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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Language Identifier
Achird Cas Achird girdle (uncertain)

Antonín Becvár (1950). Skalnaté Pleso Atlas of the Heavens. Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia
Slovak (the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens published in 1950) 3821
Al Dhat al Kursiyy Cas Al Dhat al Kursiyy the lady in the chair

Allen, p. 145
Arabic (Al-Sufi and Ulugh Beg, 1437) 3179
Al Marfak Cas Al Marfik the elbow

Allen, p. 148
Arabic 5542
al-Sanam al-Nakah Cas al-Sanam al-Nakah the camel's hump

Allen, p. 146
Arabic * bet Cas
Caph Cas al-Kaff al-Khadib Early Arabic: "Kaff al H·adib", the large hand stained with henna, five stars of Cassiopeia marking the fingertips; "The palm" of the Pleiades

Allen, p. 146
the branch Arabic 746
Castula Cas

Castula

a kind of petticoat worn by women of Victorian England



https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/

Latin 4422
Chaph Cas palm (reaching from the Pleiades)

Allen, p. 146
Arabic * bet Cas
Dat al Cursa Cas Al Dhat al Kursiyy the lady in the chair

Allen, p. 145
the set, enthroned Arabic (Al-Sufi & Ulugh Beg) 3179
Dath Elkarti Cas Al Dhat al Kursiyy the lady in the chair

Allen, p. 145
Italian (Giovanni Battista Riccioli) 3179
Kaf Cas al-Kaff al-Khadib the stained [with henna] hand

Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). Dictionary of Modern Star Names. Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 1-931559-44-9.
pre-Islamic Arabic * bet Cas
Kaff Cas Kaff upper right hand corner of the chair

Allen, p. 146
Arabic * bet Cas
Marfak Cas Al Marfik the elbow [of Andromeda, the chained woman]

Allen, p. 148
Arabic 5542
Navi Cas Navi Virgil Ivan (Gus) Grissom's middle name spelled backward

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-AOTNavStarsDetents.html
English 4427
Ruchba Cas Ruchbah the knee [of the queen]

Allen, p. 148
the enthroned, or seated Arabic 6686
Ruchbah Cas Ruchbah the knee [of the queen]

Allen, p. 148
Arabic 6686
Rukbah Cas Ar-Rukbah the knee [of the queen]

http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic 6686
Schedar Cas Al Sadr the breast (of the queen)

Allen, p. 145

Arabic 3179
Schedir Cas Al Sadr the breast (of the queen)

Allen, p. 145

the freed Arabic 3179
Seder Cas Al Sadr breast (of the queen) [try publishing that in Vicrorian England!]

Allen, p. 145
Arabic 3179
Segin Cas Segin Cygnus, the son of Mars

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Segin.html
Arabic 8886
Shadar Cas Al Sadr the breast [of the queen]

Allen, p. 145

Arabic 3179
Shedar Cas Al Sadr the breast [of the queen];

Allen, p. 145

the freed Arabic 3179
Shedir Cas As-Sadr The breast

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

Arabic 3179
Shedir Cas Al Sadr the breast [of the queen]

Allen, p. 145

Arabic 3179
Shedis Cas Al Sadr the breast [of the queen]

Allen, p. 145
Arabic 3179