Marfik
- HIP
- 80883
- Designation
- 10 Lam Oph
- Bayer designation
- λ Oph
- Visual magnitude
- 3.82
- Constellation
- Serpent Bearer
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-09-12
The IAU catalogue's account
Applied since medieval times from the Arabic word al-marfiq, "the elbow," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star. While the medieval transliteration was marsic (with a confusion of f and the long-shaped s), Marfik is an improved spelling of 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
- Arabic
- Ancient-layer signal
- no simple cue found
- Source form
- al-marfiq
- Pronounced
- mär' fik
- Literal meanings
- the elbow
- Periods of use
- Medieval, Recent / modern
- Transmission notes
- error/corruption, transliteration
Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 45
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.
- Телец → Дракон → ЗмееносецГрядущий Судия → Древний змей - сатана, дьявол → Пастырь-Победитель
- Кит → Рак → ЗмееносецЛевиафан → Пастырь, безопасно ведущий Свой народ домой → Пастырь-Победитель
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Rasalhague2.08
- Sabik2.43
- Yed Prior2.73
- Cebalrai2.76
- Yed Posterior3.23
- Guniibuu4.33
- Alya4.62