Estrela em Canis Major

Wezen

δ CMa HR 2693 HIP 34444 magnitude 1,83

From the Arabic name al-wazn, for one of a pair of stars, the other one being hadari. Arabic authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, and the …

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Astronomia

Informação oficial da IAU

Designação

HR 2693

HIP

34444

ID de Bayer

δ CMa

Magnitude visual

1,83

Ascensão reta (J2000)

107,098°

Declinação (J2000)

-26,3932°

Adoção pela IAU

2016/07/20

Origem do nome

From the Arabic name al-wazn, for one of a pair of stars, the other one being hadari. Arabic authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, and the significance of their names, is unknown. As a common noun in Arabic, al-wazn means "the weight". "Wezen" was arbitrarily applied to δ CMa in recent times.

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