Star in Cancer

Meleph

ε Cnc HR 3429 HIP 42556 magnitude 6.29

Bayer (1603) quotes Arabic designations Melleff and Meeleph for this star (among others) which was adopted by other astronomers (e.g. Riccioli) and goes back to the Arabic term Al Ma'laf, The Stall (a variant of the Gre…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 3429

HIP

42556

Bayer ID

ε Cnc

Visual magnitude

6.29

Right ascension (J2000)

130.113°

Declination (J2000)

19.5448°

IAU adoption

2017/09/05

Name origin

Bayer (1603) quotes Arabic designations Melleff and Meeleph for this star (among others) which was adopted by other astronomers (e.g. Riccioli) and goes back to the Arabic term Al Ma'laf, The Stall (a variant of the Greek Manger).

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