Star in Auriga

Hassaleh

ι Aur HR 1577 HIP 23015 magnitude 2.69

hasa means in Arabic - handsome or good or benefactor, hassa (with doubled s) is from the same Arabic root, has long vowel (second a) and its meaning is "doer of good" or "benefactor", the end of name "-eh" (or "-ah") c…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 1577

HIP

23015

Bayer ID

ι Aur

Visual magnitude

2.69

Right ascension (J2000)

74.2484°

Declination (J2000)

33.1661°

IAU adoption

2017/06/30

Name origin

hasa means in Arabic - handsome or good or benefactor, hassa (with doubled s) is from the same Arabic root, has long vowel (second a) and its meaning is "doer of good" or "benefactor", the end of name "-eh" (or "-ah") could mean femininum. Name from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965).

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