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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 ...
The following lists of constellations are available: IAU designated constellations – a list of the current, or "modern", constellations; Former constellations – a list of former constellations; Chinese constellations – traditional Chinese astronomy constellations; List of Nakshatras – sectors along the Moon's ecliptic
All stars but one can be associated with an IAU (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided into 89 irregularly shaped boxes as the constellation Serpens is split into two separate sections, Serpens Caput (the snake's head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (the snake's tail ...
This feminine name of Greek origin has a soft and melodic sound and a celestial-adjacent meaning of ‘bright.’ ... a star in the Taurus constellation, is a Greek girl’s name that means ...
The South Ecliptic pole also lies within this constellation. Even though the name Dorado is not Latin but Spanish, astronomers give it the Latin genitive form Doradus when naming its stars; it is treated (like the adjacent asterism Argo Navis) as a feminine proper name of Greek origin ending in -ō (like Io or Callisto or Argo), which have a ...
English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Girl: 女: Aquarius: 4: Women's matters, women weaving, the turtle or snake basaltic Twelve States [note 1] 十二國: Capricornus: 16: Twelve states of Ancient China Pearls on Ladies' Wear: 離珠: Aquila/Aquarius: 5: Women's social position and decorative beads ...
The traditional name Bellatrix is from the Latin bellātrix "female warrior". It first appeared in the works of Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi and Johannes Hispalensis , where it originally referred to Capella , but was transferred to Gamma Orionis by the Vienna school of astronomers in the 15th century, and appeared in contemporary reprints of the ...
Bellatrix marks Orion's left shoulder and it means the "female warrior", and is sometimes known colloquially as the "Amazon Star". [13] It is the closest major star in Orion at only 244.6 light years from our solar system. Mintaka is designated Delta Orionis, despite being the faintest of the three stars in Orion's Belt. Its name means "the belt".