Islamic Astronomy's Legacy In The Arabic Origin Of Modern Star Names

On Friday 11th of May, 2018, I gave the second part of my presentation on Islamic Astronomy's Legacy in Arabic Origin Of Modern Star Names. This was for the KW RASC.

Topics include

• Arab pre-Islamic Folk Astronomy, including Asterisms, 'Anwaa', and 'Moon Stations'
• Greek Tradition, via Ptolmey's Almagest
• Some native Arab myths that persist in the stars (Sirius, Orion, Procyon, and Gomeisa)
• The fusion of both traditions is the basis of our current star names
• Problems with translation, transliteration, and mangling of names

Here is the presentation slides, and audio recording:

• The presentation slides, in PDF format (3.7 MB)
• The audio recording in MP3 zipped format (~ 45MB) of the talk.

Hope you find it informative ...

The first part can be found at: Medieval Islamic Astronomy and its Influence on Renaissance Europe.