Named star

Xihe

HIP: 91852
Designation: HIP 91852
Visual magnitude: 6.04
Constellation: Lyre
Name approved by the IAU: 2019-12-17

Origin of the name

The IAU catalogue's account

Xihe (羲和) is the goddess of the sun in the Chinese mythology and also represents the earliest astronomers and developers of calendars in ancient China.

Source language: Chinese
Reference: 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds

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.

Geometric chains

This star is not part of any chain in the strict sub-corpus.

Constellation

Lyre

Other named stars of this constellation:

Vega0.03
Sulafat3.25
Sheliak3.52
Aladfar4.43