From Latin omicron, from Koine Greek ὂ μῑκρόν, named in contrast with omega. The uncommon form omicra is similarly borrowed from Latin and Greek. The use for designating stars in a constellationtypically in order of apparent brightnessbegan with Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria.
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