Albali
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | البالع |
|---|---|
| IPA | [al.bali] |
| Translation | swallower |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 311.9189566 |
| Declination | -9.495776927 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Albali (3.77m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Aqr |
Albali 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 102618 (ε Aqr, HR 7950) in constellation Aqr.
Etymology and History
From the Arabic word bali(, "swallower", used in an Arabic discussion pertaining to the Arabic lunar mansion name sa(d bula( (given for ε, μ and ν Aqr; of unknown meaning). In recent times the Arabic article al- was added to bali( and the word was applied as a star name.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/09/12.
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.
