Seginus

Boötes · γ Boo · HR 5435

HIP71075
Visual magnitude3.04
Right ascension (J2000)218.019°
Declination (J2000)38.3083°
WDS J14321+3818
IAU adoption2016/08/21

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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