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===Celestial Information===
 
===Celestial Information===
*''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Beta Cygni, Cygnus.  
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*''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Beta Cygni, Cygnus. The name of the star was originally Minqār al-Dajājah, ''the hen's beak'' as in Arabic texts.  
*''Other name(s) and meaning:'' Albireo
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*''Other name(s) and meaning:'' Albireo (this name is the result of a few misunderstandings of the original Arabic form since Latin scholars thought that the name came from a kind of herb, and translated it into ab ireo (''from ireus''). Later this was treated as a misprint of an Arabic term and transcribed as al-bireo.
*''Distance from Sol:'' 391 lyrs, 120 par
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*''Distance from Sol:'' 391 ly, 120 pc
 
*''Type of System:'' Binary
 
*''Type of System:'' Binary
 
*''Color:'' K3-Red Giant, B9.5-Blue Main Sequence
 
*''Color:'' K3-Red Giant, B9.5-Blue Main Sequence
 
*''Right Ascension:'' 19h 30m 43.3s
 
*''Right Ascension:'' 19h 30m 43.3s
*''Declination:'' +27° 57' 35"
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*''Declination:'' +27° 57' 35"
  
 
===Important Events===
 
===Important Events===

Latest revision as of 02:37, 24 March 2016

Celestial Information

  • Name, meaning and Constellation: Beta Cygni, Cygnus. The name of the star was originally Minqār al-Dajājah, the hen's beak as in Arabic texts.
  • Other name(s) and meaning: Albireo (this name is the result of a few misunderstandings of the original Arabic form since Latin scholars thought that the name came from a kind of herb, and translated it into ab ireo (from ireus). Later this was treated as a misprint of an Arabic term and transcribed as al-bireo.
  • Distance from Sol: 391 ly, 120 pc
  • Type of System: Binary
  • Color: K3-Red Giant, B9.5-Blue Main Sequence
  • Right Ascension: 19h 30m 43.3s
  • Declination: +27° 57' 35"

Important Events

  • To be filled in later.

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