Alya

Serpens · θ1 Ser · HR 7141

HIP92946
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

From the Arabic word alya, naming the fatty tail of a breed of Eastern sheep. In Renaissance times this word was erroneously proposed as the origin of Alioth, a Medieval Latin name for ε UMa. The erroneous "Alya" was applied as a star name to θ Ser in recent times.

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