Acubens

Cancer · α Cnc · HR 3572

HIP44066
Visual magnitude4.26
Right ascension (J2000)134.622°
Declination (J2000)11.8577°
WDS J08585+1151
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-zubana, "the claw", used in Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in describing the stars α and ι Cnc. Otherwise, the same Arabic word was used for the "claws" of Scorpius.

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