Taiyi

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

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Taiyi

Asterism Info
Native	Taiyi
Translation	August Unity, Supreme One
Position (2000)
Right ascension	193.8689524
Declination	65.4384742
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Taiyi (5.225m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	Dra

Taiyi is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Chinese. It is the name of HIP 63076 (8 Dra, HR 4916) in constellation Dra.

Etymology and History

Single-star asterism: August Unity, Supreme One.

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/06/30.

Weblinks

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

Reference

• References (general)
• Rufus+Tien (1945) on the Suzhou Map, Sun and Kistemaker (1997) evaluating Han sources, Sun Shuwei (2022) on the Su Song Map