Errai

Cepheus · Cep · γ Cep · HR 8974 · HIP 116727 · magnitude 3.21

Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-ra'i, "the Shepherd". This shepherd, with the sheep he attended (al-aghnam, marked by the various dim stars nearby), and the shepherd's dog (kalb al-ra'i,marked by 28/29 [ρ…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 8974

HIP

116727

Bayer ID

γ Cep

Visual magnitude

3.21

Right ascension (J2000)

354.837°

Declination (J2000)

77.6323°

IAU adoption

2015/12/15

Name origin

Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-ra'i, "the Shepherd". This shepherd, with the sheep he attended (al-aghnam, marked by the various dim stars nearby), and the shepherd's dog (kalb al-ra'i,marked by 28/29 [ρ] Cep), seem to form a complete group of ind-A figures.

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