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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 ...
All are included on the current List of IAU-approved Star Names. [8] The star nearest to Earth is typically referred to simply as "the Sun" or its equivalent in the language being used (for instance, if two astronomers were speaking French, they would call it le Soleil). However, it is usually called by its Latin name, Sol, in science fiction.
Below there are lists the nearest stars separated by spectral type.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.
A multiple star system consists of two or more stars that appear from Earth to be close to one another in the sky. [dubious – discuss] This may result from the stars actually being physically close and gravitationally bound to each other, in which case it is a physical multiple star, or this closeness may be merely apparent, in which case it is an optical multiple star [a] Physical multiple ...
If a planet orbits one member of a binary star system, then an uppercase letter for the star will be followed by a lowercase letter for the planet. Examples are 16 Cygni Bb [6] and HD 178911 Bb. [7] Planets orbiting the primary or "A" star should have 'Ab' after the name of the system, as in HD 41004 Ab. [8]
This category contains articles about star systems, which are groups of two or more gravitationally-bound stars in a region usually smaller than one light-year. Star clusters (groups of many more stars that occupy a much larger region) are listed in Category:Star clusters .
The WGSN adopted preliminary guidelines for unique star names. [5] In summary, these are: Names preserving world heritage are strongly encouraged; common and cultural names preferred over new. Names should normally be 4–16 characters in length; short names preferred over long. Names should be pronounceable in some language and be non-offensive.
Pages in category "Stars with proper names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 431 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .