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2. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Starr (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Starr is a family name, originating from the pre-Modern English word starre or sterre, meaning "star". People. Albert Starr (1926–2024), ...

4. Lists of star names - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. 100 Baby Names That Mean Star - AOL

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   Mint Images/Getty Images. A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic ...

6. List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - Wikipedia

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   The stars are ordered alphabetically by surname, and all names are shown as they appear on the stars. All entries can be found on the Hollywood Walk of Fame website maintained by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (see the External links section below). As of January 7, 2025, there are 2,798 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [1] [2

7. Lists of stars - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above. BPM 37093 — a diamond star Cygnus X-1 — X-ray source

8. Stars named after people - Wikipedia

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   Barnard's Star, the fourth-closest star to the solar system, named after the American astronomer E. E. Barnard who discovered it has the highest known proper motion of any star. Cor Caroli ( Latin for 'heart of Charles') for the star Alpha Canum Venaticorum, so named in honour of King Charles I of England by Sir Charles Scarborough , his physician.

9. List of traditional star names - Wikipedia

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   Language links are at the top of the page across from the title.