Ash-Shaulah the raised sting, ready to strike

Allen p. 370, Olcott pp. 324331, Kunitzsch p. 53, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * lam Sco
Shomlek Sco Shomlek the raised sting, ready to strike

Allen p. 370
Arabic (Al Biruni, 1030 AD) * lam Sco
star of chest of gir-tab Sco star of chest of gir-tab heart of the scorpion

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian ^alf Sco
stars of head of gir-tab Sco stars of head of gir-tab head of the scorpion

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * del Sco
Stephani Sco Stephani the crown

Allen p. 369
Coptic * del Sco
tail of gir-tab Sco tail of gir-tab tail of the scorpion

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * mu.01 Sco
Tali al Shaulah 1 Sco Tali al Shaulah 1 that which follows the sting

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) * mu.01 Sco
Tali al Shaulah 2 Sco Tali al Shaulah 2 that which follows the sting

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) * mu.02 Sco
Udda-an-xu Sco Udda-an-xu the day-heaven bird

Alllen p. 366
Euphratean * alf Sco
Unuk Sco `Unḳ al Ḥayyah neck of the snake

Allen p. 37, Bullinger p. 57
encompassing Arabic * alf Ser
Urbat Sco Urbat dogs of death

Allen p. 366
Ancient Mesopotamian (an inscription on an astrolabe found in the palace of Sennacherib) * alf Sco
Vanant Sco Vanant seizer, smiter, or stinger

Allen p. 369
Persian * iot01 Sco
Vanant Sco Vanant stringer

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Persian * iot02 Sco
Vespertilo Sco Vespertilio a genus of bats

Allen p. 365, http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Antares.html
Latin (Grotius, 1583-1645) * alf Sco
Vrischika Sco Vrishschika star

https://www.ganeshaspeaks.com/zodiac-signs/scorpio/about/
Hindu * pi. Sco
Xamidimura Sco xami di mura the eyes of the lion

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Khoikhoi * mu.01 Sco
Zuben Acrabi Sco Zuban al-`Aḳrab scorpion's claws, according to Benjamin Gould, American astronomer 1824 - 1896

Allen p. 369
Arabic & Latin * gam Sco
Zuben el Genubi Sco Al Zuban al Janubiyyah the southern claw

Allen p. 278
Arabic * gam Sco
Zuben Hakrabi Sco Zuban al `Aqrab claw of the scorpion

Allen p. 369, https://www.universeguide.com/star/zubenhakrabi
Arabic * gam Sco
Zubenhakrabi Sco Zuban al `Aqrab claw of the scorpion

Allen p. 369https://www.universeguide.com/star/zubenhakrabi
Arabic * gam Sco
Zupaqipi Sco Zupaqipi the two stars which stand in the sting of the Scorpion

Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-8.html
Akkadian * tet Sco