Azelfafage

Cygnus · Cyg · π1 Cyg · HR 8301 · HIP 107136 · magnitude 4.69

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 erroneou…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 8301

HIP

107136

Bayer ID

π1 Cyg

Visual magnitude

4.69

Right ascension (J2000)

325.524°

Declination (J2000)

51.1896°

IAU adoption

2016/09/12

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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