Muliphein

Canis Major · CMa · γ CMa · HR 2657 · HIP 34045 · magnitude 4.11

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 thes…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 2657

HIP

34045

Bayer ID

γ CMa

Visual magnitude

4.11

Right ascension (J2000)

105.94°

Declination (J2000)

-15.6333°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

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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