- And just over the line into third magnitude (2.68), Ruchbah is appropriately the fourth brightest star in the constellation, following right behind Gamma.
- Ruchba (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
Oddly, while the Omicrons have no proper names, dimmer Omega-1 (the brighter and western of its pair) is known as Ruchba (from an Arabic phrase meaning “the Hen’s Knee), which is not be confused with the OTHER Ruchbah, Delta Cassiopiae, the two being distinguished only by their English spellings.
This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.
Phil Conners in Groundhog Day