Arabic star names / Elnath
Elnath
النطح
Elnath comes from the Arabic النطح (al-Naṭḥ), which means “the butting one”. It is the 28th-brightest star in the sky, in Taurus.
- Brightness
- 1.65
- Colour
- blue-white
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Best seen
- January evenings
- Right ascension
- 5h 26m
- Declination
- +28° 36′
The name
The tip of the bull's horn, butting forward.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 61°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 86° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 67° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 28° above the horizon.
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