Sadr
- HIP
- 100453
- Designation
- 37 Gam Cyg
- Bayer designation
- γ Cyg
- Visual magnitude
- 2.23
- Constellation
- Swan
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-08-21
The IAU catalogue's account
"Breast" in Arabic
- Source language
- Arabic
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.
From Kunitzsch & Smart
- Layer of tradition
- Scientific Arabic
- Ancient-layer signal
- no simple cue found
- Source form
- sadr al- dajdja
- Pronounced
- sàdr
- Literal meanings
- the Hen’s Breast
- Periods of use
- Recent / modern
- Transmission notes
- abbreviation
Source: Kunitzsch & Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2nd ed. 2006, p. 33
Layer of tradition and ancient-layer signal are not the dictionary authors' judgement but a keyword reading of the entry's wording. “No simple cue found” means exactly that — the parser found none — not that the name is late.
The fields on this card were read off an OCR layer and are not checked against the printed page. The page number is given so the claim can be verified in your own copy.
Corpus chains passing through this star. Deviation is the cross-track angular distance of the third star from the great-circle plane.
- Лебедь → Ворон → ЭриданСпасительный Крест → Окончательный суд → Огненная река Божьего суда
- Лебедь → Большая Медведица → ГидраСпасительный Крест → Большое стадо - Церковь → Сатана под судом
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Deneb1.25
- Aljanah2.48
- Fawaris2.86
- Albireo3.05
- Azelfafage4.69
- Albireo B5.12