Nahn
- HIP
- 44946
- Designation
- 77 Xi Cnc
- Bayer designation
- ξ Cnc
- Visual magnitude
- 5.16
- Constellation
- Crab
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2018-06-01
The IAU catalogue's account
"Nahn", the Persian term for "Nose", given to ξ Cnc in the NASA Memorandum by Rhoads (1971).
- Source language
- Persian
- Reference
- Rhoads (1971)
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.
- Скорпион → Рак → ОвенЖало греха → Пастырь, безопасно ведущий Свой народ домой → Божий Агнец, освобождающий Свой народ
H1
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Tarf3.53
- Asellus Australis3.94
- Acubens4.26
- Asellus Borealis4.66
- Tegmine4.67
- Piautos5.92
- Copernicus5.96
- Meleph6.29