An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The brightest star in the constellation → Aries. Hamal is a cool → giant of → spectral type K2 with a → luminosity about 55 times that of the Sun and lies about 65 light-years away.

Etymology (EN): Hamal, from Ar., shortened form of Ra’s al-Hamal (رأس‌الحمل), “the head of the sheep.”