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Aquarius · θ Aqr · HR 8499

HIP110003
Visual magnitude4.17
Right ascension (J2000)334.208°
Declination (J2000)-7.78329°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/09/12

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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