Ain

Taurus · ε Tau · HR 1409

HIP20889
IAU adoption2015/12/15

Name origin

From an abbreviation of the sci-A name ain al-thaur "the Bull's Eye," for a Tau. Applied to ε Tau in recent times (Ptolemy had α Tau the southern eye, and ε Tau on the northern eye).

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