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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 ...
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 ...
In astronomy, stars have a variety of different stellar designations and names, including catalogue designations, current and historical proper names, and foreign language names. Only a tiny minority of known stars have proper names ; all others have only designations from various catalogues or lists, or no identifier at all.
The following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above.. BPM 37093 — a diamond star
Bellatrix is a massive star with about 8.6 times the mass [9] and 6.4 times the radius of the Sun. [10] As a massive star, this star will evolve faster than the Sun, currently it has an estimated age of approximately 25 million years. [9] The hydrogen should be exhausted in seven million years, after that Bellatrix will expand and cool.
Alpha Leporis is the star's Bayer designation.The traditional name Arneb comes from the Arabic أرنب ’arnab 'hare' [14] ('Lepus' is Latin for hare).In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [15] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars.
A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...
The scope of the list is still restricted to the main sequence spectral types: M, K, F, G, A, B and O. It may be later expanded to other types, such as S , D or C . The Alpha Centauri star system is the closest star system to the Sun .