Named star

Athebyne

HIP
80331
Designation
14 Eta Dra
Bayer designation
η Dra
Visual magnitude
2.73
Constellation
Dragon
Name approved by the IAU
2017-09-05

The IAU catalogue's account

The transliteration Athebyne is one of several renderings of the Arabic asterism name الذئبين al-dhiʼbayn, "the (two) wolves" (ζ and η Draconis) aiming at the Camel's Foal (group of northern asterisms).

Source language
Arabic
Reference
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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.

Other named stars of this constellation: