Altais

Draco · Dra · δ Dra · HR 7310 · HIP 94376 · magnitude 3.07

Applied in recent times from a misreading of the script for the sci-A constellation name al-tinnin, "the Serpent," as it appeared incorrectly in a late sci-A star catalog, as part of the name for δ Dra. (The incorrect w…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 7310

HIP

94376

Bayer ID

δ Dra

Visual magnitude

3.07

Right ascension (J2000)

288.139°

Declination (J2000)

67.6615°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

Name origin

Applied in recent times from a misreading of the script for the sci-A constellation name al-tinnin, "the Serpent," as it appeared incorrectly in a late sci-A star catalog, as part of the name for δ Dra. (The incorrect word, al-tais, is a real word in Arabic meaning "the He-goat," however it was never used by the ind-Arabs in stellar nomenclature. Furthermore, in the same Arabic source, in the name of ε Dra [formed parallel to that of δ Dra], the word was correctly written al-tinnin.)

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