Almighzal
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, ASE Tech Team
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | المِغْزَل |
|---|---|
| Translation | Wool Spindle |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 299.0765493 |
| Declination | 35.08342289 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Almighzal (3.88m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Cyg |
Almighzal is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of the star η Cyg in constellation Cygnus.
Concordance, Etymology, History
The name is a modern English spelling variant.
The academic transliteration is al-Mighzal, al-Miġzal (المِغْزَل), in which the indigenous constellation is described: it is a wool spindle projected into the stars by the nomads of the Arabian Peninsula. This constellation is still in use today.
Mythology
no mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2026 in the IAU-CSN.
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