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Iota Aurigae (ι Aur ι Aurigae) is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the traditional name Al Kab short for Kabdhilinan from the Arabic الكعب ذي العنان al-kacb ðīl-cinān the shoulder of the rein holder (charioteer). Under the name Alkab this star is a marker on the astrolabe described by Geoffrey Chaucer in his Treatise on the Astrolabe in 1391. In Antonín Bečvář’s atlas it has the traditional name Hassaleh.
