Wezen

Canis Major · CMa · δ CMa · HR 2693 · HIP 34444 · magnitude 1.83

From the Arabic name al-wazn, for one of a pair of stars, the other one being hadari. Arabic authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, and the s…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 2693

HIP

34444

Bayer ID

δ CMa

Visual magnitude

1.83

Right ascension (J2000)

107.098°

Declination (J2000)

-26.3932°

IAU adoption

2016/07/20

Name origin

From the Arabic name al-wazn, for one of a pair of stars, the other one being hadari. Arabic authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, and the significance of their names, is unknown. As a common noun in Arabic, al-wazn means "the weight". "Wezen" was arbitrarily applied to δ CMa in recent times.

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