Kitalpha
- HIP
- 104987
- Designation
- 8 Alp Equ
- Bayer designation
- α Equ
- Visual magnitude
- 3.92
- Constellation
- Little Horse
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-08-21
The IAU catalogue's account
Applied in recent times from the Arabic constellation name qit'at al-faras, "the Section of the Horse," for Equuleus. Ptolemy had Ἵππου Προτομή, "the First Half of the Horse," for the constellation, because it shows only half the figure (as with the constellations Taurus, Pegasus, and the Greek ship Argo).
- 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
- qtfat al- faras
- Pronounced
- ki tai' fa
- Literal meanings
- the Section of the Horse; the First Half of the Horse
- Periods of use
- Recent / modern
Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 35
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.
- Малый Конь → Дракон → Большая МедведицаНачаток благословения → Древний змей - сатана, дьявол → Большое стадо - Церковь
- Малый Конь → Малая Медведица → Большая МедведицаНачаток благословения → Малое стадо → Большое стадо - Церковь