Wasat

Gemini · Gem · δ Gem · HR 2777 · HIP 35550 · magnitude 3.5

From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a sci-A commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the ind-A constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky (…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 2777

HIP

35550

Bayer ID

δ Gem

Visual magnitude

3.5

Right ascension (J2000)

110.031°

Declination (J2000)

21.9823°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

Name origin

From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a sci-A commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the ind-A constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky (perhaps meaning the celestial equator). The reference was intended to apply to the ind-A figure located in today's Orion, however it was under the constellation which is today Gemini that the reference appeared (note the confusion between Orion and Gemini mentioned under α Ori). Therefore, after transliteration into Latin, it was in Gemini (to δ) that the word "Wasat" was arbitrarily applied as a star name in recent times.

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