Star in Boötes

Seginus

γ Boo HR 5435 HIP 71075 magnitude 3.04

The formation of this name begins with the Greek constellation name βοώτης (Boötes), which was transliterated and then corrupted in the manuscripts of the Arabic Almagest. One of these corruptions, in turn, was translit…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 5435

HIP

71075

Bayer ID

γ Boo

Visual magnitude

3.04

Right ascension (J2000)

218.019°

Declination (J2000)

38.3083°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

Name origin

The formation of this name begins with the Greek constellation name βοώτης (Boötes), which was transliterated and then corrupted in the manuscripts of the Arabic Almagest. One of these corruptions, in turn, was transliterated into Latin as theguius, which became further corrupted into cheguius, ceginus, etc. One form, Ceginus, was applied as a star name by late medieval times, and "Seginus" is its recent spelling.

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