Terebellum

Sagittarius · ω Sgr · HR 7597

HIP98066
IAU adoption2017/09/05

Name origin

Ptolemy's Almagest lists four stars in a quadrilateral with ω Sgr the first in the list (the others being A, b, c Sgr). Bayer (1603) concludes this list with the note after "c": Has quatuor multi Terebellum seu τετράπλευρον vocant. A "terebellum" is an auger, so it designates the asterism at the tip of the tail and originally not a specific star.

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