Athebyne
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | الذئبين |
|---|---|
| Translation | the (two) wolves |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 245.9978597 |
| Declination | 61.51420976 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Athebyne (2.74m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Dra |
Athebyne 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 80331 (η Dra, HR 6132) in constellation Dra.
Etymology and History
The transliteration Athebyne is one of several renderings of the Arabic asterism name الذئبين al-dhiʼbayn, "the (two) wolves" (ζ and η Draconis) aiming at the Camel's Foal (group of northern asterisms).
Mythology
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/
