There are many stars named in Arabic.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — There are many stars named in Arabic. Islamic astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, has an important role in the process of knowledge of astronomy.
They translated important information, such as Ptolemy’s famous Almagest. This work includes an outline of Aristotle’s cosmology, the movement of the stars, moon, Jupiter and Saturn, eclipses, and more.
To be able to translate a work as complex as this, one must have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the material. Arab astronomers not only translated these works but they also added a lot of important information.
The list includes Altair (an-Nisr uṭ-Ṭā’ir), Rigil Centaurus (ul-Qanṭūris), Betelgeuse (Ibṭ ul-Jawzā ‘), Deneb (Dhanab ud-Dajājah), Alnitak (an-Niṭāq), Fomalhaut (Fum al-Hul), son of Algol (Ra’as al-Ghūl).
Many of these star names were eventually copied and used in Europe. Often people do not know the origin of these names comes from Arabic. Here are some star names that come from Arabic names, reported by About Islam Saturday (11/9).
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