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Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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{{Infobox constellation
| name = Suhail
| native =  سهيل الوزن
| translation = far-southern stars
| pronounce =
| IPA =
| culture = IAU
| RA = 136.9989911
| dec = -43.43259091
| areatotal = 0
| numbermainstars = 1
| numberbfstars = 1
| numberstarsplanets =
| numberbrightstars = 0
| numbernearbystars =
| brighteststarname = Suhail
| starmagnitude = 2.21
| neareststarname =
| stardistance =
| numbermessierobjects =
| meteorshowers =
| bordering = Vel
| notes =
| cat = IAU-Star Name
}}
Suhail 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 44816 (λ Vel, HR 3634) in constellation Vel.
Suhail 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 44816 (λ Vel, HR 3634) in constellation Vel.


==Etymology and History==
==Etymology and History==
Kunitzsch and Smart (2006): <blockquote>Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of Suhail. Lambda Vel was among these brighter stars. Some of the composite names may have been authentic ind-A names for far-southern stars, with their true identities unknown to the more northern sci-Arabs, while others of them were surely the creations of ind-A poets.</blockquote>Laffitte (2025):Suhail is an Arabic star name which has been used in different positions:
Kunitzsch and Smart (2006): <blockquote>Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of Suhail. Lambda Vel was among these brighter stars. Some of the composite names may have been authentic ind-A names for far-southern stars, with their true identities unknown to the more northern sci-Arabs, while others of them were surely the creations of ind-A poets.</blockquote>Laffitte (2025): Suhail is an Arabic star name which has been used in different positions:


* Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف) for ''γ Vel''  
* Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف) for ''γ Vel''  
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==== Suhail Muhlifain ====
==== Suhail Muhlifain ====
a misplacement of the term to another star (''γ Vel'').<ref name=":0" />  
A misplacement of the term to another star (γ Vel).<ref name=":0" />  


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'''Spelling Variants:'''  
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Latest revision as of 02:30, 17 August 2026

Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

Suhail
Asterism Info
Native
سهيل الوزن
Translation
far-southern stars
Position (2000)
Right ascension136.9989911
Declination-43.43259091
Area0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars1
Bayer/Flamsteed
stars		1
Stars brighter than 3.00m0
Brightest starSuhail (2.21m)
Taxonomy
category
of asterism		IAU-Star Name
IAU-
constellations		Vel

Suhail 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 44816 (λ Vel, HR 3634) in constellation Vel.

Etymology and History

Kunitzsch and Smart (2006):

Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of Suhail. Lambda Vel was among these brighter stars. Some of the composite names may have been authentic ind-A names for far-southern stars, with their true identities unknown to the more northern sci-Arabs, while others of them were surely the creations of ind-A poets.

Laffitte (2025): Suhail is an Arabic star name which has been used in different positions:

  • Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف) for γ Vel
  • Suhail al-Wazn (سهيل الوزن) for λ Vel

The simplified form adopted by the IAU may create further confusion with the traditional Arabian name of the star α Car (Canopus), which is the only one among the Arabs to deserve the name Suhail/ Suhayl. In this context, Suhail is the name of the sweetheart of Al-Jauzā', the female giant represented in the stars of Orion/Gemini (see also star name "Betelgeuse").

Suhail al-Wazn

Introduced at the beginning of the 20th century in various forms, this name comes from Suhayl al-Wazn, “Suhayl of Wazn” found in al-Ṣūfī.[1]

Spelling Variants:[1]

  • Suhayl al-Wazn[2]
  • Al Suhail al-Wazn[3][4]
  • Al Suhail al Wazn for λ Arg=λ Vel[5][6]
  • Alsuhail[7]
  • Suhail[8][9]
  • Soheil AlWezn[10]
  • Sihil ponderosus (lat.) for "heavy Suhayl"[11] ... a misreading of the word al-wazn, which here does not mean “weight” but “counterpart”
  • Al Suhail (wikipedia)

Suhail Muhlifain

A misplacement of the term to another star (γ Vel).[1]

Spelling Variants:

  • Muhlifain[12] محلفين
  • al-Muḥlifayn (accus.) المحلفين
  • Soheil AlMúhliph[10]
  • Suhail Al Muhlif (سهيل المخلف)
  • Suhail [al Muhlif][13]
  • Suhaïl al-Muhlif[4] [sic!][6][14]
  • Al Suhail al-Muḥlif[3]
  • Alsuhail al Mulhif [sic !][15]
  • Al Suhail al Muhlif[12]

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/08/21. The WGSN chose to apply the name for the star λ Vel in the IAU-CSN although it has historically been used for several stars.

Reference

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Laffitte (2025), Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots
  2. ↑ al-Ṣūfī
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899). Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc., New York
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Schjellerup
  5. ↑ BdL (19SEE 10)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hoffleit
  7. ↑ BdL (1908)
  8. ↑ Rhoads, Jack W. (1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. NASA JPL CIT, Technical Memorandum 33-507, Pasadena, 15 November 1971
  9. ↑ Simbad (lam Vel), Wenger et al. (2000) "The SIMBAD astronomical database", A&AS, 143, 9
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hyde
  11. ↑ Tabl. alphons.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Rumrill
  13. ↑ Abriged Nautical Almanach, 1953. Auj.
  14. ↑ Bakich
  15. ↑ BdL (1910)
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