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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 ...
Holmberg II is a dwarf irregular galaxy about 9.8 million light-years away in the M81 Group; Holmberg IX is a dwarf irregular galaxy and a satellite galaxy of Messier 81. Holmberg 15A is a supergiant elliptical galaxy and the central dominant galaxy of the Abell 85 galaxy cluster in the constellation Cetus. Huchra's Lens is a lensed galaxy.
When it comes to nicknames for boys, there's no shortage of great options. Check out this list of 73 options from champ and slugger to chief, boss and monkey.
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 on Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites during the 2015 NameExoWorlds campaign [6] and recognized by the ...
But the names in Peter Pan — Peter, Michael, and John — are always on the SSA's list of the top 1,000 boy names. It's impossible to tell if this is because of Disney's magic pixie dust, or if ...
The IAU's names for exoplanets – and on most occasions their host stars – are chosen by the Executive Committee Working Group (ECWG) on Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites, a group working parallel with the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN). [1] Proper names of stars chosen by the ECWG are explicitly recognised by the WGSN. [1]
80 Superhero Names For Babies. With inspiration from the strength and courage of the universe's greatest heroes (and villains), here are 80 superhero names to consider: Arrow. Atlas. Aurora. Azula ...
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 ...