Azelfafage

Cygnus · π1 Cyg · HR 8301

HIP107136
Visual magnitude4.69
Right ascension (J2000)325.524°
Declination (J2000)51.1896°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/09/12

Name origin

From the sci-A constellation name al-sulahfat, "the Tortoise," for Lyra ( corresponding to the Greek image of a tortoise shell for the Lyre's soundboard). Transliterated as Azelfage, a Medieval Latin translator erroneously attributed this constellation name to Cygnus. Then in Renaissance times, the corruption "Azelfafage" was applied as a star name to π1 Cyg.

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