Alnair

Grus · α Gru · HR 8425

HIP109268
Visual magnitude1.73
Right ascension (J2000)332.058°
Declination (J2000)-46.961°
WDS J22082-4658
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its late Arabic name al-nayyir min dhanab al-but, "the Bright One from the Fish's Tail" (where a l6th century Arabic astronomer had extended Ptolemy's Southern Fish [Piscis Austrinus] into what is today Grus). The form Al Na'ir was taken from a wrong transliteration (Al Na'ir) of the Arabic adjective al-nayyir, "the Bright One.

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