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α Gruis (Latinised to Alpha Gruis) is the star's Bayer designation. (Its first depiction in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603. [14]) It bore the traditional name Alnair or Al Nair (sometimes Al Na'ir in lists of stars used by navigators), [15] from the Arabic al-nayyir "the bright one", itself derived from its Arabic name, al-nayyir min dhanab al-ḥūt (al-janūbiyy ...
Xi Gruis had originally been placed in Microscopium. Conversely, Gould dropped Lacaille's Sigma as he thought it was too dim. [12] Grus has several bright stars. Marking the left wing is Alpha Gruis, [11] a blue-white star of spectral type B6V and apparent magnitude 1.7, around 101 light-years from Earth. [13]
Follows the same paths as many of the other stars in Grus, for example Gamma and Alpha Gruis in history and mythology. See also. List of stars in Grus;
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Alpha Ophiuchi: Binary star system 2.08 Beta Ursae Minoris: Star 2.10 [7] Gamma Andromedae: Quadruple star system 2.11 2.0 Beta Gruis: Star 2.12 Algol: Triple star system Maximum brightness 2.14 2.115 Denebola: Star 2.17 Gamma Centauri: Binary star system 2.21 2.14 Lambda Velorum: Star 2.23 Gamma Cygni: Star Suspected variable star 2.23 Alpha ...
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Alpha Gruis, a star in Grus; Zeta Centauri, a star in Centaurus This page was last edited on 25 March 2024, at 08:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Key to the table; Column title Description; No. The number used to identify stars in navigation publications and star charts. [Note 2]Common name The name of the star commonly used navigation publications and star charts.