Tarazed
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Gamma Aquilae, Latinized from γ Aquilae, and formally known as Tarazed /ˈtærəzɛd/, is a binary star in the constellation of Aquila. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.712, making it readily visible to the naked eye at night. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of 395 light-years (121 parsecs) from the Sun. Tarazed is a relatively young star with an age of about 270 million years. Nevertheless, it has reached a stage of its evolution where it has consumed the hydrogen at its core and expanded into what is termed a bright giant star, with a stellar classification of K3 II. The star is now burning helium into carbon in its core. After it has finished generating energy through nuclear fusion, Gamma Aquilae will become a white dwarf. Tarazed is 100 times larger than the Sun in diameter and 2538 times brighter. If it were located in the place of the Sun, it would reach the orbit of Venus. It bore the traditional name Tarazed, which may derive from the Persian شاهين ترازو šāhin tarāzu "the beam of the scale", referring to an asterism of the Scale, Alpha, Beta and Gamma Aquilae. (Persian šāhīn means "royal falcon", "beam", and "pointer", and gave its name (as "falcon") to Beta Aquilae.) It turned out to be a very difficult puzzle to make. In order to be able to use it, he had to resort to tricks. Links
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