Rigil Kentaurus
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | رجل القنطورس |
|---|---|
| Translation | the Centaur's Foot |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 219.9020583 |
| Declination | -60.83397 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Rigil Kentaurus (-0.1m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Cen |
Rigil Kentaurus 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 71683 (α Cen, HR 5459) in constellation Cen.
Etymology and History
Applied in recent times from its sci-A name rijl qanturis, "the Centaur's Foot". Today the name is occasionally seen abbreviated as "Rigil Kent".
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/11/06.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.
