Editing Thuban (section)

==Nomenclature==
''α Draconis'' ([[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] to ''Alpha Draconis'') is the star's [[Bayer designation]].

The traditional name ''Thuban'' is derived from the [[Arabic]] word {{lang|ar|ثعبان}} ''{{Transliteration|ar|DIN|thuʿbān}}'' ('large snake' (e.g. a python or a legendary draconian serpent)). It is sometimes known as the ''Dragon's Tail'' and as ''Adib'' {{IPAc-en|@|'|d|iː|b}}.<ref name=Kunitzsch/> In 2016, the [[International Astronomical Union]] organized a [[Working Group on Star Names]] (WGSN)<ref name="WGSN">{{cite web | url=https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/280/ | title=IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016<ref name="WGSN1">{{cite web | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/WGSN_bulletin1.pdf | title=Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1 |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included ''Thuban'' for this star. It is now so entered in the IAU 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 |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

In [[Chinese astronomy|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|紫微右垣}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Zǐ Wēi Yòu Yuán}}), meaning ''[[Purple Forbidden enclosure|Right Wall of Purple Forbidden Enclosure]]'', refers to an [[Asterism (astronomy)|asterism]] consisting of Alpha Draconis, [[Kappa Draconis]], [[Lambda Draconis]], [[24 Ursae Majoris]], [[43 Camelopardalis]], [[Alpha Camelopardalis]] and [[BK Camelopardalis]].<ref>{{in lang|zh}} ''中國星座神話'', written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, {{ISBN|978-986-7332-25-7}}.</ref> Consequently, the [[Chinese star name|Chinese name]] for Alpha Draconis itself is {{lang|zh|紫微右垣一}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Zǐ Wēi Yòu Yuán yī}}, {{langx|en|the First Star of Right Wall of Purple Forbidden Enclosure}}),<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_t_z.htm 香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819122914/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_t_z.htm |date=2010-08-19 }}, Hong Kong Space Museum. Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref> representing {{lang|zh|右樞}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Yòushū}}), meaning ''Right Pivot''.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/e_research_chinengstarzone_b.htm#PrupleForbiddenEnclosure English-Chinese Glossary of Chinese Star Regions, Asterisms and Star Name] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810114313/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/e_research_chinengstarzone_b.htm |date=2010-08-10 }}, Hong Kong Space Museum. Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref>