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	Kaus Media is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP 89931 (δ Sgr, HR 6859) in constellation Sgr.		Kaus Media is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP 89931 (δ Sgr, HR 6859) in constellation Sgr.

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	Kaus Media is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of ~~HIP89931~~ (δ Sgr, HR 6859) in constellation Sgr.		Kaus Media is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP 89931 (δ Sgr, HR 6859) in constellation Sgr.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

	Arbitrarily applied in recent times, together with the Latin distinctions of "middle," "~~southern~~," and "northern" (for λ Sgr), from the ind-A (and later sci-A) constellation name al-qaus, "the Bow." For the ind-Arabs, al-qaus was marked by the curved line of stars ξ2, o, π, d, ρ and u Sgr (corresponding to what in other cultures was Sagittarius among the zodiacal signs). The sci-Arabs used the indigenous name for the Greeks' Archer, alternatively translated as al-rami.		Arbitrarily applied in recent times, together with the Latin distinctions of "middle", "southern", and "northern" (for λ Sgr), from the ind-A (and later sci-A) constellation name al-qaus, "the Bow". For the ind-Arabs, al-qaus was marked by the curved line of stars ξ<sup>2</sup>, o, π, d, ρ and υ Sgr (corresponding to what in other cultures was Sagittarius among the zodiacal signs). The sci-Arabs used the indigenous name for the Greeks' Archer, alternatively translated as al-rami.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Kaus Media}}
Kaus Media is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP89931 (δ Sgr, HR 6859) in constellation Sgr.

==Etymology and History==

Arbitrarily applied in recent times, together with the Latin distinctions of "middle," "southern," and "northern" (for λ Sgr), from the ind-A (and later sci-A) constellation name al-qaus, "the Bow." For the ind-Arabs, al-qaus was marked by the curved line of stars ξ2, o, π, d, ρ and u Sgr (corresponding to what in other cultures was Sagittarius among the zodiacal signs). The sci-Arabs used the indigenous name for the Greeks' Archer, alternatively translated as al-rami.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/07/20.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
* Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.

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