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Taurus · Tau · γ Tau · HR 1346 · HIP 20205

the Latin term occurs first in Flamsteed (1729) but is based on the Arabic idea to enumerate the stars in the cluster; in Arabic it was Awwal ad-Dabarān, The First of Dabarān (the group from which the star name "Aldebar…

Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 1346

HIP

20205

Bayer ID

γ Tau

IAU adoption

2017/09/05

Name origin

the Latin term occurs first in Flamsteed (1729) but is based on the Arabic idea to enumerate the stars in the cluster; in Arabic it was Awwal ad-Dabarān, The First of Dabarān (the group from which the star name "Aldebaran" derives).