Named star

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.

Other named stars of this constellation: