Name and Etymology
- The name Ain al Rami is from the Arabic عين الرامي cain ar-rāmī meaning eye of the archer.
- Both of ν stars, together with τ Sgr, ψ Sgr, ω Sgr, 60 Sgr and ζ Sgr were Al Udḥiyy, the Ostrich's Nest.
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