Salm

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

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Salm

Asterism Info
Native	Salm
Translation	a Leathern Bucket
Position (2000)
Right ascension	350.1593593
Declination	23.74035506
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Salm (4.58m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	Peg

Salm 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 115250 (τ Peg, HR 8880) in constellation Peg.

Etymology and History

Bayer (1603) mentions three names: Markab, Sagma and its corruption Salma. Allen (1899, 329) considers the correct form "Salm", a Leathern Bucket.

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, 329)