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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Language Identifier
AL Cair Aql

al-nesr al-Ta’ir

Gtotius mispronounced "Al Tair" as "Al Cair".



Allen, p. 59

the piercing Arabic * alf Aql
Al Nesr Al Tair Aql

al-nesr al-Ta’ir

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



Allen, p. 59

Arabic * alf Aql
Al Shain Aql Alshain from the Persian name for the entire constellation, Shahin, the peregrine falcon

Allen, p. 60
the bright, from a Hebrew root meaning scarlet colored Arabic * bet Aql
Al Tair Aql Al Nasr al Tair

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



Allen, p. 59

the wounding Arabic * alf Aql
Al Thalimain 1 Aql al-thalimain the two ostriches

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * lam Aql
Al Thalimain 2 Aql ath-thalimain the two ostriches

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * iot Aql
Almizan Occidental Aql Al Mizan III western arm of the scale beam

Allen, p. 61
Jim Kaler * del Aql
Alschain Aql aš-šahin the (peregrine) falcon

Allen, p. 60
Perso-Arabic * bet Aql
Alschairn Aql aš-šahin the (peregrine) falcon

Allen, p. 60
Perso-Arabic * bet Aql
Alshain Aql aš-šahin the (peregrine) falcon

Allen, p. 60
Perso-Arabic * bet Aql
Altair Aql al-nesr al-?a’ir

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair#Nomenclature

the wounding Arabic * alf Aql
Altair Aql At-Ta'ir

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



http://www.icoproject.org/star.html

Arabic * alf Aql
Atair Aql Al Nasr al Tair

"al tair" translates to "the swooping"; "al nesr" is an Arabian desert vulture; Arabian lore of millennia earlier had this enormous black bird swooping down to carry off human corpses; it is now extinct but museums have skeletal remains of a bird that large



Allen, p. 57

Arabic * alf Aql
Australior Humerus Vulturis Aql mankib al-nasr al-janúbii

the southern shoulder of the Arabian desert vulture



Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429

Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * del Aql
Cauda (Vulturis) Volantis Aql Deneb el Okab

tail of the Arabian desert vulture



Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429–438. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.

Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * zet Aql
Collum Corvi Aql Collum Corvi the crow's neck

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin * bet Aql
Deneb Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
the lord or judge cometh Arabic * eps Aql
Deneb el Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * eps Aql
Deneb el Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture); Zeta and Epsilon Aquilae together bore the traditional name Deneb el Okab

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * zet Aql
Deneb Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * zet Aql
Denebokab Australis Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab al Janubiyy

the southern tail of the black eagle



Allen, p. 61

Arabic & Latin * zet Aql
Denebokab Borealis Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab al Shamaliyy the northern tail of the black eagle

Allen, p. 61
Arabic & Latin * eps Aql
Dhanb al Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the black eagle (vulture)

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * eps Aql
Djenubi Menkib al Nesr Aql mankib al-nasr al-janúbii the southern shoulder of the eagle

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * del Aql
Dzeneb al Tair Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the flying eagle

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * zet Aql
Humerus Vulturis Aql mankib al-nasr the eagle's shoulder

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * gam Aql
Libertas Aql Libertas liberty

https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/
a student club at Hosei University of Tokyo in 2015 * ksi Aql
Menkib al Nesr Aql mankib al-nasr shoulder of the vulture

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * gam Aql
Okab Aql Al Dhanab al `Okab tail of the eagle

Allen, p. 61
Arabic * zet Aql
Reda Aql šahin tarazu the beam of the scale

https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/name.html
Persian * gam Aql
Secunda Capitis Vulturis Aql Secunda Capitis Vulturis second star of the eagle's head

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55 (8): 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * tet Aql
Tarared Aql šahin tarazu the beam of the scale

Allen, p. 60
wounded or torn Persian * gam Aql
Tarazed Aql šahin tarazu the beam of the scale

Allen, p. 60
wounded Persian * gam Aql
Thanih Ras al Akab Aql Thanih Ras al Akab second star of the eagle's head

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * tet Aql
Unuk al Ghyrab Aql Unuk al Ghyrab neck of the crow

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * bet Aql
Vulture Volans Aql Vulture Volans the flying eagle

Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) * alf Aql