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In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
When a planet is detected around a star, the star is often given a name and number based on the name of the telescope or survey mission that discovered it and based on how many planets have already been discovered by that mission e.g. HAT-P-9, WASP-1, COROT-1, Kepler-4, TRAPPIST-1.
Name Distance Spectral type Stellar ... Has two known planets List of nearest B-type stars ... 31st brightest star in the night sky. Alkaid: 103.9 ...
Animated 3D map of the nearest stars, centered on the Sun. 3D red green glasses are recommended to view this image correctly. A radar map of the distances ( ) and positions ( ) of all known stellar bodies or systems within 9 light years (ly) (for within 12 ly see this map).
Fifth brightest star in the night sky. [71] Altair (α Aquilae) 2.01 × 1.57 [104] Twelfth brightest star in the night sky. Sirius (α Canis Majoris A) 1.713 [105] AD The brightest star in the night sky. Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri A) 1.2175 [106] AD Third brightest star in the night sky. Sun: 1: The largest object in the Solar System.
In astronomy, star names, in contrast to star designations, are proper names of stars that have emerged from usage in pre-modern astronomical traditions. Lists of these names appear in the following articles: List of Arabic star names; List of Chinese star names; List of proper names of stars: traditional proper names in modern usage around ...
Host Galaxy Star system Median distance Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references IC 3418: SDSS J1229+1122: 550,000,000: 1: O: 22.85:
has a possible shortest period planet MOA-2007-BLG-192L: 18 h 08 m 04 s: −27° 09′ 00″ has a planet Pistol Star: V4647: 17 h 46 m 15.3 s: −28° 50′ 04″ 25000: LBV: hypergiant; member of the Quintuplet star cluster: LBV 1806-20: 18 h 08 m 40.3 s: −20° 24′ 41″ 28000: LBV: luminous blue variable; member of the 1806-20 cluster WR ...