Salm
- HIP
- 115250
- Designation
- 62 Tau Peg
- Bayer designation
- τ Peg
- Visual magnitude
- 4.58
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-09-05
The IAU catalogue's account
Bayer (1603) mentions three names: Markab, Sagma and its corruption Salma. Allen (1899, 329) considers the correct form "Salm", a Leathern Bucket.
- Source language
- Arabic
- Reference
- Allen (1899, 329)
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: