Kaffaljidhma
- HIP
- 12706
- Designation
- 86 Gam Cet
- Bayer designation
- γ Cet
- Visual magnitude
- 3.47
- Constellation
- Whale
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-02-01
The IAU catalogue's account
Arabic الكف الجذماء, al-kaf al-jaðmāʾ ('the cut-short hand') is given as a star name in Allen (1899) with reference to an Arabic name for the asterism of Cetus's Head.
- Source language
- Arabic
- Reference
- Allen (1899, 163)
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.
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 Бог
- Пегас → Кит → ЗаяцБлагословение Авраама → Левиафан → Нефилимы
H1
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Diphda2.04
- Menkar2.54
- Baten Kaitos3.74
- Mira6.47