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Algenib
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English
Etymology
From en ar جانب الجَانِب "the side". en ar ج ن ب
Proper noun
en star A β Cephei variable en subgiant, visible as a third-en magnitude blue-white star in the northern en constellation of en Pegasus, one of four stars in the en asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
en 1899 Richard Hinckley Allen Star-Names and Their Meanings 326 https://books.google.com/books?id=5xQuAAAAIAAJ&dq=Algenib&pg=PA326 G. E. Stechert New York [γ, 3, white, erroneously placed by Tycho in Pisces marks the extreme tip of the Horse's wing, so that its name Algenib has been considered as derived from Al Janāh, the Wing, but it probably is from Al Janb, the Side. It has sometimes been written Algemo.]
en star en Mirfak the star α Persei.
Synonyms
star in Pegasus mul γ gamma mul Pegasi primary designation, γ mul Peg abbreviated form, en Gamma Pegasi Latinized form
Holonyms
star in Pegasus en Pegasus
References
1 June 2018 Naming Stars List of IAU-approved Star Names International Astronomical Union https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/.
26 March 2011 gam Peg UID 000-BBB-301 The International Variable Star Index American Association of Variable Star Observers https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=25521.
Further reading
Gamma Pegasi
Anagrams
en abegiln Belgian Bengali bealing biangle