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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Language Identifier
Al Suhail Vel suhayl al-wazn the swearer

Allen, p. 74
Arabic * lam Vel
Alherem Vel

Al Haram

the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants; this name may have resulted from confusion with an early Mesopotamian constellation named The Harrow, which occupied the region of the sky given to Vela by the Greeks thousands of years later



Moore, Partick &Robin Rees (2011). Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy. Cambridge University Press. p. 500

Arabic * mu. Vel
Alsuhail Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight; the swearer (that the weight was correct)

http://www.icoproject.org/star.html
Arabic (Al-Sufi, 964 AD) * lam Vel
Markab Vel Markab obscure use of "markab" as a ship is something to ride

http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/thetacar.html
returning from afar Arabic * kap Vel
Markab Vel Markeb something to ride, such as a poop deck of a ship

http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/markeb.html

Arabic * kap Vel
Markeb Vel Markab obscure use of "markab" as a ship is something to ride

http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/thetacar.html
Arabic * kap Vel
Marut Vel

Marut

Harut and Marut (Harut wa-Marut) are the two angels mentioned in the second surah of the Quran, who were present during the reign of Sulaymân (Arabic: Solomon), and were located at Babil.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harut_and_Marut

Arabic HR 3803
Peregrini Vel

plural of peregrinus

a free man who is not a Roman citizen



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrinus_(Roman)

Latin * mu. Vel
Regor Vel

Regor

Roger (Chaffee), Apollo 1 astronaut, spelled backward



https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-AOTNavStarsDetents.html

American * gam02 Vel
Suhail Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight

Allen, p. 74
Arabic * lam Vel
Suhail Vel

Al Suhail al Mu?lif

the plain of the oath



Allen, p. 72

Arabic * gam02 Vel
Suhail al Muhlif Vel

Al Suhail al Muhlif

taker of the oath



Allen, p. 72

Arabic * gam02 Vel
Suhail Alwazn Vel Al Suhail al Wazn the plain of the weight

Allen, p. 74
Arabic * lam Vel
Xestus Vel Xestus the name of the god of sea currents and ocean currents who helped to guide the Argo on its journey

http://bethulah.blogspot.com/2008/09/argo-navis-13-vela.html
Greek * omi Vel