Arneb

Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Roland Laffitte

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Arneb 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 25985 (α Lep, HR 1865) in constellation Lep.

Etymology and History

Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name al-arnab "the Hare", for Lepus.

Al-Ṣūfī (ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī, d. 986 CE), in his description of the constellation al-Arnab, records that Arab observers designated the seventh through tenth stars of Lepus—those on the body of the “hare”—as Kursiyy al-Jawzāʾ al-Muʾakhkhar and ʿArsh al-Jawzāʾ, on the grounds that they lie between Orion’s two feet in the position corresponding to a throne. He further notes that some works on al-Anwāʾ (seasonal star risings and settings) refer to these same stars as al-Nihāl.

see also Nihal (النِّهال) for β Lep.

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 (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.