Toliman
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | الظَّلِيمَان |
|---|---|
| Translation | the Ostriches |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 219.8960963 |
| Declination | -60.83752757 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Toliman (1.33m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Cen |
Toliman 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 71681 (α Cen B, HR 5460) in constellation Cen.
Etymology and History
Applied in recent times from some ind-A name al-zulman, "the Ostriches". Stars in today's Centaurus were variously identified with one or more ostriches by the ind-Arabs, but what star or stars were originally designated is unknown.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2018/08/10.
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.
