Castula

Cassiopeia · Cas · υ2 Cas · HR 265 · HIP 4422 · magnitude 4.62

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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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 265

HIP

4422

Bayer ID

υ2 Cas

Visual magnitude

4.62

Right ascension (J2000)

14.1663°

Declination (J2000)

59.1811°

IAU adoption

2017/09/05

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.