Star in Aquarius

Albali

ε Aqr HR 7950 HIP 102618 magnitude 3.78

From the Arabic word bali(, "swallower", used in an Arabic discussion pertaining to the Arabic lunar mansion name sa(d bula( (given for ε, μ and ν Aqr; of unknown meaning). In recent times the Arabic article al- was add…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 7950

HIP

102618

Bayer ID

ε Aqr

Visual magnitude

3.78

Right ascension (J2000)

311.919°

Declination (J2000)

-9.49578°

IAU adoption

2016/09/12

Name origin

From the Arabic word bali(, "swallower", used in an Arabic discussion pertaining to the Arabic lunar mansion name sa(d bula( (given for ε, μ and ν Aqr; of unknown meaning). In recent times the Arabic article al- was added to bali( and the word was applied as a star name.

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