Almach

Andromeda · And · γ And · HR 603 · HIP 9640 · magnitude 2.1

The formation of this name begins with the Arabic name for this star: ʿanaq al-ard, "the Caracal" (a black-eared feline predator found in the Middle East). The Arabs also gave the name in short form as al-ʿanaq, which b…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 603

HIP

9640

Bayer ID

γ And

Visual magnitude

2.1

Right ascension (J2000)

30.9748°

Declination (J2000)

42.3297°

IAU adoption

2016/07/20

Name origin

The formation of this name begins with the Arabic name for this star: ʿanaq al-ard, "the Caracal" (a black-eared feline predator found in the Middle East). The Arabs also gave the name in short form as al-ʿanaq, which became transliterated into Medieval Latin as alamac. in Renaissance times, the derivatin of alamac was erroneously attributed to the assumed Arabic word al-maq (properly al-muq) for "the boot" or "buskin", rather than to al-ʿanaq. Subsequently the erroneous word, as "Almaak" and later "Almach" was applied as a star name to γ And, mostly in astronomical works in English. Other, non-English works use the spelling "Alamak" derived directly from the Medieval Latin transliteration.

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