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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. [[Al-Naqa|al-Nāqa]] (الناقة) is the She-Camel that covered the area of Cassiopeia but its head is in the region of Andromeda. | Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} | ||
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[[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. | |||
It is the modern star name of ι And (HR 8965, HIP 116631). | |||
==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 | [[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 al-Sufi (see image on the right). | |||
==IAU Working Group on Star Names== | ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== | ||
The name was discussed and | The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2025. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:14, 22 February 2026
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann
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-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
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
The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2025.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
