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Free Stars: Children of Infinity is an open world space game, and the upcoming sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters (also known as Star Control II or Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters). [1] The game began development in 2021 under Pistol Shrimp, [ 2 ] a new studio co-founded by Star Control creators Fred Ford , Paul Reiche , Ken Ford and Dan Gerstein ...
Flamsteed designations gained popularity throughout the eighteenth century, and are now commonly used when no Bayer designation exists. Where a Bayer designation with a Greek letter does exist for a star, it is usually used in preference to the Flamsteed designation. (Flamsteed numbers are generally preferred to Bayer designations with Roman ...
Detail of Bayer's chart for Orion showing the belt stars and Orion Nebula region, with both Greek and Latin letter labels visible. A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q And: α ...
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In Chinese, 星宿 (Xīng Xiù), meaning Star, refers to an asterism consisting of Alphard, τ 1 Hydrae, τ 2 Hydrae, ι Hydrae, 26 Hydrae, 27 Hydrae, HD 82477 and HD 82428. [16] Consequently, Alphard itself is known as 星宿一 (Xīng Xiù yī), "the First Star of Star". [17] In ancient China it formed part of an asterism called the "red bird".
Beta Canis Majoris is the star's Bayer designation.The traditional names Mirzam, Al-Murzim or Murzim, [11] derive from the Arabic (مرزم) for 'The Herald', and probably refer to its position, heralding (i.e., rising before) Sirius in the night sky.
δ Corvi (Latinised to Delta Corvi) is the star's Bayer designation.. It bore the traditional name Algorab derived from Arabic الغراب al-ghuraab, meaning 'the crow'.In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [10] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars.