Sham
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | سهم |
|---|---|
| Translation | the Arrow |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 295.0241305 |
| Declination | 18.01389073 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Sham (4.38m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Sge |
Sham 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 96757 (α Sge, HR 7479) in constellation Sge.
Etymology and History
Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name al-sahm, "the Arrow", for Sagitta.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/09/12.
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.
