Star in Ophiuchus

Yed Prior

δ Oph HR 6056 HIP 79593

Originally from the Arabic word al-yad, "the hand," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing these stars. yed was applied as a star name to δ Oph in medieval times. Then in recent times, this application was extended t…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 6056

HIP

79593

Bayer ID

δ Oph

IAU adoption

2016/11/06

Name origin

Originally from the Arabic word al-yad, "the hand," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing these stars. yed was applied as a star name to δ Oph in medieval times. Then in recent times, this application was extended to include both δ and ε, with the addition of the Latin distinctions for "foremost" and "hindmost," respectively.

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