From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved
"Volume III - The Fifth Month - Star Names for Crater"
In the Fifth Month of Leo
Star Names of Crater
It is noteworthy that this cup is fixed right on the back of the Serpent (Hydra). The a star and the b star of this constellation make up the base of the cup are also part of the Serpent constellation Hydra.
a Alkes or Alkes', which is Arabic for "wine cup," or "cup."
- Arabic Al-Ka's, "The cup."
- Hebrew kowç, koce, or kos, from an unused root meaning to hold together, a cup (as a container), often fig. a lot (as if a potion), also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye), cup, (small) owl.
- Rolleston claims "Hebrew and Arabic, Al Ches, the cup."
- In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 168 "Al Ches (a) the Cup."
- Other names for Alkes: Alhas', Alker', Alhes', Al Kas.
b Crateris (no name).
g Crateris (no name).
d Crateris (no name).
- Some claim this is the constellation's brightest star.
l Crateris (no name).
The above stars are in the cup base, and the following stars form the cup bowl.
h Crateris (no name).
x Crateris (no name).
q Crateris (no name).
e Crateris (no name).
Crater has 9 stars.
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