International Astronomical Union (IAU) established a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) in May 2016 to catalog and standardize proper names for stars for the international...
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approval comes mostly from its Working Group on Star Names, which has been publishing a "List of IAU-approved Star Names" since 2016. As of June 2025,...
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Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, NASA-CR-124573 (1971). "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU...
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"About the IAU". International Astronomical Union. "Buying Stars and Star Names". International Astronomical Union. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)"...
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constellation Argo Navis. Lambda Velorum, now officially named Suhail by the IAU Working Group on Star Names, was called in Arabic: السهيل الوزن, romanized: Al...
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"IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Naming Stars". Retrieved 5 February 2021. Andersen, Johannes. "Buying Stars and Star...
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1 August 2016. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved...
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Thuban (redirect from Egyptian north star)
International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of...
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Epsilon Crucis (redirect from Ginan (star))
S2CID 14878976. "IAU Approves 86 New Star Names From Around the World" (Press release). IAU.org. 11 December 2017. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)" (Press...
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Antares (redirect from Antares (star))
ISBN 978-1-85538-306-7. "IAU Catalog of Star Names". Retrieved 14 May 2025. "Leepwal". All Skies Encyclopaedia. IAU Working Group on Star Names. Retrieved 12 May...
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International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of...
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on 2005-12-22, retrieved 2011-12-30 "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names...
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Alpha Pegasi (redirect from Markab (star))
of Star Names". Retrieved 28 July 2016. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names...
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Pleiades star cluster. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for...
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Alpha Pavonis (redirect from Peacock Star)
on 2012-04-03, retrieved 2013-08-27 "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names...
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International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin...
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Alphard (redirect from Alphard (star))
1093/mnras/55.8.429. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved...
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its 88 recognized constellations. The IAU Working Group on Star Names approved the name Solitaire for the star E Hydrae in 2024, after the obsolete constellation...
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Alpha Leporis (redirect from Arneb (star))
p. 268 "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved May 22, 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved July...
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known as NameExoWorlds. The IAU's names for exoplanets – and on most occasions their host stars – are chosen by the Executive Committee Working Group (ECWG)...
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S2CID 119226823 "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved...
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ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 22 May 2016. "IAU Catalog of Star Names". Retrieved 28...
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Polaris (redirect from North Star)
Publications. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-939837-54-0. IAU Working Group on Star Names "IAU Catalog of Star Names". Retrieved 2016-07-28. Gemmae Frisii de astrolabo...
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Alpha Centauri (redirect from Closest star system)
Astronomical Union (IAU) as the approved proper name; it is frequently abbreviated to Proxima. In 2016, the Working Group on Star Names of the IAU, having decided...
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S2CID 237503492. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved...
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International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of...
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Beta Tauri (redirect from Nath (star))
International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of...
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Star names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Books. p. 407. Retrieved 2016-09-14. "Naming Stars". IAU.org. Retrieved 18 June 2018. IAU Working Group on...
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Denebola (redirect from Denebola (star))
S2CID 118597258. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016. "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved...
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a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Barnard's Star for this star on 1...
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