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I think I don’t

I’ve been browsing around the web for a compilation of how to pronounce Star Names and apparently there doesn’t exist any on the web, apart from how to pronounce the names of constellations right.

I’ve decided to make one, because I have no life it would help astronomy lovers out there, and save them from making a fool out of themselves by pronouncing the names wrong (joking orz)

Holy flying pasta this will take forever, I’ll go by main stars of each and every IAU constellation, then go back and possibly do some other variable stars.

Do take notice that pronunciation varies from different organizations but I’ll go with what the IAU says. because IAU give legit, political astronomy shtick lol Also, no stress markings because I do believe ancient greek/latin does not have stress markings, however if there are feel free to correct me in the comments. I think arabic does have stress markings but I’m not that sure where to put them, again, correct me in the comments.

1. Andromeda [a(h)n-droh-meh-da] , the Chained Woman
- Alpha [α] Andromedae; Alpheratz [A(h)l-fer-raht-tsz] ; Sirah [See-rah]
- Beta [β] Andromedae ; Mirach [M-eye-ra(h)-ch]
- Gamma [γ1] Andromedae ; Almach [A(h)l-ma(h)-ch] ; Almaak [A(h)l-mak]
- Delta [δ] Andromedae -NO NAME-
- 51 Andromedae ; Nembus [Nehm-b-us]
~ Omicron [ο] through Zeta [ζ] Andromedae do NOT have trad. given names ~
- Upsilon [υ] Andromedae ; Adhab [A(h)d-a(h)b] (though I cannot find any sources for the origin of this name, it has only been listed on Wikipedia)
~ Kappa [κ] and Phi [φ] Andromedae do not have trad. given names ~
- Iota [ι] Andromedae ; Keff al-Sasalat [Kehf-a(h)l-Sa(h)-sa(h)-la(h)t] ; Manus Catenata [Ma(h)-nu(h)s-Ca(h)-te(h)-na(h)-ta(h)]
~ There are quite a lot of stars between without names, otl ~
- Xi Andromedae ; Adhil [A(h)d-hill]
~ And the rest do not have names ~

2. Antlia [a(h)n-t-lee-a(h)] , the Air Pump
~ The stars in Antlia do not have names, since the constellation was only discovered in the 18th century by Lacaille ~

3. Apus [aey-pass] , the Bird-of-Paradise
~ NO NAMES either, I’m quite surprised they don’t ~

4. Aquarius [a(h)-kw-air-eey-a(h)s] , the Water Bearer
Long list e_e
- Alpha [α] Aquarii ; Sadalmelik [Sa(h)-da(h)l-me(h)-leek] ; Rucbah [Rook-bah] (there are also a lot of other names but I decided to omit them)
- Beta [β] Aquarii ; Sadalsud [Sa(h)-da(h)-sood]
- Gamma [γ] Aquarii ; Sadachbia [Sa(h)-da(h)-ch-bee-a(h)]
- Delta [δ] Aquarii ; Skat [Sca(h)t] ; Seat [do we need one? XD] ; Sheat [tempted to insert something innapro here, Sh-eet]
- Epsilon [ε] Aquarii ; Albali [A(h)l-ba(h)-lee]
- Zeta [ζ] Aquarii ; Sadaltager [Sa(h)-da(h)l-ta(h)-dzer/grr , not sure about the ending]
- Theta [θ] Aquarii ; Ancha [A(h)n-tcha(h)]
- Iota [ι] Aquarii – Does not have a name-
- Kappa [κ] Aquarii ; Situla [See-too-la(h)]
- Lambda [λ] Aquarii ; Hydor [Hai-door] ; (there’s another greek name for it but I honestly don’t know how to pronounce it)
~ Mu [μ] Aquarii and Nu [ν] Aquarii are both named Albulaan [A(h)l-boo-laan]
- Xi [ξ] Aquarii ; Bunda [boon-da(h)]
- Omicron [ο] Aquarii ; Kae Uh [Kay-ooh]
- Pi [π] Aquarii ; Seat. You go star~ XDD

5. Aquila [A(h)-kwe(h)-la(h)] , the Eagle
Another long list e_e
- Alpha [α] Aquilae ; Altair [A(h)l-tear] *tanabata ouo/ now google ‘the legend of Altair and Vega’*
- Beta [β] Aquilae

zxcvbnm I’m so tired because of ball hockey let’s just call it quits right here, I’ll edit the list later *lazy tears* //shot

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