Arkab Posterior
- HIP
- 95294
- Designation
- Bet-2 Sgr
- Bayer designation
- β2 Sgr
- Visual magnitude
- 4.27
- Constellation
- Archer
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-10-05
The IAU catalogue's account
Applied in recent times from an abbreviation of its name for the Arabic Almagest period 'urqub al-rami, "the Archer's Achilles Tendon."
- Source language
- Arabic
- Reference
- 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.
Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.
This star is not part of any chain in the strict sub-corpus.
H1
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Kaus Australis1.79
- Nunki2.05
- Ascella2.6
- Kaus Media2.72
- Kaus Borealis2.82
- Albaldah2.88
- Alnasl2.98
- Polis3.84
- Arkab Prior3.96
- Rukbat3.96
- Terebellum4.7
- Ainalrami4.86
- Gumala6.25