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Nihal
Beta Leporis
Names For This Star
Nihal (Nibal) would seem to derive from the name that was formerly applied by the Arabs to the four brightest stars of Lepus - Al Nihal, "The Drinking Camels." The stars were seen as camels drinking from the river of the near-by Milky Way.
Description of the Star
Nihal is a yellow G5II bright giant star having a luminosity about 150 times that of the sun.
According to Burnham, Nihal has a dim companion of perhaps 11th magnitude at a separation of about 2.5 arc seconds, corresponding to a projected distance of 122 AU that is, about 3 times the distance from the sun to planet Pluto. The period of the orbit of the companion appears to be several hundred years.
Other Designations For This Star
Flamsteed |
9 Leporis |
Hipparcos Identifier (HIP Number) |
25606 |
Harvard Revised (HR Number) |
1829 |
Henry Draper Catalog (HD Number) |
36079 |
Bonner Durchmusterung (BD Number) |
BD-20 1096 |
Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory compendium (SAO Number) |
170457 |
Fundamental Katalog (FK5 Number) |
204 |
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