Tiaki

Grus · Gru · β Gru · HR 8636 · HIP 112122 · magnitude 2.12

Makemson (1941: 261 #659) lists Tiaki as the Tuamotuan name for β Gru, sourcing this to unpublished field data supplied by Kenneth P. Emory (ibid.: 197). However, Emory's star information does not appear in his later pu…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 8636

HIP

112122

Bayer ID

β Gru

Visual magnitude

2.12

Right ascension (J2000)

340.667°

Declination (J2000)

-46.8846°

IAU adoption

2017/09/05

Name origin

Makemson (1941: 261 #659) lists Tiaki as the Tuamotuan name for β Gru, sourcing this to unpublished field data supplied by Kenneth P. Emory (ibid.: 197). However, Emory's star information does not appear in his later publications and has not been located to date in archives of his unpublished material. Stimson's Tuamotuan dictionary (1964: 526) gives the meaning of Tīaki as "guardian", "keeper" or "watchman", but does not list it as a star. He does, however, list Tīakitau as the name of an unidentified star on Anaa, which Makemson (1941: 261 #660) lists separately.

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