Kaus Australis

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Arbitrarily applied in recent times, together with the Latin distinctions of "middle," "southern," and "northern" (for λ Sgr), from the pre-Islamic Arabian (and later Arabic) constellation name al-qaus, "the Bow." For the pre-Islamic Arabians, al-qaus was marked by the curved line of stars ξ2, o, π, d, ρ and u Sgr (corresponding to what in other cultures was Sagittarius among the zodiacal signs). The Arabics used the indigenous name for the Greeks' Archer, alternatively translated as al-rami.

Язык-источник

арабский

Литература

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.

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