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Aquarius · Aqr · θ Aqr · HR 8499 · HIP 110003 · magnitude 4.17

A Latin word meaning "hip", used in the Medieval Latin Almagest in describing σ and ι/38 Aqr in the right and left hips, respectively (following an error, for Ptolemy had these stars in "the buttocks"). The word was app…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 8499

HIP

110003

Bayer ID

θ Aqr

Visual magnitude

4.17

Right ascension (J2000)

334.208°

Declination (J2000)

-7.78329°

IAU adoption

2016/09/12

Name origin

A Latin word meaning "hip", used in the Medieval Latin Almagest in describing σ and ι/38 Aqr in the right and left hips, respectively (following an error, for Ptolemy had these stars in "the buttocks"). The word was applied as a star name to θ Aqr (correctly in Ptolemy's "right socket of the hip") in recent times.

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