Talk:Beta Ursae Minoris

Arabic origin and name
The article very cautiously mentions a possibility for an arabic origin while many Russian and few French sources go even further. According to them the full Arabic name of the star is "Кохаб-эль-Шемали" / "Kaucab al Shemali" which translates to "The star of the Nord". It makes sense (much more than Kochab=star in de.wiki for example) but I cannot find any source in English. Obviously my knowledge in Arabic is zero, and my knowledge in Arabic (historical) names of the stars is even lower. -- Goldie (tell me) 04:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

As far as I know Arabic, the word for 'star' in this language is something like 'najm' or 'najmun'. (87.207.80.120 (talk) 23:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC))

According to Richard Hinckley Allen's book Star Names: Thier Lore and Meaning (page 458), Kochab is derived from the Arabic phrase Al Kaukab al Shamaliyy, meaning "Star of the North".Lily20 (talk) 21:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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Apparent declination
I corrected an outdated statement of the apparent distance of Polaris from the north celestial pole as an pole alignment marker from Kochab. It is currently about 38 arcminutes, a few minutes different from the J2000 epoch due to precession. The apparent declination also varies several minutes of arc due to atmospheric refraction during the time of day. The apparent position is not visually precise to arcminutes without a complex sidereal calculation, so the stated precision is misleading. Richard J Kinch (talk) 04:46, 6 August 2022 (UTC)