Aldulfin

Delphinus · Del · ε Del · HR 7852 · HIP 101421 · magnitude 4.03

Arabic scholarship adopted the Greek loanword "dulfim" or "dulfin" (with article: ad-dulfin or simplified adulfin) for the marine mammal. The star ε Del at the dorsal fin of the Ptolemaic (smaller than ancient Greek) fi…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 7852

HIP

101421

Bayer ID

ε Del

Visual magnitude

4.03

Right ascension (J2000)

308.303°

Declination (J2000)

11.3033°

IAU adoption

2017/09/05

Name origin

Arabic scholarship adopted the Greek loanword "dulfim" or "dulfin" (with article: ad-dulfin or simplified adulfin) for the marine mammal. The star ε Del at the dorsal fin of the Ptolemaic (smaller than ancient Greek) figure was called Al Dhanab al Dulfim (the Dolphin's Tail) and as there are many stars named with the Arabic root for "tail", WGSN adopted only the last part of the name.

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