Talk:List of stars in Draco

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[edit] 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-θucbān 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-θucbān + australis "Southern One of the Basilisk's Belly"}

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

  ^{< بطن الثعبان baţn aθ-θucbān + borealis "Northern One of the Basilisk's Belly"}

• ^{(31/ψ Dra) 4.58 Dziban [Dsiban]}

  ^{< ذيبان\ذئبان ðībān: Two wolves}