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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. Lists of star names - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Stellar designations and names - Wikipedia

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    The Bright Star Catalogue, which is a star catalogue listing all stars of apparent magnitude 6.5 or brighter, or roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth, contains 9,096 stars. [1] The most voluminous modern catalogues list on the order of a billion stars, out of an estimated total of 200 to 400 billion in the Milky Way .

  5. IAU Working Group on Star Names - Wikipedia

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    The informal names often attributed to other components in a physical multiple (e.g., Fomalhaut B) are treated as unofficial (albeit described as "useful nicknames"), and not included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names. In the List, the components are clearly identified by their identifiers in the Washington Double Star Catalog. [4]

  6. Astronomical naming conventions - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [4] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 [5] included a table of 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 Working Group ...

  7. Stars named after people - Wikipedia

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    The best source to get these names is Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2 (Double Stars, Variable Stars, and Nonstellar Objects), in the chapter Glossary Of Selected Astronomical Names. Abt's Star is SV Crateris (ADS 8115/ HD 98088/ β 600) in Crater .

  8. List of fandom names - Wikipedia

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    Music group [4] Brave Girls: Fearless Music group [36] B.A.P: BABY Music group [37] Baby Tate: Tater Tots Musician [38] Babymetal: The One Music group Named from their English-language song "The One" [1] Babymonster: Monstiez Music group [39] Band-Maid: Goshujin-sama, Ojō-sama Music group Based on the names used to greet patrons at maid cafés ...

  9. Alphard - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [12] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 [13] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Alphard for this star. It is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of ...