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  2. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Estelle (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Best-known overall in France due to model Estelle Lefébure (born 1966), [5] [6] the name Estelle has proven substantially more popular in Belgium than France. [1] Estelle came into vogue in the British Isles in the mid-19th century likely as a variant of the similar Stella which had recently become fashionable.

  4. Stella (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the Latin word for star . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been in use in English-speaking countries since it was first used by Philip Sidney in Astrophel and Stella , his 1580s sonnet sequence .

  5. List of stage names - Wikipedia

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    Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed. Those with a one-word stage name are listed in a separate article. In many cases, performers have legally changed their name to their stage name. [1] Note: Many cultures have their own naming customs and systems, some rather intricate.

  6. Stellar designations and names - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of Totally Spies! characters - Wikipedia

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    Stella is Clover's mom, who looks just like Clover but originally with lighter hair until later with the same hair color tone as her daughter's. She appears in the season 2 episodes "Mommies Dearest", where she is controlled by Tim Scam, [ k ] and "Zooney World", where she asks Clover to take care of Clover's cousin Norman.

  8. List of Scottish Gaelic given names - Wikipedia

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    SG equivalent of En Patrick, Peter [24] (both En names are etymologically unrelated to one another). SG Peadar is used for the name of the saint (Saint Peter). Pàra, Pàdair are SG dialectal forms. [24] Para is a contracted form. [49] Pàdruig Patrick [54] Pàl Paul [52] See also SG Pòl. Pàra Patrick [24] Dialectal form of SG Pàdraig. [24 ...

  9. Pole star - Wikipedia

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    Like Beta Ursae Minoris during the 1st millennium BC, the bright star closest to the celestial pole in the 10th millennium AD, first-magnitude Deneb, will be a distant 7° from the pole, never close enough to be taken as marking the pole, [7] while third-magnitude Delta Cygni will be a more helpful pole star, at a distance of 3° from celestial ...