Heze

Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

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Heze

Asterism Info
Native	Ezechiel
Translation	one of four prophets from Old Testament
Position (2000)
Right ascension	203.6732973
Declination	-0.5958164161
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Heze (3.38m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	Vir

Heze is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Greco-Hebrew. It is the name of HIP 66249 (ζ Vir, HR 5107) in constellation Vir.

Etymology and History

Name of unknown etymology from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901–1965). It could refer to God, possibly derived from Ezechiel (one of four prophets from Old Testament). Transcription to the Greek language adds "H" to EZE.

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2018/06/01.

Weblinks

• Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

Reference

• References (general)
• Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství