Enif

Pegasus · ε Peg · HR 8308

HIP107315
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in medieval times, evidently from the Arabic word anf, "nose" (Ptolemy had described this star on the horse's "muzzle"). However, sci-A sources do not mention anf for ε Peg, only other terms, hence the ultimate origin of "Enif" remains uncertain.

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