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To: Red Badger

For anyone else curious...

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6 posted on 10/23/2024 11:54:13 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla

Most of the well-known stars have Arabic names............


7 posted on 10/23/2024 11:56:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: mewzilla

Incidentally — speaking of constellations -— it’s very odd that the middle star of the five that comprise Cassiopeia, has no name.
In modern times they’ve tried to give it one; it doesn’t seem to have caught on. The Chinese call it Tsih, the whip, though their constellation is different (they don’t see it as the M or W we recognize).
You would think an bright star in a well-known constellation would surely have a name, Arabic, Babylonian, Latin, something. But gamma cas never got a name!
It’s always bothered me.


12 posted on 10/23/2024 12:22:01 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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