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Aquarius Alfa Aquarii: Sadalmelik

#1: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jun 13, 2013

Is the last word the Hungarian name? And why the red dot?

Is the red dot the brightest star in the constellation?

Sadalmelik is an Arabic name. The red dot signs (by me) the Alfa star of constellation. It's usually the brightest, but there are some exception, in which the Beta is brighter.
Name languages: Most of them (originally) Arabic or Chinese (mostly on southern sky). English or German or French star names: only a few (mostly newer than the brihtest ones). In Hungarian or Slavic languages: very rare, appr. a dozen. (usually translations from Arabic). I won't use them in these puzzles.
BUT! Constellation names derivated from the Greek-Persian mythology and prenounced in Latin.
It's so simple, isn't it? :)

I'm not used to seeing Alpha spelled with an F.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_spelling_alphabet
It's interesting to see/hear the differences between the NATO phonetic alphabet and the regular US military version.

And there is an traditional European (German based) spelling, which uses letter F to sign the Greek letter Fi. I use it in this way.
What you use in your military is a Latin(-based) spelling, but it's a Greek letter. :))

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