Minchir
- HIP
- 42402
- Designation
- 5 Sig Hya
- Bayer designation
- σ Hya
- Visual magnitude
- 4.45
- Constellation
- Water Snake
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-09-05
The IAU catalogue's account
Minchir appeared in Bode's 1801 Uranographia rooting in the Arabic term منخر الشجاع minkhar ash-shujāʽ "the nostril brave one" in Hydra.
- Source language
- Arabic
- Reference
- Bode (1801)
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.
Other named stars of this constellation: