View Stars for Constellation Lyra
| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Athfar | Lyr | <p> al-’uz¸fur</p> | <p>
the talons (of the eagle)</p>
<p> Allen, p. 288</p> |
Arabic | * mu. Lyr | |
| Al Nesr al Waki | Lyr | <p> Al Nesr al Waki</p> | <p>
the swooping (not flying) black Arabian vulture, about to steal a sheep or a child</p>
<p> Allen, p. 284</p> |
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | 91262 | |
| Aladfar | Lyr | Aldafar | the talons Allen, p. 288 |
Lyr | 94481 | |
| Aladfar | Lyr | Al Athfar | the talons (of the swooping eagle) <p> Allen, p. 288</p> |
Arabic | * mu. Lyr | |
| Alathfar | Lyr | Al Athfar | the talons (of the swooping eagle) <p> Allen, p. 288</p> |
Arabic | 90191 | |
| Athfar | Lyr | Al Athfar | talons http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alathfar.html |
Arabic | * mu. Lyr | |
| Dayan-same | Lyr | Dayan-same | Judge of Heaven Allen, p. 285 |
Assyriaan | 91262 | |
| Dilgan | Lyr | <p> Dilgan</p> | <p>
the Angel of Light; ; "Lucifer" in Latin; the current standard by which the brightness of stars is judged</p>
<p> Allen, p. 285</p> |
Babylonian, early | 91262 | |
| Double Double 1 A | Lyr | Double Double 1 A | part of a system of ten stars Allen, p. 288 |
English | 91919 | |
| Double Double 1 B | Lyr | Double Double 1 B | part of a system of ten stars Allen, p. 288 |
English | * eps01 Lyr | |
| Double Double 2 | Lyr | Double Double 3 | part of a system of ten stars Allen, p. 288 |
English | 91926 | |
| Fidis | Lyr | <p> alternative name for Vega</p> | <p>
harp star; the Arabian black vulture was unknown to the Greeks, but a harp made from a tortoise shell was part of their mythology</p>
<p> Allen, p. 285</p> |
Latin | 91262 | |
| Harp Star | Lyr | <p> Vega,</p> | <p>
brightest star in Lyra, the claw-like tip of the vulture's beak</p>
<p> Allen, p. 285</p> |
English | 91262 | |
| Iugum | Lyr | Jugum | yoke <p> Allen, p. 287</p> |
Latin | 93194 | |
| Nasr Alwaki | Lyr | Al Nasr al Waqi' | the vulture of the desert <p> Allen, pp. 282, 288</p> |
Arabic | 91971 | |
| Sheliak | Lyr | Sheliak | tortoise Allen, p. 287 |
Arabic | 92420 | |
| Shelyak | Lyr | Sheliak | tortoise Allen, p. 287 |
Arabic | * bet Lyr | |
| Shelyuk | Lyr | Sheliak | tortoise Allen, p. 287 |
the fishing eagle | Arabic | * bet Lyr |
| Shiliak | Lyr | Sheliak | tortoise Allen, p. 287 |
Arabic | * bet Lyr | |
| Shulaphat | Lyr | Sulafat | turtle Allen, p. 287 |
springing up | Arabic | 93194 |
| Sulafat | Lyr | As-Sulahfah | The tortoise http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
springing up, or ascending as in praise | Arabic | 93194 |
| Tir-anna | Lyr | Tir-anna | Akkadian "Life of Heaven" when it was the pole ster; called Vega now http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Vega.html |
Akkadian | 91262 | |
| Vega | Lyr | <p> Al-Waqi'</p> | <p>
"the swooping" eagle, about to make a kill</p>
<p> http://www.icoproject.org/star.html</p> |
he shall be exalted | Arabic | 91262 |
| Vulture Cadens | Lyr | Vulture Cadens | the swooping eagle/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. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | 91262 | |
| waqi‘ | Lyr | waqi‘ | falling or landing; the constellation is Al Nasr in Arabic, associated with the legend of "The Roc" Allen, p. 284 |
he shall be exalted | Arabic | 91262 |
| Wega | Lyr | Al Waki' | desert vulture for the Arabs, handle of the harp of Orpheus for the Greeks Allen, p. 284 |
Arabic | 91262 |