Named star

Lilii Borea

HIP: 13061
Designation: 39 Ari
Bayer designation: 39 Ari
Visual magnitude: 4.52
Constellation: Ram
Name approved by the IAU: 2017-09-05

Origin of the name

The IAU catalogue's account

Lacaille used the now obsolete constellation Lilium (The Lily) and named this star "in the north of Lily", in Latin: Lilii Borea

Source language: Latin
Reference: Lacaille, N.L. de (1757) Astronomiae fundamenta novissimis Solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita Lutetiæ in collegio Mazarinæo et in Africa ad Caput Bonæ Spei peractis. p.233.

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.

Geometric chains

This star is not part of any chain in the strict sub-corpus.

Constellation

Ram

Other named stars of this constellation:

Hamal2.01
Sheratan2.64
Bharani3.61
Mesarthim3.88
Botein4.35