Star in Andromeda

Adhil

ξ And HR 390 HIP 6411 magnitude 4.87

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 n…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 390

HIP

6411

Bayer ID

ξ And

Visual magnitude

4.87

Right ascension (J2000)

20.5851°

Declination (J2000)

45.5288°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

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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