Named star

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 судаWith: Gienah, Theemin · Deviation 0,000241774° · worked up
  • Лебедь → Большая Медведица → ГидраСпасительный Крест → Большое стадо - Церковь → Сатана под судомWith: Phecda, Alphard · Deviation 0,000559337°

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