Rotanev

ROTANEV (Beta Delphini). The two brighter stars of the exquisite constellation Delphinus (the Dolphin) fall well outside the traditional systems of naming stars after their characters or constellation placements (however confused these have become).

Sualocin and Rotanev [edit] References SIMBAD Query Result CCDM catalogue entry at VizieR ...

*β Del (Rotanev): F5 IV, 4m - 4.9 m *γ Del: one of the finest double stars in the sky. **γ1 Del: F7 V, 5.14m **γ2 Del: K1 IV, 4.27m *δ Del: A7 IIIp, 4.43m *The above mentioned stars form an asterism called Job's Coffin.

be found: northeast of Delta and Gamma Sagittae, and southeast of Albireo (Beta1 Cygni); east of the Dumbbell Nebula; southwest of the Veil or Witch's Broom, Lace-work, Cirrus, Network, and Filamentary nebulae, and northwest of Sualocin and Rotanev ...

Two stars in Delphinus bear the peculiar names Sualocin and Rotanev, which first appeared in the Palermo Catalogue of 1814 compiled by the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi.

Sualocin (Alpha Del) Rotanev (Beta Del) Deneb Dulfim (Epsilon Del) Back to Constellations Home Page Chris Dolan's Home Page ...

The names of the two main stars, alpha Del and beta Del, Sualocin and Rotanev, were first mentioned in 1814 in a star catalog, published at the Palermo Observatory in Italy.

Constellations - Delphinus - 6bet Del (Rotanev) Identification Data Common Name ...

Canopus is the only star named for a real person (if you don't count Rotanev and Sualocin in Delphinus the Dolphin). He was the pilot of the Greek fleet of King Menelaus, and he sailed the ships to the destruction of Troy.

Regulus Alpha Leonis Rigel Beta Orionis Rigil Kentaurus Alpha Centauri Rijl al Awwa Mu Virginis Rotanev Beta Delphini Ruchba Omega-2 Cygni Ruchbah Delta Cassiopeiae Rukbat Alpha Sagittarii Rukh Delta Cygni ...

See also: Sualocin, Delphinus, Constellation, Magnitude, Constellations