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During the Triennium, WGSN approved additional names for the IAU Catalog of Star Names: Geminga for the pulsar PSR B0633+17 in Gemini, and Rana for δ Eri (HR 1136). The WGSN also recognizes the 20 new star names added via the NameExoWorlds 2022
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The IAU is the international astronomical organisation that brings together more than 10 000 professional astronomers from almost 100 countries. Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. The IAU also serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designat...
Dr. Eric Mamajek WGSN Chair Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, USA Tel: +1 818-354-2153 Cell: +1 818-393-4950 (Fax) Email: IAUWGSN@gmail.com Lars Lindberg Christensen IAU Press Officer Garching bei München, Germany Tel: +49 89 320 06 761 Cell: +49 173 38 72 621 Email: lars@eso.org
WGSN maintains the IAU Catalog of Star Names. The focus during the 2021-2024 triennium will be: (1) to continue an exhaustive search of star names from the cultural astronomy literature, (2) to adopt new IAU proper names for stars of scientific and historical value for community use
IAU 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 April 2022, the list included a total of 451 proper names of stars.
Dec 12, 2016 · The WGSN currently has 227 star names published on the IAU site under its Naming Stars page, many of which have been long-used by stargazers. In fact, the catalogue includes 18 star names that were approved by the ‘IAU Executive Committee Working Group for Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites’ in December 2015, including 5 ...
Nov 28, 2016 · WGSN has now established a new catalogue of IAU star names, with the first set of 227 approved names published on the IAU website.
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The committee met virtually on February 3, 2022. Major topics included the new IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference, the status of the IAU General Assembly in 2022, continued support for the Young Astronomers’ and Women in Astronomy events at the IAU GA, and approval of U.S ...
