Alkaphrah: Difference between revisions
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Created page with "Alkaphrah 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 HIP44471. (κ UMa, HR 3594) in constellation UMa. ==Etymology and History== corrupted spelling of Arabic القفزة al-qafzah "the leap" of the Indigenous Arabic group of gazelle asterisms preserved in Ibn Qutaybah. ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on..." Tag: Disambiguation links |
infobox |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Alkaphrah 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 | Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, {{PAGEAUTHORS}} | ||
---- | |||
{{Infobox constellation | |||
| name = Alkaphrah | |||
| native = القفزة | |||
| translation = the leap | |||
| pronounce = | |||
| IPA = [al.kaphrah] | |||
| culture = IAU | |||
| RA = 135.9063651 | |||
| dec = 47.15652473 | |||
| areatotal = 0 | |||
| numbermainstars = 1 | |||
| numberbfstars = 1 | |||
| numberstarsplanets = | |||
| numberbrightstars = 0 | |||
| numbernearbystars = | |||
| brighteststarname = Alkaphrah | |||
| starmagnitude = 3.55 | |||
| neareststarname = | |||
| stardistance = | |||
| numbermessierobjects = | |||
| meteorshowers = | |||
| bordering = UMa | |||
| notes = | |||
| cat = IAU-Star Name | |||
}} | |||
Alkaphrah 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 44471 (κ UMa, HR 3594) in constellation UMa. | |||
==Etymology and History== | ==Etymology and History== | ||
| Line 17: | Line 44: | ||
* -- | * -- | ||
[[Category:Asterism]][[Category:Star Name]][[Category:IAU-Star Name]] [[Category:UMa]] | [[Category:Asterism]][[Category:Star Name]][[Category:IAU-Star Name]] [[Category:UMa]] [[Category:Arabic]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:North Africa]] [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Modern]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:35, 10 July 2026
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | القفزة |
|---|---|
| IPA | [al.kaphrah] |
| Translation | the leap |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 135.9063651 |
| Declination | 47.15652473 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Alkaphrah (3.55m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | UMa |
Alkaphrah 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 44471 (κ UMa, HR 3594) in constellation UMa.
Etymology and History
corrupted spelling of Arabic القفزة al-qafzah "the leap" of the Indigenous Arabic group of gazelle asterisms preserved in Ibn Qutaybah.
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/
