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| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Hipparcos | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `Ain al Thaur | Tau | `Ain al Thaur | eye of the bull Allen p. 384 |
Arabic | * alf Tau | ||
| Aben Ezra | Tau | Aben Ezra | a famous Jewish commentaror Allen p. 388 |
Hebrew (Bayer) | * alf Tau | ||
| Addebiris | Tau | Na'ir al Dabarān | "follower" of the Pleiades as the 2nd manzil of the Moon Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Schickard 22 April 1592 – 24 October 1635) | * alf Tau | ||
| Ain | Tau | `ain al-thaur | northern eye of the bull Allen p.391, Kunitzsch p. 55, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/ain.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic | * eps Tau | ||
| Al Faniq | Tau | Al Faniḳ | the stallion camel Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Al Biruni, 1030 AD) | * alf Tau | ||
| Al Fatiq | Tau | Al Fatiḳ | the fat camel Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Al Biruni, 1030 AD) | * alf Tau | ||
| Al Muhdij | Tau | Al Muḥdij | the female camel, with the other Hyades being her young Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Al Biruni, 1030 AD) | * alf Tau | ||
| Alcyone | Tau | Alcyone | the sky nymph who became the mother of Hyrieus by Poseidon Allen p. 403, Olcott p. 334, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alcyone.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
the center | Greek | * eta Tau | |
| Aldebara | Tau | Na'ir al Dabarān | "follower" of the Pleiades as the 2nd manzil of the Moon Allen p. 383 |
Arabic (Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 1598 - 1671) | * alf Tau | ||
| Aldebaram | Tau | Na'ir al Dabarān | "follower" of the Pleiades as the 2nd manzil of the Moon Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Flamsteed's Atlas of 1776) | * alf Tau | ||
| Aldebaran | Tau | Na'ir al Dabarān | "follower" of the Pleiades as the 2nd manzil of the Moon Allen p. 383, Olcott pp. 334340, Kunitzsch p. 54, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/aldebaran.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic (Alfonzine Tables) | * alf Tau | ||
| Aldebaron | Tau | Na'ir al Dabarān | "follower" of the Pleiades as the 2nd manzil of the Moon Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Costard's History of Astronomy) | * alf Tau | ||
| Aldeboran | Tau | Na'ir al Dabarān | "follower" of the Pleiades as the 2nd manzil of the Moon Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Edmund Spenser) | * alf Tau | ||
| Aleph | Tau | Aleph | first letter of the alphabet, the bull, rendering it "the eye of God" Allen p. 388 |
Hebrew | * alf Tau | ||
| Asterope | Tau | Asterope | one of the Pleiades sisters in Greek mythology Allen p. 407, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt" |
Greek | * 21 Tau | ||
| Atin | Tau | `Ain al Thaur | eye of the bull Allen p. 384 |
Arabic | * alf Tau | ||
| Atlas | Tau | Atlas | father of the Hyades and the Pleiades Allen p. 408, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/atlas.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Latin | ^ 27 Tau | ||
| Bull's Eye | Tau | Bull's Eye | eye of the bull Allen p. 384 |
English | * alf Tau | ||
| Calaeno | Tau | Calaeno (one of the Pleiades) | the daughter of Lycaon, king of Arcadia; mother of Arctos, in Greek mythology; as legend has it, the god Artemis turned her into a bear and placed her, and her son, Arctos, in the sky near the north pole; the lost Pleiad Allen p. 407, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/celaeno.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Latin | * 16 Tau | ||
| Chamukuy | Tau | Chamukuy | a small bird StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Mayan (5 September 2017) | * tet01 Tau | ||
| Cor Tauri | Tau | Cor Tauri | heart of the bull Allen p. 384 |
Latin (Alfonsine Tables, 1483, Spain) | * alf Tau | ||
| Debiron | Tau | Na'ir al Dabarān | "follower" of the Pleiades as the 2nd manzil of the Moon Allen p. 384 |
Arabic (Schickard 22 April 1592 – 24 October 1635) | * alf Tau | ||
| El Nath | Tau | Al Nāṭiḥ | the butting one, same star as gamma Aurigae Allen p. 390, Olcott p. 334342, Kunitzsch p. 54, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, http://www.icoproject.org/star.html, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/elnath.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Arabic | * bet Tau | ||
| El Taur | Tau | El Taur | the bull Allen p. 384 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Electra | Tau | Elektra | one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.; Electra was the wife of Corythus, to whom she bore Iasion Allen p. 406, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/electra.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Greek | * 17 Tau | ||
| Hain Altor | Tau | `Ain al Thaur | eye of the bull Allen p. 384 |
Arabic | * alf Tau | ||
| Hoggar | Tau | Ahaggar/Uhaggar | a mountain range in the Sahara Desert StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Berber/Tuareg | HD 28678 | ||
| Hyadum 1 | Tau | Hyadum 1 | in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas with Aethrea Allen p. 387, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19 |
Latin | * gam Tau | ||
| Hyadum 2 | Tau | Hyadum 2 | in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas with Aethrea Allen p. 387, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19 |
Latin | * del Tau | ||
| Hyadum 3 | Tau | Hyadum 3 | in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas with Aethrea Allen p. 387, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19 |
Latin | * tet01 Tau | ||
| Hyadum 4 | Tau | Hyadum 4 | in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas with Aethrea Allen p. 387, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19 |
Latin | * tet02 Tau | ||
| Hyadum 5 | Tau | Oculus Boreas | in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas with Aethrea Allen p. 387, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19 |
Latin | * eps Tau | ||
| Hyadum 6 | Tau | Aldebaran | in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas with Aethrea Allen p. 387 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Maia | Tau | Maia | oldest of seven beautiful sisters known as the Pleiades Allen p. 407, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/maia.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt" |
Greek | * 20 Tau | ||
| Merope | Tau | Merope | one of the daughters of Atlas and Pleione Allen p. 406, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/merope.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Greek | * 23 Tau | ||
| Oculus australis | Tau | Oculus australis | left eye Allen p. 384 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Oculus Borealis | Tau | Oculus Boreas | northern eye; the southern and more prominent eye is a fiery red star named Aldebaran Allen p. 391 |
Latin (Flamsteed) | * eps Tau | ||
| Oculus Tauri | Tau | Oculus Tauri | eye of the bull Allen p. 384 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Palilcum | Tau | Parilicium | marks the birthday of Rome on the 21st of April; one of the lesser gods of Roman mythology Allen p. 387 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Palilicium | Tau | Parilicium | marks the birthday of Rome on the 21st of April; one of the lesser gods of Roman mythology Allen p. 388 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Parilicium | Tau | Parilicium | all six stars of the whole group of Hyades Allen p. 388 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Pleione | Tau | Pleione | The name Pleione originates with Greek mythology; she is the mother of seven daughters known as the Pleiades. Allen p. 408, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/pleione.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Latin | * 28 Tau | ||
| Saik al Thurayya | Tau | Saiḳ al Thurayya | driver of the Pleiades Allen p. 384 |
Arabic near the Persian Gulf | * alf Tau | ||
| Sataves | Tau | Sataves | the leader of the western stars Allen p. 388 |
Edkins (19 December 1823 – 23 April 1905) | * alf Tau | ||
| Secunda Hyadum | Tau | Secunda Hyadum | second of five sisters of the Hyades 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) | * del Tau | ||
| Secundus Hyadum | Tau | Secunda Hyadum | second of five sisters of the Hyades 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) | * del Tau | ||
| Stella Dominatrix | Tau | Stella Dominatrix | the mother camel Allen p. 384 |
Latin | * alf Tau | ||
| Sterope 2 | Tau | Sterope 2 | one of the seven sisters (Pleiades) Allen p. 407, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/altname.html |
Latin | * 22 Tau | ||
| Subruffa | Tau | Subruffa | reddish Allen p. 388 |
Latin (Bayer) | * alf Tau | ||
| Succoth | Tau | Succoth | booths, temporary shelters for harvesting during the biblical Feast of Tabernacles - see Leviticus 23:34 - 44; roofs of these temporary shelters were required to be transparent explicitly so that the stars could be seen Burritt, Elijah Hinsdale (1836). The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas. F. J. Hunntington, Hartford Connecticut. p. 55, Bullinger p. 121 |
booths | Syriac | * eta Tau | |
| Sucula | Tau | Sucula | Allen p. 388 |
Latin (Columella, 1sr Century AD) | * alf Tau | ||
| Tali al Najm | Tau | Tāli al Najm | the mother camel with Hadi al Najm being her young Allen p. 384 |
Arabic | * alf Tau | ||
| Taschter | Tau | Taschter | the Creator Spirit Allen p. 388 |
Persian (Flammarion (26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) | * alf Tau | ||
| Taygeta | Tau | Taygeta |
one of the Pleiades sisters in Greek mythology
Allen p. 407, Kunitzsch p. 55, A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. p. 19, Kaler James B. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/taygeta.html, StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Greek | * 19 Tau | ||
| Tianguan | Tau | Tian Guan | the celestial gate StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Chinese | * zet Tau | ||
| Tiangun | Tau | Tian Guan | the celestial gate StockmanL.H. & Harper David https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html, http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |
Chinese | * zet Tau | ||
| Vertex | Tau | Vertex | the name seems to be associated with Alcyone by astrologers https://astrologyking.com/vertex-star-andromeda-galaxy/, Bullinger p. 122 |
turned on, rolled around | Greek | * eta Tau | |
| Wasat | Tau | Al Wasaṭ | center or middle ground Allen p. 403, Bullinger p. 122 |
the center of the foundation | Arabic | * eta Tau |