Talk:Alruba

moved

This article was at one designation, the Draco nav template used a different one, both of which were catalogue-dependent. I figured if we couldn't figure out which was the usual designation, neither could be common enough to worry about, so I moved it to the new IAU name. — kwami (talk) 07:28, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Alruba might have been picked by an IAU committee, but nobody has ever heard of it or used it as a name for this star. WP:COMMONNAME applies and Alruba isn't it. Historically, the name was used only on one fairly obscure celestial map, and then as Al Ruba, not Alruba. The star is barely visible to the naked eye, so not present on most ancient maps. There are two or three designations that would be widely recognised for the star, HD 161693 is probably the most common in scientific use over the last 50 years or so. Before that probably the BD designation. Lithopsian (talk) 11:58, 1 May 2019 (UTC)