Matar
- HIP
- 112158
- Designation
- 44 Eta Peg
- Bayer designation
- η Peg
- Visual magnitude
- 2.93
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-08-21
The IAU catalogue's account
Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the pre-Islamic Arabian name sa'd matar for η and o Peg. Its meaning is unknown. matar has been translated as "rain," and as a common noun in Arabic, al-matar does mean "the rain." However, lack of the definitive article al- for the star points to a use of the word in a sense different from the common noun.
- 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
- Pronounced
- ma' tar
- Literal meanings
- rain; the rain
- Periods of use
- Recent / modern
- Transmission notes
- uncertain/unknown, abbreviation, translation
Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 48
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.
- Малая Медведица → Пегас → ВодолейМалое стадо → Благословение Авраама → Дающий воду жизни
- Пегас → Кит → ЗаяцБлагословение Авраама → Левиафан → Нефилимы
Other named stars of this constellation: