Yildun
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | yildiz |
|---|---|
| Translation | star |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 263.0541592 |
| Declination | 86.58645961 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Yildun (4.336m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | UMi |
Yildun 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 85822 (δ UMi, HR 6789) in constellation UMi.
Etymology and History
From the Turkish word yildiz, "star". In Renaissance times this common noun was erroneously said to be a Turkish name for the Pole Star (α UMi). Misspelled as "Yildun", the word was arbitrarily applied as a star name to δ UMi in recent times.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/08/21.
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.
