7 . 7 ▁or ▁ 7 7 . 7 ▁days ▁have ▁been ▁reported ▁but , ▁these ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁confirmed . ▁ ▁N omen cl ature ▁ ▁α ▁Per se i ▁is ▁the ▁star ' s ▁Bayer ▁design ation . ▁ ▁The ▁star ▁also ▁bore ▁the ▁traditional ▁names ▁Mir f ak ▁and ▁Al gen ib , ▁which ▁are ▁Arab ic ▁in ▁origin . ▁The ▁former , ▁meaning ▁' El bow ' ▁and ▁also ▁written ▁Mir ph ak , ▁Mar f ak ▁ ▁or ▁Mir z ac , ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁Mir fa q ▁al - Th ur ay ya , ▁while ▁Al gen ib , ▁also ▁sp elt ▁Al gen eb , ▁El gen ab , ▁G ę n ib , ▁Chen ib ▁or ▁Al ch emb , ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁ال ج ن ب ▁al - jan b , ▁or ▁ال ج ا ن ب ▁al - j ā n ib , ▁' the ▁fl ank ' ▁or ▁' side '. ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁traditional ▁name ▁for ▁G amma ▁Peg asi . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁International ▁Astronom ical ▁Union ▁organized ▁a ▁Working ▁Group ▁on ▁Star ▁Names ▁( W GS N ) ▁to ▁catalog ▁and ▁standard ize ▁proper ▁names ▁for ▁stars . ▁The ▁W GS N ' s ▁first ▁bullet in ▁of ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁included ▁a ▁table ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁batch es ▁of ▁names ▁approved ▁by ▁the ▁W GS N ; ▁which ▁included ▁Mir f ak ▁for ▁this ▁star ▁(