Hoggar
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Hoggar |
|---|---|
| Translation | the main mountain range in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 67.856059 |
| Declination | 4.575295 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Hoggar (8.38m) |
| exoplanets | 1 (Tassili) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Tau |
Hoggar 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 HIP 21109 (HD 28678) in constellation Tau.
Etymology and History
Hoggar is the name of the main mountain range in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2019/12/17.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds
