View Stars for Constellation Centaurus
| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agena | Cen | genua (as in genuflect) | knees Hans Wehr, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 1961 |
Latin | 68702 | |
| Alnair | Cen | <p> Nayyir Badan Qanturis</p> | <p>
"The Bright (Star) of the Body of the Centaur"</p>
<p> Kunitzsch, P.; Smart, T. (2006), A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd revised ed.), Cambridge, MA: Sky Pub, p. 28, ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7</p> |
Arabic | * zet Cen | |
| al-Zulman | Cen | <p> al-Zulman</p> | <p>
the ostriches</p>
<p> Kunitzsch, P. (1976). "Naturwissenschaft und Philologie: Die arabischen Elemente in der Nomenklatur und Terminologie der Himmelskunde". Die Sterne. 52: 218. Bibcode:1976Stern..52..218K.</p> |
the ostriches | Golius' 1653 Arabico-Latinum Lexicon latinisation of the Arabic name | * alf Cen |
| Asmeath | Cen | Asmeat | a palm branch <p> Allen, p. 150</p> |
sin offering | Bayer's Uranometria | * alf Cen |
| Baten Kentaurus | Cen | Al Na`ir al Batn al Kentuurus | the bright one of the centaur's belly Allen, p. 154 |
Arabic | * zet Cen | |
| Bidelman's Helium Variable Star | Cen | <p> Bidelman's Helium Variable Star</p> | <p>
The variations in the spectrum of HD 125823 can be represented by an oscillation between MK types B2 V and B7 IV:, on low-dispersion slit spectrograms. On spectrograms of higher dispersion, lines of both Si in and Siii are present and are sensibly unchanged in intensity throughout the variations. The spectral type determined from the ratio of Si in to Si ii is B2. The star's "normal" state appears to be B2 V. At intervals the He i lines become much weaker, with- out an accompanying change in the general level of excitation in the spectrum. At the helium-weak phase the spectrum may resemble the category of "weak helium-line" stars noted by Sharpless in Orion and discussed further by Sargent and Searle</p>
<p> https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968ApJ...153L..87J/abstract</p> |
English | 70300 | |
| Hadar | Cen | <p> Hadar</p> | <p>
"to be present" or "on the ground" or "settled, civilized area"</p>
<p> http://www.icoproject.org/star.html</p> |
Arabic | 68702 | |
| Menkent | Cen | derived from "Menkalinan" & 'Kentaurus" | centaur's shoulder http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/menkent.html |
Arabic & Greek | 68933 | |
| Muhlifain | Cen | <p> Al Muhlifain</p> | <p>
"two things": half man and half beast</p>
<p> Kunitzsch, P.; Smart T. (2006), <em>A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and their Derivations</em>. (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, MA: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.</p> |
Arabic | 61932 | |
| Popper's Star | Cen | <p> Popper's Star</p> | <p> https://www.universeguide.com/star/hip69619</p> |
English | 69619 | |
| Proxima Centauri | Cen | Proxima Centauri | a red flare, discovered in 1915 by Robert T. A. Innes, who suggested that it be named Proxima Centaurus, later amended to Proxima Centauri. The name is from Latin, meaning ' nearest [star] of Centaurus'. It's visual magnitude is only 11.13, meaning that a very powerful telescope is required to see it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri |
the pierced, who pierces | Latin | 70890 |
| Przybylski' Star | Cen | <p> Przybylski' Star</p> | <p>
In 1961, the Polish-Australian astronomer Antoni Przybylski discovered that this star had a peculiar spectrum that would not fit into the standard framework for stellar classification<sup>. </sup>Przybylski's observations indicated unusually low amounts of iron and nickel in the star's <span class="mw-redirect">spectrum</span>, but higher amounts of unusual elements like strontium, holmium, niobium, scandium, yttrium, caesium, neodymium, praseodymium, thorium, ytterbium, and uranium.</p>
<p> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation journal">Przybylski, A.; Kennedy, P. Morris (August 1963). "The Spectrum of HD 101065". <i>Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific</i>. <b>75</b> (445): 349–353. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibcode" title="Bibcode">Bibcode</a>:<a class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1963PASP...75..349P" rel="nofollow">1963PASP...75..349P</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" title="Digital object identifier">doi</a>:<a class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F127965" rel="nofollow">10.1086/127965</a>.</cite></span></p> |
Polish-Australian | 56709 | |
| Rex Centaurus | Cen | Rigil Kentaurus | foot of the centaur Allen, p. 152 |
the king, the centaur | Arabic | 71681 |
| Rigil Kentaurus | Cen | Al Rijl al Kentaurus | the foot of the centaur Allen, p. 152 |
foot of the centaur | Arabic | 71683 |
| Rigilkent | Cen | Rijl Qanturus | Foot of the centaur http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | * alf Cen | |
| Rijl al-Qanturis | Cen | <p> Al Rijl al Kentaurus</p> | <p>
the foot of the centaur</p>
<p> Allen, p. 152</p> |
foot of the centaur | Arabic | * alf Cen |
| Toliman | Cen | <p> Tolimân</p> | <p>
originates with Jacobus Golius' 1669 edition of Al-Farghani's Compendium. Tolimân is Golius' latinisation of the Arabic name "al-Zulman", the ostriches</p>
<p> http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Toliman.html</p> |
the heretofore and the hereafter | Arabic | 71681 |