Kang
- HIP
- 69427
- Designation
- 98 Kap Vir
- Bayer designation
- κ Vir
- Visual magnitude
- 4.18
- Constellation
- Maiden
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-06-30
The IAU catalogue's account
determinitive star of lunar mansion Kang (The Neck) whose naming constellation constists of 4 stars according to sources back to the 3rd millennium BCE
- Source language
- Chinese
- Reference
- Lunar Mansion
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.
H1
Other named stars of this constellation: