Nembus

Andromeda · And · 51 And · HR 464 · HIP 7607 · magnitude 3.59

Name appears in Bayer's (1603) Uranometria for Upsilon Per (later designated 51 And), which he states is of Arab origin, however the name appears to be Latin not Arabic. From the description it appears that the name app…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 464

HIP

7607

Bayer ID

51 And

Visual magnitude

3.59

Right ascension (J2000)

24.4982°

Declination (J2000)

48.6282°

IAU adoption

2017/09/05

Name origin

Name appears in Bayer's (1603) Uranometria for Upsilon Per (later designated 51 And), which he states is of Arab origin, however the name appears to be Latin not Arabic. From the description it appears that the name appears to be connected with the adamntine harpe sword Perseus used to decapitate Medusa.

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