A bright star in the constellation Perseus, named from Arabic meaning 'the side of the side.'
From Arabic 'al-janb' meaning 'the side' or 'flank,' referring to its position in the constellation map. The term was preserved through medieval Islamic astronomy texts that catalogued and named stars visible from the Middle East.
This star has been watched by humans for thousands of years, and its Arabic name reflects how different cultures saw different patterns in the same stars—what we call Perseus, Arabs called different mythological figures, but they all pointed at Algenib.
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