Altais
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | التيس |
|---|---|
| IPA | [al.tais] |
| Translation | the He-goat |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 288.1387557 |
| Declination | 67.66153866 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Altais (3.07m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Dra |
Altais 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 94376 (δ Dra, HR 7310) in constellation Dra.
Etymology and History
Applied in recent times from a misreading of the script for the sci-A constellation name al-tinnin, "the Serpent", as it appeared incorrectly in a late sci-A star catalog, as part of the name for δ Dra. (The incorrect word, al-tais, is a real word in Arabic meaning "the He-goat", however it was never used by the ind-Arabs in stellar nomenclature. Furthermore, in the same Arabic source, in the name of ε Dra [formed parallel to that of δ Dra], the word was correctly written al-tinnin.)
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.
