Chara
- HIP
- 61317
- Designation
- 8 Bet CVn
- Bayer designation
- β CVn
- Visual magnitude
- 4.24
- Constellation
- Hunting Dogs
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-07-20
The IAU catalogue's account
Applied in Early Modern times from the Greek word χαρά, "joy", that was used by Hevelius in 1690 to name the southern dog (marked by α and β CVn) in his new constellation Canes Vanatici.
- 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
- Ancient Greek
- Ancient-layer signal
- no simple cue found
- Source form
- xapd
- Pronounced
- kâ' ra
- Literal meanings
- joy; Asterion; Little Star
- Periods of use
- Renaissance
Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 22
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.
- Гончие Псы → Малая Медведица → КассиопеяЖезл Пастыря → Малое стадо → Церковь — Жена Агнца
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Cor Caroli2.89
- La Superba5.42
- Cor Caroli B5.61