Algenib en · PROPN
Etymology
From Arabic الجَانِب (al-jānib) "the side".
Meanings
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A β Cephei variable subgiant, visible as a third-magnitude blue-white star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
[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.]
1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 326:
- Synonym of Mirfak (the star α Persei).
Holonyms
Pegasus (star in Pegasus)
Synonyms
Gamma Pegasi (star in Pegasus) · Mirfak · γ Pegasi (star in Pegasus) · γ Peg (star in Pegasus)