Prima Hyadum
- HIP
- 20205
- Designation
- 54 Gam Tau
- Bayer designation
- γ Tau
- Visual magnitude
- 3.65
- Constellation
- Bull
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-09-05
The IAU catalogue's account
the Latin term occurs first in Flamsteed (1729) but is based on the Arabic idea to enumerate the stars in the cluster; in Arabic it was Awwal ad-Dabarān, The First of Dabarān (the group from which the star name "Aldebaran" derives).
- Source language
- Latin
- Reference
- Allen (1899, 390)
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.
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Other named stars of this constellation: