Arabic star names / Mirzam
Mirzam
المرزم
Mirzam comes from the Arabic المرزم (al-Mirzam), which means “the herald (traditional reading)”. It is the 48th-brightest star in the sky, in Canis Major.
- Brightness
- 1.98
- Colour
- blue-white
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Best seen
- February evenings
- Right ascension
- 6h 23m
- Declination
- −17° 57′
The name
It rises just before Sirius, announcing the brightest star.
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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