Ascella

Sagittarius · ζ Sgr · HR 7194

HIP93506
IAU adoption2016/09/12

Name origin

ascella ("armpit"). Although it appeared in the 1515 Almagest, the name does not appear to have come into common usage until the 20th century after appearing as Ascella in Richard Hinckley Allen's "Star Names Their Lore and Meaning" (1899).

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