Adhil

Andromeda · ξ And · HR 390

HIP6411
Visual magnitude4.87
Right ascension (J2000)20.5851°
Declination (J2000)45.5288°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

From the Arabic word al-dhail, "the train of a robe or dress", used in the Arabic Almagest in describing A and χ And, and transliterated in the Medieval Latin Almagest as adhil. This word was wrongly applied as a star name to ξ And in recent times.

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