Aludra

Canis Major · η CMa · HR 2827

HIP35904
Visual magnitude2.45
Right ascension (J2000)111.024°
Declination (J2000)-29.3031°
WDS J07241-2918
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in recent times from the alternative Arabic asterism name al-(udhra, "the Virginity", and (udhrat aljauza), "the Virginity [?] of al-jauza)", for ε, δ, η and ο2 CMa. The name (udhrat al-jauza), by tying it with the nearly Arabic asterism al-jauza) (today's Orion), may have been an attempt to apply significance to the enigmatic and perhaps older name al-(udhra.

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