Named star

Atria

HIP
82273
Designation
Alp TrA
Bayer designation
α TrA
Visual magnitude
1.91
Constellation
Southern Triangle
Name approved by the IAU
2016-07-20

The IAU catalogue's account

Contraction of Bayer designation A(lpha) Tri(anguli) A(ustralis). The name is listed as "Alpha Tri. Aust." in 1951 American Nautical Almanac, but listed as "Atria" in 1952 version and subsequent versions.

Source language
Latin
Reference
"The American Nautical Almanac for the Year 1952" (United States Naval Observatory, Washington D.C.).

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.

From Kunitzsch & Smart

Layer of tradition
Artificial/modern
Ancient-layer signal
no simple cue found
Pronounced
a' tri a
Periods of use
Recent / modern
Transmission notes
invented/coined

Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 55

Layer of tradition and ancient-layer signal are not the dictionary authors' judgement but a keyword reading of the entry's wording. “No simple cue found” means exactly that — the parser found none — not that the name is late.

The fields on this card were read off an OCR layer and are not checked against the printed page. The page number is given so the claim can be verified in your own copy.

Corpus chains passing through this star. Deviation is the cross-track angular distance of the third star from the great-circle plane.

  • Дракон → Кит → Южный ТреугольникДревний змей - сатана, дьявол → Левиафан → Триединый БогWith: Tianyi, Kaffaljidhma · Deviation 0,000095365°
  • Эридан → Южный Треугольник → ЗмееносецОгненная река Божьего суда → Триединый Бог → Пастырь-ПобедительWith: Beid, Yed Prior · Deviation 0,000384459°