Saiph
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | السيف |
|---|---|
| Translation | the Giant's Sword |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 86.93912017 |
| Declination | -9.669604919 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Saiph (2.06m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Ori |
Saiph 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 27366 (κ Ori, HR 2004) in constellation Ori.
Etymology and History
From an abbreviation of the sci-A asterism name saif al-jabbar, the Giant's Sword", for η, c, θ, and ι Ori. Wrongly applied as a star name to κ Ori in recent times.
Mythology
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)
- 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.
