Arabic star names / Enif
Enif
الأنف
Enif comes from the Arabic الأنف (al-Anf), which means “the nose”. It is the 83rd-brightest star in the sky, in Pegasus.
- Brightness
- 2.38
- Colour
- orange
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Best seen
- September evenings
- Right ascension
- 21h 44m
- Declination
- +9° 53′
The name
The tip of the winged horse's nose.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 80°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 75° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 48° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 46° above the horizon.
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