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- 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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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 ...
Jan 3, 2018 · That all changed in 2016, when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved 227 common names for stars. And as Mariah Quintanilla at Science News reports, just last month they added...
In contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). [1] Each constellation is a region of the sky bordered by arcs of right ascension and declination, together covering the entire celestial sphere.
ConstellationAbbreviations(iau [5])Abbreviations(nasa [6])GenitiveAndromeda / ænˈdrɒmɪdə / [7]AndAndrAndromedaeAntlia / ˈæntliə / [7]AntAntlAntliaeApus / ˈeɪpəs / [8]ApsApusAquarius / əˈkwɛəriəs / [7]AqrAqarAquarii- More Information
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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
Nov 26, 2016 · The 227 names that have been released include 209 recently approved names by the WGSN, plus the 18 stars that the IAU Executive Committee Working Group for Public Naming of Planets and...
Apr 17, 2022 · After a recent meeting by the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN), the IAU formally adopted 86 new names for stars drawn largely from the Australian Aboriginal, Chinese, Coptic, Hindu, Mayan,...
Dec 11, 2017 · Now, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Division C Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) has formally approved 86 new names for stars drawn from those used by other cultures, namely Australian Aboriginal, Chinese, Coptic, Hindu, Mayan, Polynesian, and South African.
