Muliphein

Canis Major · γ CMa · HR 2657

HIP34045
Visual magnitude4.11
Right ascension (J2000)105.94°
Declination (J2000)-15.6333°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

The formation of this name begins with the Arabic names hadari and al-wazn. In Arabic discussions of these names it came to be said that they were muhlifan, meaning "two [things] causing dispute [in this case as to these stars' identification] and the swearing of an oath". From this usage, al-muhlifan was wrongly taken as a name for hadari and al-wazn together. Transliterated and further mutilated as "Muliphein", the name was arbitrarily applied to the single star γ CMa in recent times.

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