Astronomy:List of star names in Lepus

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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" ＜ (sci.-ar) al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.

• Arsh:

＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (ind.-ar) ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

β Lep

• Nihal:

＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (ind.-ar) 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

References

• Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York City , 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, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.