Hamal

Aries · α Ari · HR 617

HIP9884
Visual magnitude2.01
Right ascension (J2000)31.7934°
Declination (J2000)23.4624°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in recent times from the Arabic constellation name, al-hamal, "the Lamb", for Aries. al-hamal seems to belong to those zodiacal constellation names already known in Arabic times.

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