Fumalsamakah
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Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | فم السمكة |
|---|---|
| Translation | mouth of the fish |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 345.9692217 |
| Declination | 3.82004564 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Fumalsamakah (4.52m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Psc |
Fumalsamakah 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 113889 (β Psc, HR 8773) in constellation Psc.
Etymology and History
Arabic فم السمكة fum al-samakah means "mouth of the fish". The name was considered traditional by the IAU in 2016, although it does not appear in Kunitzsch and Smart (2006) nor in Allen (1899).
Mythology
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/
