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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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of star systems within 100–150 light years of Earth. This list is incomplete; you can ... Star system ← → ← ...
Star system ← → ← → Median distance () Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references HD 184010: 200: 1: KOIII-IV: Has 3 exoplanets. Delta Scuti
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 ...
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]
The earliest naming system which is still popular is the Bayer designation using the name of constellations to identify the stars within them. [ 1 ] The IAU is the only internationally recognized authority for assigning astronomical designations to celestial objects and surface features on them. [ 2 ]
Star system ← ← Median distance () Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references Gamma Circini: 450: 2: B5 IV + F8 V: 4.51: 1RXS J160929.1−210524
Pages in category "Stars with proper names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 433 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .