Nekhet - Revision history

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	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	The name "Nekhet" suggested to be considered by the IAU WGSN in 2023. Nekht extends for five hours of RA (from the RSCs) and it does not make justice to call a single petty star with the name of such a huge constellation. ~~Therefore, if~~ WGSN ~~wants to~~ call a star ~~either~~ in ~~Sagitta or Aquila with~~ the ~~name of Nekht, then the suggestion would be to call it: '''~~Sebannekhet~~'''~~ (Seba en Nekhet), meaning "Star of the Giant", i.e. this is a star of Nekht but without further details.		The name "Nekhet" suggested to be considered by the IAU WGSN in 2023. Nekht extends for five hours of RA (from the RSCs) and it does not make justice to call a single petty star with the name of such a huge constellation. WGSN could call any star in the area Sebannekhet (Seba en Nekhet), meaning "Star of the Giant", i.e. this is a star of Nekht but without further details.

	The WGSN chose to adopt the name [[Tepennekhet]] in the IAU-CSN.		The WGSN chose to adopt the name [[Tepennekhet]] in the IAU-CSN, as the name appears in the RSCs.

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff: /* IAU Working Group on Star Names */

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IAU Working Group on Star Names

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	The name "Nekhet" suggested to be considered by the IAU WGSN in 2023. Nekht extends for five hours of RA (from the RSCs) and it does not make justice to call a single petty star with the name of such a huge constellation. Therefore, if WGSN wants to call a star either in Sagitta or Aquila with the name of Nekht, then the suggestion would be to call it: '''Sebannekhet''' (Seba en Nekhet), meaning "Star of the Giant", i.e. this is a star of Nekht but without further details.		The name "Nekhet" suggested to be considered by the IAU WGSN in 2023. Nekht extends for five hours of RA (from the RSCs) and it does not make justice to call a single petty star with the name of such a huge constellation. Therefore, if WGSN wants to call a star either in Sagitta or Aquila with the name of Nekht, then the suggestion would be to call it: '''Sebannekhet''' (Seba en Nekhet), meaning "Star of the Giant", i.e. this is a star of Nekht but without further details.

	The WGSN chose ~~... (not~~ to ~~apply/ to apply~~ the name ~~to a neighbouring star/ to ...)~~ in the IAU-CSN.		The WGSN chose to adopt the name [[Tepennekhet]] in the IAU-CSN.

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff at 18:50, 6 October 2026

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	=== Individual Stars / Body Parts ===		=== Individual Stars / Body Parts ===
			[[File:Nekhet RSC Belmonte+Lull2023 stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Nekhet in the Ramesside Star Clocks (Belmonte and Lull 2023, drawing & mapping by SMH 2026).]]
	Belmonte and Lull (2023)<ref name=":22">Belmonte, J.A. andd Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref> suggest the identification of Nekhet with an area "From Aquila to the Square of Pegasus". There are 16 stars related to Nekht named in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC)<ref name=":0" />.		Belmonte and Lull (2023)<ref name=":22">Belmonte, J.A. andd Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref> suggest the identification of Nekhet with an area "From Aquila to the Square of Pegasus". There are 16 stars related to Nekht named in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC)<ref name=":0" />.
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Sushoff at 10:33, 24 September 2026

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	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===
			[[File:EarliestRepo_RSC_Lepsius1842-45.jpg\|thumb\|Earliest reproduction of a Ramesside Star Clock as one of the Egyptian astronomical ceilings in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.]]

	==== Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) ====		==== Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) ====

Sushoff: /* Dendera */

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Dendera

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	==== Dendera ====		==== Dendera ====
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Nekhet2 circdendera.png\|Nekhet on the circular Zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
	File:Nekhet2 black inv.jpg\|Constellation Nekhet, The Giant, on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).		File:Nekhet2 black inv.jpg\|Constellation Nekhet, The Giant, on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Sushoff at 10:21, 24 September 2026

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	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===

			==== Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) ====
	[[File:RamesssideStarClocks-schemaBelmonte2003.jpeg\|thumb\|Ramessside Star Clocks schematically, fig. 1 in Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":0" />]]		[[File:RamesssideStarClocks-schemaBelmonte2003.jpeg\|thumb\|Ramessside Star Clocks schematically, fig. 1 in Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":0" />]]
	[[File:Stars in Nekhet Belmonte2003-tab2 RSC.png\|thumb\|Stars in the Egyptian constellation The Giant, Nekhet, mentioned in the RSCs (CC BY Belmonte 2003<ref name=":0">Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.</ref>, tab. 2).]]		[[File:Stars in Nekhet Belmonte2003-tab2 RSC.png\|thumb\|Stars in the Egyptian constellation The Giant, Nekhet, mentioned in the RSCs (CC BY Belmonte 2003<ref name=":0">Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.</ref>, tab. 2).]]
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	Leitz (1995)<ref name=":02" /> followed N&P hypothesis of stars transiting close to the southern horizon and reached a solution which for Belmonte (2003) was not satisfactory for various reasons. These are amply discussed in Lull and Belmonte (2006 & 2009)<ref name=":2">Belmonte, J.A. andd Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref>. This new hypothesis suggests that several RSC constellations were located in the northern skies such as the Giant (Nekht), the She-Hippo (Reret), the Mooring Post (Menyt) and the Bird (Apdu), among others of lesser entity (see also Davies, 1985<ref>Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. ''Journal of the History of Astronomy'', ''16'', 102–104.</ref>).		Leitz (1995)<ref name=":02" /> followed N&P hypothesis of stars transiting close to the southern horizon and reached a solution which for Belmonte (2003) was not satisfactory for various reasons. These are amply discussed in Lull and Belmonte (2006 & 2009)<ref name=":2">Belmonte, J.A. andd Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref>. This new hypothesis suggests that several RSC constellations were located in the northern skies such as the Giant (Nekht), the She-Hippo (Reret), the Mooring Post (Menyt) and the Bird (Apdu), among others of lesser entity (see also Davies, 1985<ref>Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. ''Journal of the History of Astronomy'', ''16'', 102–104.</ref>).

			==== Dendera ====
			<gallery>
			File:Nekhet2 black inv.jpg\|Constellation Nekhet, The Giant, on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
			</gallery>

	=== Individual Stars / Body Parts ===		=== Individual Stars / Body Parts ===

YoulaAzkarrula at 09:29, 26 May 2026

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	[[Category:Asterism‏‎]]		[[Category:Asterism‏‎]]
	[[Category:Constellation]]		[[Category:Constellation]]
	[[Category:Africa]]		[[Category:Africa]] [[Category:North Africa]]
	[[Category:Egyptian]]		[[Category:Egyptian]]
	[[Category:Peg]][[Category:Aql‎]]		[[Category:Peg]][[Category:Aql‎]]
	[[Category:Sge‏‎]][[Category:Del‎]]		[[Category:Sge‏‎]][[Category:Del‎]]

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Individual Stars / Body Parts

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	\|Area of [[Aquarius]] ?		\|Area of [[Aquarius]] ?
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	\|		\|tp nḫt<sub>4</sub>
	\|Tepennekhet		\|Tepennekhet
	\|Head of the giant		\|Head of the giant

Sushoff at 13:59, 20 May 2026

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	!Star / Asterism Name		! colspan="2" \|Star / Asterism Name
	(transliteration)		(transliteration)
	!Translation		!Translation
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	\|tpy' ṥwty nt nḫt		\|tpy' ṥwty nt nḫt
			\|
	\|Predeccesor of the giant’s 2 feathers		\|Predeccesor of the giant’s 2 feathers
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	\|ṥwty nt nḫt<sub>4</sub>		\|ṥwty nt nḫt<sub>4</sub>
			\|
	\|The 2 feathers of the giant		\|The 2 feathers of the giant
	\|273		\|273
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	\|[[Sualocin]] -alf Del- (18.1)		\|[[Sualocin]] -alf Del- (18.1)
	\|-		\|-
			\|
	\|		\|
	\|Head of mace (or Crown) of giant		\|Head of mace (or Crown) of giant
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	\|[[Sadalsuud]] (18.5)		\|[[Sadalsuud]] (18.5)
	\|-		\|-
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	\|		\|
	\|Mace (or Crown) of the giant		\|Mace (or Crown) of the giant
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			\|Tepennekhet
	\|Head of the giant		\|Head of the giant
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	\|Area of [[Equuleus]]		\|Area of [[Equuleus]]
	\|-		\|-
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	\|		\|
	\|Nape of his neck		\|Nape of his neck
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	\|[[Enif]] -alf Peg- (18.8)		\|[[Enif]] -alf Peg- (18.8)
	\|-		\|-
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	\|Neck of the giant		\|Neck of the giant
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	\|[[Enif]] -alf Peg- (18.8)		\|[[Enif]] -alf Peg- (18.8)
	\|-		\|-
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	\|His breast		\|His breast
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	\|tet Peg (19.2) or iot Peg (19.5)		\|tet Peg (19.2) or iot Peg (19.5)
	\|-		\|-
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	\|Hip of the giant		\|Hip of the giant
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	\|[[Markab]] -alf Peg- (20.2)		\|[[Markab]] -alf Peg- (20.2)
	\|-		\|-
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	\|His shank		\|His shank
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	\|[[Scheat]] -bet Peg- (20.3)		\|[[Scheat]] -bet Peg- (20.3)
	\|-		\|-
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	\|Knee of the giant		\|Knee of the giant
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	\|Area of the Square of [[Pegasus]]		\|Area of the Square of [[Pegasus]]
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	\|His foot		\|His foot
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	\|alf And (21.3)		\|alf And (21.3)
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	\|Pedestal		\|Pedestal
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	\|alf And & gam Peg (21.3)		\|alf And & gam Peg (21.3)
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	\|The one coming after his pedestal		\|The one coming after his pedestal
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	\|del And (21.8)		\|del And (21.8)
	\|-		\|-
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	\|star of the back of the pedestal		\|star of the back of the pedestal

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	!ident. (Belmonte 2003)		!ident. (Belmonte 2003)
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	\|		\|tpy' ṥwty nt nḫt
	\|Predeccesor of the giant’s 2 feathers		\|Predeccesor of the giant’s 2 feathers
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	\|[[Altair]] (17.1)		\|[[Altair]] (17.1)
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|ṥwty nt nḫt<sub>4</sub>
	\|The 2 feathers of the giant		\|The 2 feathers of the giant
	\|273		\|273