Beta Trianguli

Starbox short
name=β Trianguli
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Triangulum
ra=02^h 09^m 32.6^s
dec=+34° 59' 14"
spectral=A5III
appmag_v=+3.00
dist_ly=124 ± 4
dist_pc=38 ± 1
names=4 Trianguli, HR 622,
HD 13161, BD+34 381,
FK5 75, HIP 10064,
SAO 55306, GC 2572,
CCDM 02095+3459

Beta Trianguli (β Tri / β Trianguli) is the brightest star in the constellation Triangulum, sometimes called by the traditional Latin name Deltotum or the Greek Deltoton [ [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Triangulum*.html Richard Hinckley Allen: Star Names — Their Lore and Meaning: Triangulum] ] , as the constellation Triangulum resembled an upper-case Greek letter delta (Δ) to the ancient Greeks.

Beta Trianguli is a white A-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.00. It is approximately 124 light years from Earth.

References

External links

* [http://faculty.pepperdine.edu/dgreen/Astronomy/Resources/Constellation_Guide/constellation_history/Triangulum.htm]