Jishui

Gemini · Gem · ο Gem · HR 2930 · HIP 37265 · magnitude 4.89

traditional Chinese single star asterism: translations of the term are "Bilgewater", "a store of water to make wine", or "accumulated water (held in by dikes for future use)". It refers to a faint star in Gemini or Pers…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 2930

HIP

37265

Bayer ID

ο Gem

Visual magnitude

4.89

Right ascension (J2000)

114.791°

Declination (J2000)

34.5843°

IAU adoption

2019/12/17

Name origin

traditional Chinese single star asterism: translations of the term are "Bilgewater", "a store of water to make wine", or "accumulated water (held in by dikes for future use)". It refers to a faint star in Gemini or Perseus that is idenfied differently by modern authors. Sun and Kistemaker (1997) from Han sources and Sun Shuwei (Stellarium) from a medieval source both suggest o Gem while Xu et al. (2000) identify lambda Persei.

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