Aldhanab

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

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Aldhanab

Asterism Info
Native	الذنب
IPA	[al.dhanab]
Translation	The Tail
Position (2000)
Right ascension	328.4821513
Declination	-37.36487222
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Aldhanab (3.01m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	Gru

Aldhanab 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 108085 (γ Gru, HR 8353) in constellation Gru.

Etymology and History

Al Dhanab from Arabic ال ذنب (adh-dhanab), The Tail, became common since its mentioning in Allen (1899). There it is attributed to a Persian astronomer but the whole constellation Grus is a constellation invented in the Early Modern Era.

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/

Reference

• References (general)
• Allen (1899, 238)