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'''Algenib''' (from [[Arabic]] الجنب ''al-janb'', "the flank" or الجانب ''al-jānib'', "the flank"), whose Bayer designation is γ Pegasi, the [[star]] that is the lower left-hand corner of the [[Great Square of Pegasus]]. In Chinese, it is known as ''the First Star of the Wall''. | '''Algenib''' (from [[Arabic]] الجنب ''al-janb'', "the flank" or الجانب ''al-jānib'', "the flank"), whose [[Bayer designation]] is γ Pegasi, the [[star]] that is the lower left-hand corner of the [[Great Square of Pegasus]]. In Chinese, it is known as ''the First Star of the Wall''. | ||
Algenib is of spectral class B2. | Algenib is of spectral class B2. | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 11 April 2008
Algenib (from Arabic الجنب al-janb, "the flank" or الجانب al-jānib, "the flank"), whose Bayer designation is γ Pegasi, the star that is the lower left-hand corner of the Great Square of Pegasus. In Chinese, it is known as the First Star of the Wall.
Algenib is of spectral class B2.
Note that α Pegasi is sometimes referred to as Algenib, but is more commonly known as Mirfak.