Cursa

Eridanus · β Eri · HR 1666

HIP23875
Visual magnitude2.78
Right ascension (J2000)76.9624°
Declination (J2000)-5.08645°
WDS J05078-0505
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of the ind-A asterism name kursiy al-jauza' al-muqaddam, "the Foremost footstool of aljauza' [today's Orion]," for λ, β and ψ Eri, and τ Ori.

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