Talk:List of stars in Draco

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Etymologies[edit]

Etymologies listed here don't fit into the table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL talk 14:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • (11/α Dra) 3.67 Thuban or Adib or Dragon’s Tail
    < الثعبان aθ-θucbān The basilisk
    < الذئبة að-ði'bah The female wolf
  • (23/β Dra) 2.79 Rastaban [Rastaben] or Alwaid or Asuia
    < راس الثعبان ar-rās[u] aθ-θucbān The head of the basilisk
  • (33/γ Dra) 2.24 Eltanin [Etamin, Etanin, Ettanin] or Zenith Star (or Rastaban [Rastaben], see β Dra)
    < راس التنين ar-rās at-tinnīn The head of the dragon (also called Caput Draconis)
  • (57/δ Dra) 3.07 Altais or Nodus Secundus [Nodus II] or Aldib
    < التيس at-tais The billy goat
    < nōdus secundus The second knot
    < الذيب\الذئب að-ðīb: The wolf
  • (63/ε Dra) 3.84 Tyl or Kin Yu
    < 金魚 (Mandarin jīnyǘ)
  • (22/ζ Dra) 3.17 Aldhibah [Eldsib] or Kaou Pih or Nod (or Nodus I, see ξ Dra)
    < الذبة al-dhibah The Wolf [one of the two wolves, together with η Dra]
  • (14/η Dra) 2.73 Aldhibain or Booboo
    < الذبين al-dhibayn The Two Wolves [with ζ Dra]
  • (12/ι Dra) 3.29 Edasich [Eldsich, Ed Asich, Al Dhiba, Al Dhihi] – has a planet
    Edasich < ? að-ðix The hyena
  • (5/κ Dra) 3.85 Ketu
    < The Dragon's Tail (referring to the moon's southern node in the Vedic-Hindu lunar cycle)
  • (1/λ Dra) 3.82 Giausar [Giauzar, Gianfar, Giansar, Gaiusar] or Juza
  • (21/μ Dra) 4.91 Arrakis [Errakis, Al Rakis]
    < الراقص ar-rāqiş The dancer (twinkling?)
  • (61/σ Dra) 4.68 Alsafi [Athafi] – nearby
    (?) < الصافي The clear (?) al-aθafi The cooking tripods?
  • (43/Φ Dra) 4.22 Batentaban Australis [Batn al Thuban]
    < بطن الثعبان baţn aθ-θucbān + australis "Southern One of the Basilisk's Belly"
  • (44/χ Dra) 3.55 Batentaban Borealis [Batn al Thuban]
    < بطن الثعبان baţn aθ-θucbān + borealis "Northern One of the Basilisk's Belly"
  • (31/ψ Dra) 4.58 Dziban [Dsiban]
    < ذيبان\ذئبان ðībān: Two wolves

Notability of stars[edit]

There are a whole lot of stars in the table without a name. Can they be notable without any name or catalog designation? Graeme Bartlett (talk)