Minchir
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | منخر الشجاع |
|---|---|
| Translation | the nostril brave one |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 129.6893227 |
| Declination | 3.341435188 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Minchir (4.43m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Hya |
Minchir 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 42402 (σ Hya, HR 3418) in constellation Hya.
Etymology and History
Minchir appeared in Bode's 1801 Uranographia rooting in the Arabic term منخر الشجاع minkhar ash-shujāʽ "the nostril brave one" in Hydra.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- Bode (1801)
