Alshat

Capricornus · ν Cap · HR 7773

HIP100310
Visual magnitude4.77
Right ascension (J2000)305.166°
Declination (J2000)-12.7591°
WDS J20207-1246
IAU adoption2017/06/30

Name origin

The Arabic term سعد الذابح, Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ, The Lucky Asterism of the Slaughterer (22 lunar station), consists of the 3 stars: α1, β and ν Cap. As α and β already have proper names, the corrupted form "shat" (for sad) was used to name ν Cap.

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