Meleph
- HIP
- 42556
- Designation
- 41 Eps Cnc
- Bayer designation
- ε Cnc
- Visual magnitude
- 6.29
- Constellation
- Crab
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-09-05
The IAU catalogue's account
Bayer (1603) quotes Arabic designations Melleff and Meeleph for this star (among others) which was adopted by other astronomers (e.g. Riccioli) and goes back to the Arabic term Al Ma'laf, The Stall (a variant of the Greek Manger).
- Source language
- Arabic
- Reference
- Bayer (1603)
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.
- Кассиопея → Рак → ГидраЦерковь — Жена Агнца → Пастырь, безопасно ведущий Свой народ домой → Сатана под судом
H1
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Tarf3.53
- Asellus Australis3.94
- Acubens4.26
- Asellus Borealis4.66
- Tegmine4.67
- Nahn5.16
- Piautos5.92
- Copernicus5.96