The traditional star name Albulaan refers to two stars in the
Aquarius constellation:
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μ Aquarii
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ν Aquarii
Nu Aquarii is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. The name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ν Aquarii, and abbreviated Nu Aqr or ν Aqr. With an apparent visual magnitude of 4.52, Nu Aquarii is faintly vis ...
The name derives from the
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
term, ''al-bulaʽān'' (ألبولعان) meaning "the two swallowers".
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