Kurhah

Cepheus · Cep · ξ Cep · HR 8417 · HIP 108917 · magnitude 4.26

Applied in recent times from one vocalization of its ind-A name: al-qurha, "the White Spot on the Forehead of a Horse." However, the original Arabic script for the name can be read and vocalized in other ways with vario…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 8417

HIP

108917

Bayer ID

ξ Cep

Visual magnitude

4.26

Right ascension (J2000)

330.948°

Declination (J2000)

64.628°

IAU adoption

2016/09/12

Name origin

Applied in recent times from one vocalization of its ind-A name: al-qurha, "the White Spot on the Forehead of a Horse." However, the original Arabic script for the name can be read and vocalized in other ways with various meanings.

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