List of star names in Lepus

This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Lepus. (Used in modern Western astronomy and uranography only).

List
starproper nameetymon
α LepArnebArabic
ArshArabic
β LepNihalArabic

Etymologies

α Lep
  • Arneb, Elarneb:
＜ (ar) arnab, "hare" ＜ (sci.-ar)[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.
  • Arsh:
＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (ind.-ar)[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

β Lep
  • Nihal:
＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (ind.-ar) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels ) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

See also

Notes
  1. sci.-ar ＝ scientific Arabic. See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
  2. ind.-ar ＝ indigenous Arabic. See ibid.

References
  • Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
  • 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, MA: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.
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