Castula

Cassiopeia · υ2 Cas · HR 265

HIP4422
Visual magnitude4.62
Right ascension (J2000)14.1663°
Declination (J2000)59.1811°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2017/09/05

Name origin

Castula is Latin for a type of woman's tunic. Bayer (1603, Uranometria) attributes the name "castulum" to Nonius (Portugese scholar Pedro Nunez, 1502-1578), with the Greek alias ταινίαν for a ribbon.

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