List of star names in Lepus

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

List

star	proper name	etymon
α Lep	Arneb	Arabic
	Arsh	Arabic
β Lep	Nihal	Arabic

Etymologies

α Lep

• Arneb, Elarneb:

＜ (ar) arnab, "hare" ＜ (scientific Arabic) ^[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.

• Arsh:

＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (indigenous Arabic) ^[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā' , "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

β Lep

• Nihal:

＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (indigenous Arabic) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels ) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

See also

• List of stars in Lepus
• List of star names

Notes

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

References

• Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN   0-486-21079-0.
• 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, MA: Sky Pub. ISBN   978-1-931559-44-7.