List of star names in Lepus

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This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Lepus. (Used in modern Western astronomy and uranography only).

List[]

star proper name etymon
α Lep Arneb Arabic
Arsh Arabic
β Lep Nihal Arabic

Etymologies[]

α Lep[]

  • Arneb, Elarneb:
＜ (ar) arnab, "hare" ＜ (sci.-ar)[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.
  • Arsh:
＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (ind.-ar)[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

β Lep[]

  • Nihal:
＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (ind.-ar) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels ) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ sci.-ar ＝ scientific Arabic. See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
  2. ^ ind.-ar ＝ indigenous Arabic. See ibid.

References[]

  • Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
  • Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, MA: . ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.
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