Arabic star names / Adhara
Adhara
العذارى
Adhara comes from the Arabic العذارى (al-ʿAdhārā), which means “the maidens”. It is the 23rd-brightest star in the sky, in Canis Major.
- Brightness
- 1.50
- Colour
- blue-white
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Best seen
- February evenings
- Right ascension
- 6h 59m
- Declination
- −28° 58′
The name
Part of a group of stars in Canis Major that Arabs called the maidens.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 61°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 36° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 10° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 85° above the horizon.
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