Alshain

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

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Alshain

Asterism Info
Native	الشاهین
IPA	[alshain]
Translation	the Scale Beam
Position (2000)
Right ascension	298.8283035
Declination	6.406764234
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Alshain (3.71m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	Aql

Alshain (شاهین) is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Persian. It is the name of HIP 98036 (β Aql, HR 7602) in constellation Aql.

Etymology and History

Variants

• al-shāhīn
• ash-shāhīn

The Persian asterism name shāhīn-i tarazu, "the Scale Beam," for α, β, and γ Aql was transformed into two independent star names: Alshain and Tarazed (ترازو) (with a misreading in the second word).

The Persian name, in turn, was a medieval translation of these stars' indigenus-Arabic name al-mizan, "the Balance" (said to be a popular name for the Indigenous Arabs' al-nasr al-tā ir listed under α Aql, Altair).

In recent times the two names were applied to the separate stars.

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.