Saclateni

Auriga · Aur · ζ Aur · HR 1612 · HIP 23453 · magnitude 3.69

Eta and Zeta Aurigae, the 8th and 9th stars of Auriga in the Almagest, were referred to as "the kids" - Eriphoi (Greek), Haedi (Latin), al-Jadayain (Arabic; al-Sufi). Hyginus (Poetica Astronomica, 2. 13) mentions the Gr…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 1612

HIP

23453

Bayer ID

ζ Aur

Visual magnitude

3.69

Right ascension (J2000)

75.6195°

Declination (J2000)

41.0758°

IAU adoption

2017/06/30

Name origin

Eta and Zeta Aurigae, the 8th and 9th stars of Auriga in the Almagest, were referred to as "the kids" - Eriphoi (Greek), Haedi (Latin), al-Jadayain (Arabic; al-Sufi). Hyginus (Poetica Astronomica, 2. 13) mentions the Greek astronomer Cleostratus of Tenedos (5th cen. BC) pointed out "the kids" among the stars. "Saclateni" appeared in the Alfonsine Tables ("Tabule astronomice Alfonsi Regis", 1492 print) and may be a corrupted Latinization of the Arabic Gadi-thani, "second kid" (Mesnard 1949, "Les noms arabes d'étoiles", Ciel et Terre, Vol. 65, p. 70)

Other stars in Auriga