Eltanin

Draco · Dra · γ Dra · HR 6705 · HIP 87833 · magnitude 2.24

From the ind-A name al-nath, "the Butting (with the horns)," an alternative name for the 1st lunar mansion al-sharatan consisting of β and γ Ari. Some late Arabic authors also applied al-nath as a star name to a Ari. In…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 6705

HIP

87833

Bayer ID

γ Dra

Visual magnitude

2.24

Right ascension (J2000)

269.152°

Declination (J2000)

51.4889°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

Name origin

From the ind-A name al-nath, "the Butting (with the horns)," an alternative name for the 1st lunar mansion al-sharatan consisting of β and γ Ari. Some late Arabic authors also applied al-nath as a star name to a Ari. In recent times the name, as "Nath," was wrongly transferred to β Tau, and subsequently it was completed to "Elnath" (adding the Arabic definite article).

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