Star in Auriga

Mahasim

θ Aur HR 2095 HIP 28380 magnitude 2.65

Arabic المِعْصَم al-miʽşam "the wrist", was used for λ Her by Bayer by misreading the Almagest (and its 1515 Latin translation) where the wrist is designated o Her. Allen 1899, 245 mentions that the 16th century Latin Alma…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 2095

HIP

28380

Bayer ID

θ Aur

Visual magnitude

2.65

Right ascension (J2000)

89.9303°

Declination (J2000)

37.2126°

IAU adoption

2017/06/30

Name origin

Arabic المِعْصَم al-miʽşam "the wrist", was used for λ Her by Bayer by misreading the Almagest (and its 1515 Latin translation) where the wrist is designated o Her. Allen 1899, 245 mentions that the 16th century Latin Almagest translation used the (misspelled) variant “Mahasim” for θ and η Aurigae.

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