Talk:Beta Coronae Borealis

Nusakan

The article states that "it also has the traditional name Nusakan". Obviously, five questions immediately arise:

(1) What sort of tradition (e.g., the astronomers' tradition, the Japanese tradition, the Inuit tradition, etc.)?

(2) What language is the source of the term Nusakan?

(3) What is the term Nusakan intended to mean when it is used by those adhering to the tradition described in (1)?

(4) Are there any other competing/conflicting traditional names?

(5) Has there simply been a mistake in the English of the text; and, therefore, should the text have read something like "it also has the common, non-scientific name Nusakan"?

Hope that someone can clarify this . . . 129.94.6.28 23:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http: //www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/corona-borealis-constellation has this explanation for the name Nusakan:

Its traditional name, Nusakan, comes from the Arabic an-nasaqan which means “the (two) series." No source is provided. Bcuthbertson (talk) 15:49, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Paul Kunitzsch and Tim Smart: A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, Sky Publishing, 2006. The "series" are two more or less linear lineups of stars that demarcate "The Pasture" (a traditional Arabic constellation covering parts of Hercules and Ophiuchus). The name originally had nothing to do with this star. -- Elphion (talk) 07:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Locator chart

I really dislike the animated red beacon in the locator chart, but if it's going to be there it should at least be in the right place. -- Elphion (talk) 07:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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