Ukdah

Hydra · ι Hya · HR 3845

HIP47431
Visual magnitude3.9
Right ascension (J2000)144.964°
Declination (J2000)-1.14281°
WDS J-
IAU adoption2018/06/01

Name origin

Kazwini knew the stars tau1, tau2 Hya as عقدة ʽuqdah (or ʽuḳdah), Arabic "knot". Rhoads (1971) considers this asterism consisting of four stars: tau1, tau2, 33 and ι Hya.

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