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List of star names in Pisces

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Summary

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This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Pisces. (Used modern western astronomy and uranography only).

List

star	proper name	derivation
α Psc	Alrescha	Arabic
Okda	Arabic
Kaitain	Arabic
β Psc	Fum al Samakah	Arabic
η Psc	Alpherg	Arabic
ο Psc	Torcularis Septentrionalis	Latin

Etymologies

[[Alpha Piscium|α Psc]]

Alrescha (Al Rescha, Al Richa, Alrischa, Al Rischa, Alrisha, El Rischa): : ＜ (ar) *al-rishā’ *, "the cord" ＜ (ind.-ar) al-Rishā’, "the Rope (of the well-Bucket)", for β And. Later, wrongly transferred to this star.
Okda: : ＜ (ar) ‘uqdah, "knot" ＜ (scientific Arabic) ‘aqd al-khayṭayn, "the knot of the cord", for this star.
Kaitain: : ＜ (ar) khayṭayn, "cord" ＜ (scientific Arabic) ‘aqd al-khayṭayn, for this star.

[[Beta Piscium|β Psc]]

Fum al Samakah: : ＜ (scientific Arabic) fam al-Samakah, "the mouth of the Fish", for this star.

[[Eta Piscium|η Psc]]

Alpherg: : ＜ (ar) al-farg, "the beak-shaped spout (of the well-Bucket)", ＜ (indigenous Arabic) al-farg al-Muqaddam, "the Fore Spout", for β and α Peg as 24th Arabic lunar mansion, or al-farg al-Mu'akhkhar, "the Rear Spout", for α And and γ Peg as 25th Aerabic lunar mansion, later erroneously transferred to this star.
Kullat Nūnu: : The star had an obscure Babylonian name Kullat Nūnu−the latter being the Babylonian word for fish and the former "Kullat" referring to either a bucket or the cord that ties the fish together.

ο Psc

Torcularis Septentrionalis: : ＜ (la) torcularis septentrionalis, "northern press".

Notes

References

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References

See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.

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