Muscida

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

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Muscida

Asterism Info
Native	barbaris muscida
Translation	attributed to "Barbarians"
Position (2000)
Right ascension	127.5661257
Declination	60.71816822
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Muscida (3.42m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	UMa

Muscida 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 41704 (ο UMa, HR 3323) in constellation UMa.

Etymology and History

Almagestum 1515: "illa quae est supra extremitatem Musciae" - Bayer (1603) "in naso, barbaris muscida" - attributed to "Barbarians".

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)
• Ptolemaeus. (1515). Almagestū Cl[audii] Ptolemei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principis : opus ingens ac nobile omnes celorū motus continens ... Liechtenstein, Petrus.