IAU Approves 86 New Star Names

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IAU Approves 86 New Star Names

Post by bystander » Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:57 pm

IAU Approves 86 New Star Names from Around the World
International Astronomical Union | 2017 Dec 11

The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Star Names formally approved 86 new names for stars, which are now in the IAU stellar name catalogue. The catalogue now contains the approved names of 313 stars.
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