Arabic star names / Sadalmelik
Sadalmelik
سعد الملك
Sadalmelik comes from the Arabic سعد الملك (Saʿd al-Malik), which means “the luck of the king”. It is the 165th-brightest star in the sky, in Aquarius.
- Brightness
- 2.95
- Colour
- orange
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Best seen
- October evenings
- Right ascension
- 22h 06m
- Declination
- −0° 19′
The name
One of several 'lucky' stars (suʿūd) in Aquarius in the Arab sky.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 90°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 65° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 38° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 56° above the horizon.
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