Atria

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

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Atria

Asterism Info
Native	Contraction of Bayer designation A(lpha) Tri(anguli) A(ustralis)
Translation	alpha trianguli australis
Position (2000)
Right ascension	252.1662295
Declination	-69.02771185
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Atria (1.88m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	TrA

Atria is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Latin. It is the name of HIP 82273 (α TrA, HR 6217) in constellation TrA.

Etymology and History

Contraction of Bayer designation A(lpha) Tri(anguli) A(ustralis).

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/07/20.

Weblinks

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

Reference

• References (general)
• "The American Nautical Almanac for the Year 1952" (United States Naval Observatory, Washington D.C.).