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Siwarha
Siwarha: the pale star of Orion
pale · Orion · α Ori B
Siwarha is a pale star in the constellation Orion, one of the stars with a proper name recognised in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. At magnitude 8.20 it is a binocular or telescope object.
Most stars in the sky are anonymous points of light. Siwarha is not. Some IAU-recognised names are ancient; others were adopted by the IAU only recently. Either way, the star already has a scientific identity, and a dedication attaches a human story to it.
Real star · Personal dedication · Recorded in the AsterNym registry
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Siwarha at a glance
- Constellation
- Orion
- Other name
- α Ori B
- Catalogue number
- α Ori B · -
- Distance
- Not quoted. The name is dedicated to a putative companion of Betelgeuse rather than to a separately measured star, so it has no spectral type or distance of its own.
- Brightness
- Magnitude 8.20 telescope
- Colour
- pale
- Best seen from
- Almost everywhere on Earth
- Right ascension
- 05h 55m 10s
- Declination
- +07° 24′ 25″
J2000 catalogue coordinates that can be independently cross-checked against astronomical databases. A planetarium app showing coordinates of date will differ slightly, because proper motion and precession move a star’s apparent position over time.
What kind of star is Siwarha?
Siwarha is catalogued as a pale star and its spectral type is not cleanly classified in the data behind this page, so what follows stays with what has been measured rather than what could be inferred from it.
What does the name Siwarha mean?
The traditional name Betelgeuse was derived from the Arabic يد الجوزاء Yad al-Jawzā’ "the hand of al-Jawzā’ ".
The discoverers of the candidate companion star Betelgeuse B proposed the name Siwarha, which means her bracelet in Arabic.
Name origin from English Wikipedia. AsterNym does not invent an etymology where none is recorded, and most stars in this catalogue have none: they carry modern names, or a catalogue designation and nothing older.
What could a Siwarha dedication represent?
Siwarha is especially meaningful for someone who:
- · Deserves something older than any gift shop
- · Marks a beginning, an anniversary or a promise
- · Is remembered every time you look up
- · Has a light you want recorded somewhere permanent
Dedication idea
“For the one I think of when I find Orion in the sky.”
Where can you see Siwarha?
It sits 7° north of the celestial equator, so it clears the horizon everywhere short of latitude 83°S, in practice, every inhabited latitude on Earth. It passes directly overhead at latitude 7°N. It stands highest at midnight in December, so December and January evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 8.20 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
Siwarha belongs to Orion.
What does Siwarha mean in astrology?
The classical fixed-star tradition: Ptolemy, the medieval Behenian lists, Robson’s 1923 compilation. Is silent on Siwarha, and we don’t invent lore where none exists. What astrology can still read is the star’s real position, below.
Projected onto the zodiac the way fixed-star astrology reads any star, Siwarha stands at 28° Gemini at the J2000 epoch, and the Sun passes that degree around 18 June in the years around 2000. Fixed-star longitude shifts slowly against the tropical zodiac because of precession, about one degree every seventy-two years, so a natal conjunction must be calculated for the birth year rather than read off this J2000 value or a calendar date.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. The position and dates are computed.
Dedicate Siwarha to someone who matters
A flower fades. A card is eventually put away. A star gives your message a place in the sky.
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Dedicate Siwarha →Real star · your message · a page to share
Your Siwarha dedication includes
- Your chosen dedication name
- Your personal message
- Siwarha's real astronomical coordinates
- A shareable dedication page
- Its location on the AsterNym Galaxy Map
- An optional printable certificate and gift presentation
Siwarha keeps its established astronomical name. Your dedication is a personal commemorative record within the AsterNym registry.
Frequently asked questions about Siwarha
- What does Siwarha mean in astrology?
- The classical fixed-star tradition has no documented meaning for Siwarha. Projected onto the zodiac, Siwarha stands at 28° Gemini, and the Sun passes that degree each year around 18 June.
- Is Siwarha the brightest star?
- Siwarha shines at magnitude 8.20 · a binocular-and-telescope star, one of the few thousand stars with an officially recognised name.
- How far away is Siwarha?
- No distance is quoted for Siwarha. The name is dedicated to a putative companion of Betelgeuse rather than to a separately measured star, so it has no spectral type or distance of its own.
- Which constellation contains Siwarha?
- Siwarha is part of Orion.
- Can everyone see Siwarha?
- It sits 7° north of the celestial equator, so it clears the horizon everywhere short of latitude 83°S, in practice, every inhabited latitude on Earth. It passes directly overhead at latitude 7°N. It stands highest at midnight in December, so December and January evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 8.20 it sits below naked-eye reach; binoculars or a small telescope will find it.
- Is dedicating Siwarha an official astronomical renaming?
- No. Siwarha keeps its internationally recognised astronomical name. An AsterNym dedication records your personal name and message in the AsterNym registry without changing the star's scientific identity.
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