La Superba

Canes Venatici · CVn · Y CVn · HR 4846 · HIP 62223 · magnitude 5.42

In 1868 Secchi used "superba" as an adjective to describe the star Y CVn, not as a proper name of the star. However, in 1876 Birmingham seems to have borrowed from Secchi this term and used it as a proper name of the st…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 4846

HIP

62223

Bayer ID

Y CVn

Visual magnitude

5.42

Right ascension (J2000)

191.283°

Declination (J2000)

45.4403°

IAU adoption

2018/08/10

Name origin

In 1868 Secchi used "superba" as an adjective to describe the star Y CVn, not as a proper name of the star. However, in 1876 Birmingham seems to have borrowed from Secchi this term and used it as a proper name of the star. As a consequence, in 1877 Secchi himself adopted the same name. Agnes Clerke attributed the term to Secchi, without distinguishing between the adjective and the name. In principle, it should be attributed to both Secchi and Birmingham, in my opinion.

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