Named star

Celaeno

HIP
17489
Designation
16 Tau
Bayer designation
16 Tau
Visual magnitude
5.45
Constellation
Bull
Name approved by the IAU
2016-08-21

The IAU catalogue's account

These names were individually applied in Early Modern times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.

Source language
Greek
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.

From Kunitzsch & Smart

Layer of tradition
Greek
Ancient-layer signal
no simple cue found
Pronounced
se le' no
Periods of use
Renaissance

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.

  • Телец → Весы → СкорпионГрядущий Судия → Нарушенный порядок → Жало грехаWith: Zubenelgenubi, Fang · Deviation 0,000506085°

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