Arabic star names / Sadr
Sadr
الصدر
Sadr comes from the Arabic الصدر (al-Ṣadr), which means “the chest”. It is the 71st-brightest star in the sky, in Cygnus.
- Brightness
- 2.23
- Colour
- yellow
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Best seen
- September evenings
- Right ascension
- 20h 22m
- Declination
- +40° 15′
The name
The chest of the hen (Cygnus), where the bird's wings cross its body.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 50°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 74° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 79° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 16° above the horizon.
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