Graffias
Graffias ("claws") is a traditional name for several stars in the constellations between Scorpius and Libra.
It can refer to:
- β Sco; later transferred from ξ Sco.
- ξ Sco (also 51 Lib); applied to Bayer's star list in his Uranometria.
- Burritt's ξ of Libra; applied to Burritt's star map.
- ζ Sco; applied to Becvar's star list, as Grafias.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. pp. 278, 369, 371. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
- Bečvář, A. (1951). Atlas Coeli II - Catalogue 1950.0. Prague: Czechoslovak Astronomical Society.
- Burritt, E. H. (1835). Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens (New ed.). New York, NY: F. J. Huntington.
- Kunitzsch, P., and, Smart, T. (2006). A Dictionary of Modern Star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd Revised ed.). Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing. pp. 52–53. ISBN 1-931559-44-9.
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