La Superba

Canes Venatici · Y CVn · HR 4846

HIP62223
Visual magnitude5.42
Right ascension (J2000)191.283°
Declination (J2000)45.4403°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2018/08/10

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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