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IanRidpath: /* Etymology and History */ as-Sufi ––>al-Sufi for consistency.

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Etymology and History: as-Sufi ––>al-Sufi for consistency.

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	[[File:Rasalnaqa stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.png\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]		[[File:Rasalnaqa stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.png\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]		[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]
	In the image, it looks as if the lady in the constellation of Andromeda "feeds" the dromedary: her hand really occupies the same space. In the Almagest, three stars (ι, κ, λ And) are listed in "the hand of Andromeda" but there is actually a fourth one: ψ Andromedae. These four seem to be depicted in the "Head of the She-Camel" in the earliest known manuscripts of as-Sufi (see image on the right).		In the image, it looks as if the lady in the constellation of Andromeda "feeds" the dromedary: her hand really occupies the same space. In the Almagest, three stars (ι, κ, λ And) are listed in "the hand of Andromeda" but there is actually a fourth one: ψ Andromedae. These four seem to be depicted in the "Head of the She-Camel" in the earliest known manuscripts of al-Sufi (see image on the right).

	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==

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	[[File:Rasalnaqa profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]		[[File:Rasalnaqa profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.		The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:}}[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]		{{DISPLAYTITLE:}}
	[[File:Rasalnaqa profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]		[[File:Rasalnaqa profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.		The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.
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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	[[File:Rasalnaqa stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.png\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]		[[File:Rasalnaqa stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.png\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
			[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]
	In the image, it looks as if the lady in the constellation of Andromeda "feeds" the dromedary: her hand really occupies the same space. In the Almagest, three stars (ι, κ, λ And) are listed in "the hand of Andromeda" but there is actually a fourth one: ψ Andromedae. These four seem to be depicted in the "Head of the She-Camel" in the earliest known manuscripts of as-Sufi (see image on the right).		In the image, it looks as if the lady in the constellation of Andromeda "feeds" the dromedary: her hand really occupies the same space. In the Almagest, three stars (ι, κ, λ And) are listed in "the hand of Andromeda" but there is actually a fourth one: ψ Andromedae. These four seem to be depicted in the "Head of the She-Camel" in the earliest known manuscripts of as-Sufi (see image on the right).

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:}}[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]		{{DISPLAYTITLE:}}[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]
			[[File:Rasalnaqa profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.		The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
			[[File:Rasalnaqa stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.png\|thumb\|Rasalnaqa in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	In the image, it looks as if the lady in the constellation of Andromeda "feeds" the dromedary: her hand really occupies the same space. In the Almagest, three stars (ι, κ, λ And) are listed in "the hand of Andromeda" but there is actually a fourth one: ψ Andromedae. These four seem to be depicted in the "Head of the She-Camel" in the earliest known manuscripts of as-Sufi (see image on the right).		In the image, it looks as if the lady in the constellation of Andromeda "feeds" the dromedary: her hand really occupies the same space. In the Almagest, three stars (ι, κ, λ And) are listed in "the hand of Andromeda" but there is actually a fourth one: ψ Andromedae. These four seem to be depicted in the "Head of the She-Camel" in the earliest known manuscripts of as-Sufi (see image on the right).

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	[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]		{{DISPLAYTITLE:}}[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]
	The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.		The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.

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	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	The name was discussed and ~~approved~~ by the IAU WGSN in 2025.		The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2025.

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	[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]		[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]
	The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.		The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.

			It is the modern star name of ι And (HR 8965, HIP 116631).

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

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

	==Reference==		==Reference==

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	The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda.		[[File:And+horse+camel ArabianSky.png\|thumb\|The Indigenous Arabian constellations of The Horse and The Camel next to the adopted Syrian constellation of the Love Goddess with a Fish ([[Andromeda]]) in an al-Sufi manuscript dating AH 519/ 1125 CE, copied by 'Ali bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin 'Ali bin Muhammad. [https://biennale.org.sa/en/biennales/islamic-arts-biennale/islamic-arts-biennale-2025 Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 exhibition]: of al-Faras al-Kamil and al-Naqa. (Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. MS.2.1998), study by [https://www.academia.edu/11565988/The_Most_Authoritative_Copy_of_%CA%BFAbd_al_Rahman_al_Sufi_s_Tenth_century_Guide_to_the_Constellations_In_God_is_Beautiful_He_Loves_Beauty_The_Object_in_Islamic_Art_and_Culture_ed_by_Sheila_Blair_and_Jonathan_Bloom_New_Haven_Yale_UP_2013_pp_122_155 Emilie Savage-Smith (2013)].]]
			The Arabic term "Ras al Naqa" originially designated the asterism of three or four stars in the area that shaped the hand of classical Andromeda. [[Al-Naqa\|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
			In the image, it looks as if the lady in the constellation of Andromeda "feeds" the dromedary: her hand really occupies the same space. In the Almagest, three stars (ι, κ, λ And) are listed in "the hand of Andromeda" but there is actually a fourth one: ψ Andromedae. These four seem to be depicted in the "Head of the She-Camel" in the earliest known manuscripts of as-Sufi (see image on the right).
	~~==Mythology==~~

	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==

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	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:Arabic]]		[[Category:Arabic]]
			[[Category:And]]