Name and Etymology
- This star, together with :
- 60 Sgr, 62 Sgr and 59 Sgr, consisting the asterism Terebellum According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, Terebellum was originally the title for four stars: ω Sgr as Terebellum I, 59 Sgr as Terebellum II, 60 Sgr as Terebellum III and 62 Sgr as Terebellum IV .
- ν Sgr, ψ Sgr, τ Sgr, 60 Sgr and ζ Sgr were Al Udḥiyy, the Ostrich's Nest.
- In Chinese, 狗國 (Gǒu Guó), meaning Dog Territory, refers to an asterism consisting of ω Sagittarii, 60 Sgr, 62 Sgr and 59 Sgr. Consequently, ω Sagittarii itself is known as 狗國一 (Gǒu Guó yī, English: the First Star of Dog Territory.)
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