Arabic star names / Wezen
Wezen
الوزن
Wezen comes from the Arabic الوزن (al-Wazn), which means “the weight”. It is the 38th-brightest star in the sky, in Canis Major.
- Brightness
- 1.83
- Colour
- yellow
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Best seen
- February evenings
- Right ascension
- 7h 08m
- Declination
- −26° 24′
The name
A yellow-white supergiant in Canis Major. The name suggests a star that 'weighs' heavily and rises slowly over the horizon.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 64°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 39° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 12° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 83° above the horizon.
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