Dale Gombert wrote:
There must be dozens of books on the topic, but another outstanding
reference is "Star Names: Their Meaning and Lore" by Richard Hinckley
Allen.

It's a fun little read (or a fun big read, I suppose), but there are
apparently all sorts of errors in it, at least in the origins of the
star names.

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Brian Tung
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