Meridiana
- HIP
- 94114
- Designation
- Alp CrA
- Bayer designation
- α CrA
- Visual magnitude
- 4.11
- Constellation
- Southern Crown
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-09-05
The IAU catalogue's account
The Latin-Arabic name "Alfecca meridiana" is mentioned in Allen (1899, 173). There, it is attributed to "Reduan" (sic!) = Ali bin Radwan's commentary to his Tetrabiblos translation (10th century). Arabic نير الفكّة nayyir al-fakka "the bright (star) of the broken (dish)" in analogy to the Arabic term for CrB. WGSN chose only the second (Latin) term: "Meridiana", the southern (one of the two Alfeccas).
- Source language
- Latin
- Reference
- Allen (1899, 173) with additional research by WGSN
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.
- Южная Корона → Малая Медведица → Большой ПёсВенец Победителя → Малое стадо → Грядущий Царь
- Большой Пёс → Южная Корона → СтрелецГрядущий Царь → Венец Победителя → Богочеловек