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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Hipparcos Language Identifier
[right hand] of pa-bil-sag which is on the arrow Sgr [right hand] of pa-bil-sag which is on the arrow the right hand of Sagittatius which is on the arrow

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * phi Sgr
Ain al Rami 1 Sgr `Ain al Rāmī eye of the archer

Allen, p. 359, 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 * nu.01 Sgr
Ain al Rami 2 Sgr `Ain al Rāmī eye of the archer

Allen, p. 359, 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 * nu.02 Sgr
Ainalrami Sgr `Ain al Rāmī eye of the archer

Allen, p. 359, 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 * nu.01 Sgr
Al Baldah Sgr Al Baldah the wasteland

Allen p. 359
Arabic (Al Tizini, 16th Century) * pi. Sgr
Al Kiladah Sgr Al Kilādah the necklace: included tau, nu, psi, omega, 60 and zeta Sagittarii

Allen p. 355, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic * psi Sgr
Al Naim Sgr Al Ṭhalimain the ostriches

Bullinger p. 63
the gracious one Arabic * mu. Sgr
Al Nasl Sgr Al Naṣl the point, the arrowhead

Allen p. 357, Olcott p. 316
Arabic (Al Tizini, 16th Century) * gam Sgr
Al Rami Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī the archer

Allen p. 357
Arabic * alf Sgr
Al Udhiyy Sgr Al Udḥiyy the ostrich's nest: included tau, nu, psi, omega, 60 and zeta Sagittarii

Allen p. 355, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic * psi Sgr
Al Wazl Sgr Al Wazl the spot where the arrow, bow and hand meet

Allen p. 358
Arabic (Borgian Globe) * gam Sgr
Albaldah Sgr Al Baldah the wasteland

Allen p. 359, 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/albaldah.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic (Al Tizini, 16th Century) * pi. Sgr
Alnam Sgr Al Ṭhalimain the ostriches

Allen p. 358, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic * mu. Sgr
Alnasl Sgr Al Naṣl the point, the arrowhead

Kunitzsch p. 51, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alnasl.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic (Al Tizini, 16th Century) * gam Sgr
Al-Nasl Sgr Al Naṣl the point, the arrowhead

Olcott p. 321
Arabic (Al Tizini, 16th Century) * gam Sgr
Aoul al Sadirah Sgr Aoul al Sadirah first of the sent

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * phi Sgr
Arkab Sgr Al 'Urḳüb the heel-tendon

Allen p. 357, Olcott pp. 316320, Kunitzsch p. 51, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic * bet01 Sgr
Arkab Posterior Sgr Al `Urḳüb alami rearmost heel-tendon

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/arkabpost.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic & Latin * bet02 Sgr
Arkab Prior Sgr Al `Urḳüb alami foremost heel-tendon

Allen p. 357, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic & Latin * bet01 Sgr
Arkab Prior Sgr Al 'Urḳüb foremost heel-tendon

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/arkabprior.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic/Latin * bet01 Sgr
Ascella Sgr Axilla the armpit

Allen p. 358, Olcott pp. 316321, Kunitzsch p. 52, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18, KalerJames B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/ascella.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Latin, Almagest of 1515 * zet Sgr
Awal al Sadira Sgr Aoul al Sadirah first returning ostrich

Knobel E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 430, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * phi Sgr
Awal al Warida Sgr Awal al Waridah first ostrich going down to the water

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 435. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429., Bullinger p. 63
who comes forth Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * gam Sgr
Belel Sgr Bélel a rare source of water in northern Senegal

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Senegal HD 181342
Gumala Sgr gumala the magic bezoar stone found in dragons

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Malay HD 179949
Kaus Australis Sgr Al-Qaus the southern one of the bow

Allen p. 358, Olcott pp. 316321, Kunitzsch p. 51, 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, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/kausaus.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic/Latin * eps Sgr
Kaus Borealis Sgr Al-Qaus the northern one of the bow

Allen p. 358, Olcott p. 316321, Kunitzsch p. 52, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/kausbor.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/Latin * lam Sgr
Kaus Media Sgr Al-Qaus the middle one of the bow

Olcott p. 316321, Kunitzsch p. 51, 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, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/kausmed.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic/Latin * del Sgr
Kaus Meridionalis Sgr Kaus Meridionalis middle of the bow

Allen p. 358, Olcott p. 321
Arabic/Latin * del Sgr
left hand of pa-bil-sag which is on the bow Sgr left hand of pa-bil-sag which is on the bow left hand of Sagittarius which is on the bow

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylonian * del Sgr
Lucida Oppidi Sgr Nir al Beldat brightest of the town

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * pi. Sgr
Manubrium Sgr Manubrium called "the Handle", one of the cluster of stars in the Archer's face

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Manubrium.html
Latin * omi Sgr
mar-gur8 Sgr mar-gur8

British Museum tablet BM 78161 translated by Thompson Gary D. http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page9r.html
Babylionian * eps Sgr
Media Sgr Media middle

Allen p. 358, Olcott pp. 316321
Latin * del Sgr
Naim Sgr Na`āim In the 18th Manzil: gamma, delta, epsilon & eta Sagitarii are "Al Na`am al Warid", the going ostriches; while sigma, zeta, phi, chi & tau Sagittatii are "Al Na`am al Sadirah", the returning ostriches; mu Sagittarii completes the manzil. ("mazill", mansion of the moon, is a specific day of the month, the moon occults these stars on the 18th of each month)

Allen, p. 355
Arabic * mu. Sgr
Naim Sgr Ra'I al Na'āim keeper of the Na`ams (ostriches)

Bullinger p. 63
the gracious one Arabic (Al Tizini, 16th Century) * lam Sgr
Namalsadiradh 4 Sgr Al Na`ām al Ṣādirah fourth of the sent

Allen p. 355. A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic * chi03 Sgr
Namalsadirah 1 Sgr Al Na`ām al Ṣādirah first of the sent

Allen p. 355. A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic * phi Sgr
Namalsadirah 2 Sgr Al Na`ām al Ṣādirah second of the sent

Allen p. 355, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic * tau Sgr
Namalsadirah 3 Sgr Al Na`ām al Ṣādirah third of the sent

Allen p. 355. A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Arabic * chi01 Sgr
Nir al Beldat Sgr Al Na'ir brightest of the town

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * pi. Sgr
Nunki Sgr Nunki star of the proclamation of the sea

Allen p. 359, Olcott p. 316, Kunitzsch p. 32, 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/nunki.html StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Euphratean * sig Sgr
Nushata Sgr Zujj al Nushshābah the tip of the arrow

Allen p. 375, Bullinger p. 63
the going or sending forth Hebrew * gam Sgr
Pincoya Sgr Pincoya the Chilean water spirit who brings drowned sailors to the phantom ship of Caleuche so that they may live in the afterlife

StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Spanish HD 164604
Polis Sgr Polis foal

Allen p. 359, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/polis.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Coptic * mu. Sgr
Prima toû al Sadirah Sgr Prima toû al Sadirah first of the sent

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin/Greek/Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * phi Sgr
Prima tou al Sadirah Sgr Prima tou al Sadirah first returning ostrich

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 429–438. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Latin, Greek & Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * phi Sgr
Rabah al Warida Sgr Rabah al Warida fourth of the returning

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 435. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * eta Sgr
Rabi al Sadira Sgr Rabi al Sadira fourth of the sent

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 435. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * tau Sgr
Ra'I al Na'aim Sgr Ra'I al Na'āim keeper of the Na`ams (ostriches)

Allen p. 358
Arabic (Al Tizini, 16th Century) * lam Sgr
Rucba Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī the knee [of the archer]

Allen p. 357
Arabic * alf Sgr
Rucbah Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī the knee [of the archer]

Allen p. 357
Arabic * alf Sgr
Rucbar Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī the knee [of the archer]

Allen p. 357
Arabic * alf Sgr
Ruchba er Rami Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī knee of the archer

Allen p. 357, Bullinger p. 63
the riding of the bowman Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) * alf Sgr
Ruchbar ur Ranich Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī the knee [of the archer]

Allen p. 357
Arabic (the Standard Dictionary) * alf Sgr
Rukbah Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī the knee [of the archer]

Allen p. 357
Arabic * alf Sgr
Rukbat Sgr Rukbat al Rāmī the knee [of the archer]

Allen p. 357, Olcott pp. 316320, Kunitzsch p. 51, 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, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/rukbat.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt
Arabic * alf Sgr
Secunda toû al Sadirah Sgr Secunda toû al Sadirah second of the sent

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin/Greek/Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * sig Sgr
Terebellum 1 Sgr Terebellum a small quadrangle on the hind quarter of the horse

Allen p.360, Olcott p. 321 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
Latin * ome Sgr
Terebellum 2 Sgr Terebellum a small quadrangle on the hind quarter of the horse

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Latin * 59 Sgr
Terebellum 3 Sgr Terebellum a small quadrangle on the hind quarter of the horse

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Latin * 60 Sgr
Terebellum 4 Sgr Terebellum a small quadrangle on the hind quarter of the horse

A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 18
Latin * 62 Sgr
Tertia toû al Sadirah Sgr Tertia toû al Sadirah third of the sent

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin, Greek & Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * zet Sgr
Thalath al Sadirah Sgr Thalath al Sadirah third of the sent

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * zet Sgr
Thalith al Warida Sgr Thalith al Warida third of the returning

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * eps Sgr
Thani al Warida Sgr Thani al Warida second of the returning

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * del Sgr
Thanih al Sadirah Sgr Thanih al Sadirah second of the sent

Knobel E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * sig Sgr
Urkab Sgr Al 'Urḳüb the heel-tendon

Allen p. 357
Arabic * bet01 Sgr
Zujj al Nushshabah Sgr Zujj al Nushshābah the point, the arrowhead

Allen p. 357
Arabic (Hyde 1636 - 1703) * gam Sgr