Mahasim

Auriga · θ Aur · HR 2095

HIP28380
Visual magnitude2.65
Right ascension (J2000)89.9303°
Declination (J2000)37.2126°
WDS J05597+3713
IAU adoption2017/06/30

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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