lucida

[prettygoodword]

lucida (LOO-si-dah) - n., the brightest star in a constellation.


Or asterism, astronomers aren't picky here. Plural is lucidae. This was shortened in the 1700s from the Latin phrase stella lūcida, bright star, from the adjective lūcidus, clear/bright/shining (also the origin of lucid).

---L.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

So, we'd say, "Orion's lucida is either Rigel or Betelgeuse," like that?

I love this concept. Lucida.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Yup!