Arabic star names / Diphda
Diphda
الضفدع الثاني
Diphda comes from the Arabic الضفدع الثاني (al-Ḍifdaʿ al-Thānī), which means “the second frog”. It is the 52nd-brightest star in the sky, in Cetus.
- Brightness
- 2.04
- Colour
- orange
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Best seen
- November evenings
- Right ascension
- 0h 44m
- Declination
- −17° 59′
The name
Fomalhaut was the 'first frog' and this star the second, two lone bright points in a dark part of the sky.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 72°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 47° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 21° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 74° above the horizon.
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