List of star names in Pisces

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

List

star	proper name	derivation
α Psc	Alrescha	Arabic
	Okda	Arabic
	Kaitain	Arabic
β Psc	Fum al Samakah	Arabic
η Psc	Alpherg	Arabic
ο Psc	Torcularis Septentrionalis	Latin

Etymologies

α Psc

• Alrescha (Al Rescha, Al Richa, Alrischa, Al Rischa, Alrisha, El Rischa):

＜ (ar) al-rishā’ , "the cord" ＜ (ind.-ar)[1] al-Rishā’, "the Rope (of the well-Bucket)", for β And. Later, wrongly transferred to this star.

• Okda:

＜ (ar) ‘uqdah, "knot" ＜ (sci.-ar)[2] ‘aqd al-khayṭayn, "the knot of the cord", for this star.

• Kaitain:

＜ (ar) khayṭayn, "cord" ＜ (sci.-ar) ‘aqd al-khayṭayn, for this star.

β Psc

• Fum al Samakah:

＜ (sci.-ar) fam al-Samakah, "the mouth of the Fish", for this star.

η Psc

• Alpherg:

＜ (ar) al-farg, "the beak-shaped spout (of the well-Bucket)", ＜ (ind.-ar) al-farg al-Muqaddam, "the Fore Spout", for β and α Peg as 24th Arabic lunar mansion, or al-farg al-Mu'akhkhar, "the Rear Spout", for α And and γ Peg as 25th Aerabic lunar mansion, later erroneously transferred to this star.

• Kullat Nūnu:

The star had an obscure Babylonian name Kullat Nūnu−the latter being the Babylonian word for fish and the former "Kullat" referring to either a bucket or the cord that ties the fish together.

ο Psc

• Torcularis Septentrionalis:

＜ (la) torcularis septentrionalis, "northern press".

See also

• List of stars in Pisces
• List of star names

Notes

1. ind.-ar ＝ indigenous Arabic. See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
2. sci.-ar ＝ scientific Arabic. 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 Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.