Tarazed

Aquila · γ Aql · HR 7525

HIP97278
Visual magnitude2.72
Right ascension (J2000)296.565°
Declination (J2000)10.6133°
WDS J19463+1037
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

Applied in recent times (with a misreading) from abbreviating the Persian asterism name shanin-i tarazu, "the Scale Beam", for α, β and γ Aql. The Persian name, in turn, was a medieval translation of these stars' Arabic name al-mizan, "the Balance".

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