Talk:List of stars in Draco

Etymologies

Etymologies listed here don't fit into the table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL ^talk 14:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

• (11/α Dra) 3.67 Thuban or Adib or Dragon’s Tail

  < الثعبان aθ-θu^cbān The basilisk

  < الذئبة að-ði'bah The female wolf

• (23/β Dra) 2.79 Rastaban [Rastaben] or Alwaid or Asuia

  < راس الثعبان ar-rās[u] aθ-θu^cbān The head of the basilisk

• (33/γ Dra) 2.24 Eltanin [Etamin, Etanin, Ettanin] or Zenith Star (or Rastaban [Rastaben], see β Dra)

  < راس التنين ar-rās at-tinnīn The head of the dragon (also called Caput Draconis)

• (57/δ Dra) 3.07 Altais or Nodus Secundus [Nodus II] or Aldib

  < التيس at-tais The billy goat

  < nōdus secundus The second knot

  < الذيب\الذئب að-ðīb: The wolf

• (63/ε Dra) 3.84 Tyl or Kin Yu

  < 金魚 (Mandarin jīnyǘ)

• (22/ζ Dra) 3.17 Aldhibah [Eldsib] or Kaou Pih or Nod (or Nodus I, see ξ Dra)

  < الذبة al-dhibah The Wolf [one of the two wolves, together with η Dra]

• (14/η Dra) 2.73 Aldhibain or Booboo

  < الذبين al-dhibayn The Two Wolves [with ζ Dra]

• (12/ι Dra) 3.29 Edasich [Eldsich, Ed Asich, Al Dhiba, Al Dhihi] – has a planet

  Edasich < ? að-ðix The hyena

• (5/κ Dra) 3.85 Ketu

  < The Dragon's Tail (referring to the moon's southern node in the Vedic-Hindu lunar cycle)

• (1/λ Dra) 3.82 Giausar [Giauzar, Gianfar, Giansar, Gaiusar] or Juza

• (21/μ Dra) 4.91 Arrakis [Errakis, Al Rakis]

  < الراقص ar-rāqiş The dancer (twinkling?)

• (24/ν¹ Dra) (or Kuma, see ν² Dra) 4.89
• (25/ν² Dra) 4.86 Kuma
• (32/ξ Dra) 3.75 Grumium [Genam] or Nodus Primus [Nodus I]

• (61/σ Dra) 4.68 Alsafi [Athafi] – nearby

  (?) < الصافي The clear (?) al-aθafi The cooking tripods?

• (43/Φ Dra) 4.22 Batentaban Australis [Batn al Thuban]

  < بطن الثعبان baţn aθ-θu^cbān + australis "Southern One of the Basilisk's Belly"

• (44/χ Dra) 3.55 Batentaban Borealis [Batn al Thuban]

  < بطن الثعبان baţn aθ-θu^cbān + borealis "Northern One of the Basilisk's Belly"

• (31/ψ Dra) 4.58 Dziban [Dsiban]

  < ذيبان\ذئبان ðībān: Two wolves

Notability of stars

There are a whole lot of stars in the table without a name. Can they be notable without any name or catalog designation? Graeme Bartlett (talk)