Named star

Acamar

HIP
13847
Designation
The-1 Eri
Bayer designation
θ1 Eri
Visual magnitude
2.88
Constellation
Eridanus
Name approved by the IAU
2016-07-20

The IAU catalogue's account

From its name for the Arabic Almagest period akhir al-nahr, "the River's End". Applied in medieval times, and reapplied in recent times

Source language
Arabic
Reference
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, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.

Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.

From Kunitzsch & Smart

Layer of tradition
Scientific Arabic
Ancient-layer signal
no simple cue found
Source form
äkhir al-nahr
Pronounced
ä' ko mär
Literal meanings
the River’s End
Periods of use
Medieval, Renaissance, Recent / modern

Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 36

Layer of tradition and ancient-layer signal are not the dictionary authors' judgement but a keyword reading of the entry's wording. “No simple cue found” means exactly that — the parser found none — not that the name is late.

The fields on this card were read off an OCR layer and are not checked against the printed page. The page number is given so the claim can be verified in your own copy.

Corpus chains passing through this star. Deviation is the cross-track angular distance of the third star from the great-circle plane.

  • Эридан → Близнецы → ВолопасОгненная река Божьего суда → Страдающий Спаситель и воцарившийся Судия → Пастух и Страж Божьего СтадаWith: Mebsuta, Xuange · Deviation 0,000009430° · worked up

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