Ainalrami

Authors: Roland Laffitte, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula, IanRidpath

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Ainalrami - profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).

Ainalrami (عين الرامي) is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP 92761 (ν¹ Sgr, HR 7116) in constellation Sgr.

Etymology and History

Ainalrami - stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).

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Sagittarius with Arabic star names (CC BY Laffitte 2025).

Arabic عين الرامي ʽain al-rāmī (simplified Ainalrami) means The Eye of the Archer. It originates from Arabic Almagest translations.

Roland Laffitte (2025):

Apparu récemment, soit au début du XX^e siècle, et à présent retenu par l’UAI, ce nom est l’arabe ^cAyn al-Rāmī, « l’Œil du Sagittaire », donné de façon tardive dans le cadre du ciel gréco-arabe. Ar. ^cAyn al-Rāmī, Uluġ Bēg > lat. ‘Aïn AlRâmi’, Hyde, Ain er-Râmî, Bode via Lach, puis Allen. Fr. Aïn, Benhamouda. Var. Ain al Rami I et II p/ ν¹ et ν² Sgr, Rhoads, Hoffleit p/ ν Sgr, Simbad et UAI p/ γ¹ Sgr, seul ; Ain al Rami, not. Wiki/en.

English:

This name, which appeared recently—at the beginning of the 20th century—and is now recognized by the UAI, is the Arabic cAyn al-Rāmī, “the Eye of Sagittarius,” a designation applied belatedly within the Greco-Arabic celestial system. Ar. cAyn al-Rāmī, Uluġ Bēg > Lat. ‘Aïn AlRâmi’, Hyde, Ain er-Râmî, Bode via Lach, then Allen. Fr. Aïn, Benhamouda. Var. Ain al Rami I and II for ν1 and ν2 in Sagittarius, Rhoads, Hoffleit for ν in Sagittarius, Simbad and UAI for γ1 in Sagittarius, alone; Ain al Rami, notably on Wiki/en.

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.

Weblinks

• Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

Reference

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