Named star

Atik

HIP
17448
Designation
38 Omi Per
Bayer designation
ο Per
Visual magnitude
3.84
Constellation
Perseus
Name approved by the IAU
2016-09-12

The IAU catalogue's account

Applied in recent times (also to ζ Per), from an abbreviation of the pre-Islamic Arabian name 'atiq al-thurayya, "the Collarbone of the Pleiades," for ο and ζ Per, after their location in the pre-Islamic Arabian asterism here

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
Indigenous Arabic
Ancient-layer signal
cue found
Source form
^atiq al-thurayya
Pronounced
a' tik
Literal meanings
the Collarbone of the Pleiades
Periods of use
Recent / modern
Transmission notes
abbreviation

Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 49

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.

  • Скорпион → Дева → ПерсейЖало греха → Дева Израиля → Первое восстаниеWith: Shaula, Zavijava · Deviation 0,000502019°
  • Пегас → Персей → ВозничийБлагословение Авраама → Первое восстание → Господь Творения — Добрый ПастырьWith: Markab, Elnath · Deviation 0,000699461°
  • Возничий → Персей → ОвенГосподь Творения — Добрый Пастырь → Первое восстание → Божий Агнец, освобождающий Свой народWith: Mahasim, Bharani · Deviation 0,000970767°

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