Star in Cygnus

Aljanah

ε Cyg HR 7949 HIP 102488 magnitude 2.48

The star used to be commonly named Gienah (cf. Kunitzsch and Smart 2006, Allen 1899) which derives from Arabic al-Janāḥ, The Wing, based on Almagest translations. WGSN adopted the original Arabic word instead of the cor…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 7949

HIP

102488

Bayer ID

ε Cyg

Visual magnitude

2.48

Right ascension (J2000)

311.553°

Declination (J2000)

33.9703°

IAU adoption

2016/06/30

Name origin

The star used to be commonly named Gienah (cf. Kunitzsch and Smart 2006, Allen 1899) which derives from Arabic al-Janāḥ, The Wing, based on Almagest translations. WGSN adopted the original Arabic word instead of the corrupted one.

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