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Cancer · Cnc · α Cnc · HR 3572 · HIP 44066 · magnitude 4.26

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…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 3572

HIP

44066

Bayer ID

α Cnc

Visual magnitude

4.26

Right ascension (J2000)

134.622°

Declination (J2000)

11.8577°

IAU adoption

2016/07/20

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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