Homam

English

Etymology

From Arabic همام‎.

Proper noun

Homam

  1. (astronomy) A slowly pulsating third-magnitude blue-white main sequence star in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
    • 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 327:
      [Homam seems to have been first given to this in the Palermo Catalogue, from Sa'd al Humām, the Lucky Star of the Hero, in which Ulug Beg included ξ; other lists have Homan. But Hyde said that the original was Al Hammām, the Whisperer.]

Synonyms
  • ζ (zeta) Pegasi (primary designation), ζ Peg (abbreviated form), Zeta Pegasi (Latinized form)

Holonyms

References
  • “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 1 June 2018, List of IAU-approved Star Names.
  • “zet Peg”, in The International Variable Star Index, American Association of Variable Star Observers, last revision 14 April 2011, UID 000-BCQ-632.

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