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Cassiopeia · α Cas · HR 168

HIP3179
Visual magnitude2.24
Right ascension (J2000)10.1268°
Declination (J2000)56.5373°
WDS J00405+5632
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-sadr, "the breast," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star.

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