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Altair was a real star before either of these
The brightest naked-eye stars were all named by Arabic astrologers in early times, and some of these names were adopted by western astrologers during the middle ages and have survived to the present day. For example: Achernar, Aldebaran, Altair, Betelgeuse, Deneb, Mizar, Rigel, Vega ...
Posted by ralphclark
13th Mar 2007