Alphecca

Corona Borealis · α CrB · HR 5793

Love
HIP76267
Visual magnitude2.22
Right ascension (J2000)233.672°
Declination (J2000)26.7147°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in medieval times from the ind-A asterism name al-fakka, for Corona Borealis. The Arabic name, from the root f-k-k, "to separate, break up, etc.," apparently refers to this asterism's shape: an incomplete circle.

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