![]() ![]() Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889]. Franks, in 1878, considered epsilon (ε this star Alioth) the lucida, and that the sequence was epsilon (ε this star Alioth), eta (η Alkaid), zeta (ζ Mizar), alpha (α Dubhe), beta (β Merak), gamma (γ Phecda). In 1838 Sir John Herschel thought it the lucida (brightest star in a constellation) of the seven stars, but in 1847 that eta (η Alkaid) had taken its place. In China it was Yuh Kang, the Gemmeous Transverse, a portion of an early astronomical instrument while other stars between it and delta (δ Megrez) were Seang, the Minister of State. The Persian astronomer Al Biruni (973-1048 A.D.) said that it was Angiras ( Angiras) among the Hindu Seven Rishis or Sages ] The 17th century German astronomer Bayer also assigned to it the Micar, Mirach, and Mizar that we give to eta (η Alkaid), and designated it as (Greek) Lagon, the Flank, and (Greek) Upozoma, the Diaphragm, as marking those parts of the Bear’s figure. Assemani, however, said that on the Cufic globe it is “ Alhut,” the Fish,- one of the many instances of blundering that the German astronomer Ideler (1766-1846) attributed to him. The 15th century Tartar astronomer Ulug Beg had Al Haun, but the German astronomer Ideler (1766-1846), rejecting this as not being an Arabic word, substituted Al Jaun, the Black Courser, as if belonging to the governor, Al Ka’id, the star eta (η Alkaid), and its comparative faintness gives some probability to this conjecture. Intensely Bright the 17th century English orientalist Thomas Hyde transcribing the original as Al Haur. But the later Alfonsine editions adopted Aliare and Aliore - The Italian astronomer Riccioli’s (1598–1671) Alcore - from the Latin Almagest of 1515, on Al Tizini (Arabian astronomer, first half of 16th century)’s statement that the word was Al Hawar, the White of the Eye, or the White Poplar Tree, i.e. From p.439 of Star Names, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889.Įpsilon (ε) Ursa Major, Alioth, is a star situated on the root of the tail of the Great Bear, on the thickest part of the tail.Īlioth, sometimes Allioth, seems to have originated in the first edition of the Alfonsine Tables, and appeared with Chaucer in the Hous of Fame as Aliot with the 17th century German astronomer Bayer, as Aliath, from the 16th century French scholar Scaliger, and as Risalioth with the Italian astronomer Riccioli (1598-1671), as Alabieth, Alaioth, Alhiath, and Alhaiath, all somewhat improbably derived, the 16th century French scholar Scaliger said, from Alyat, the Fat Tail of the Eastern sheep. ![]()
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