Editing Deneb (section)

==Nomenclature==

[[File:CygnusCC.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Deneb is the brighest star in the constellation of Cygnus (top)]]
''α Cygni'' (Latinised to ''Alpha Cygni'') is the star's [[Bayer designation|designation]] given by [[Johann Bayer]] in 1603. The traditional name ''Deneb'' is derived from the [[Arabic]] word for "tail", from the phrase ذنب الدجاجة ''Dhanab al-Dajājah'', or "tail of the hen".<ref name=allen/> The [[IAU Working Group on Star Names]] has recognised the name ''Deneb'' for this star, and it is entered in their Catalog of Star Names.<ref name="IAU-CSN">{{cite web |url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt |title=IAU Catalog of Star Names |website=University of Rochester |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

''Denebadigege'' was used in the ''[[Alfonsine Tables]]'',<ref name=Kunitzsch86>
{{cite journal
 |last=Kunitzsch |first=Paul
 |date=1986
 |title=The Star Catalogue Commonly Appended to the Alfonsine Tables
 |journal=[[Journal for the History of Astronomy]]
 |volume=17 |issue=49 |pages=89–98
 |bibcode=1986JHA....17...89K
|doi=10.1177/002182868601700202
 |s2cid=118597258
 }}</ref> other variants include ''Deneb Adige'', ''Denebedigege'' and ''Arided''. This latter name was derived from ''Al Ridhādh'', a name for the constellation. [[Johann Bayer]] called it ''Arrioph'', derived from ''Aridf'' and ''Al Ridf'', 'the hindmost'  or ''Gallina''. German poet and author [[Philipp von Zesen|Philippus Caesius]] termed it ''Os rosae'', or ''Rosemund'' in German, or ''Uropygium'' – the parson's nose.<ref name=allen>
{{cite book
 |last=Allen
 |first=Richard Hinckley
 |date=1963
 |title=Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning
 |page=[https://archive.org/details/starnamestheirlo00alle/page/195 195]
 |edition=Reprint
 |publisher=[[Dover Publications]]
 |isbn=978-0-486-21079-7
 |url-access=registration
 |url=https://archive.org/details/starnamestheirlo00alle/page/195
 }}</ref> The names ''Arided'' and ''Aridif'' have fallen out of use.

An older traditional name is '''Arided''' {{IPAc-en|'|ær|ɪ|d|E|d}}, from the Arabic ''ar-ridf'' 'the one sitting behind the rider' (or just 'the follower'), perhaps referring to the other major stars of Cygnus, which were called ''al-fawāris'' 'the riders'.<ref name=Kunitzsch>{{cite book
  |last1=Kunitzsch |first1=Paul
  |last2=Smart |first2=Tim
  |date = 2006  |edition = 2nd rev.
  |title = A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations
  |publisher = Sky Pub |location = Cambridge, Massachusetts
  |isbn = 978-1-931559-44-7
}}</ref>