M.Sadegh Faghanpour
@msfa94.bsky.social
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🎄🦌 Aldu — ε Persei
A bluish-white B-type star (mag 2.9) in Perseus. Named Áldu (“Reindeer Cow”) from Sami tradition, part of the winter reindeer constellation. Rapidly pulsating spectroscopic binary, 26,500 K, 15 M☉, 6 R☉, 537 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Aldu #IAUStarNames
A bluish-white B-type star (mag 2.9) in Perseus. Named Áldu (“Reindeer Cow”) from Sami tradition, part of the winter reindeer constellation. Rapidly pulsating spectroscopic binary, 26,500 K, 15 M☉, 6 R☉, 537 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Aldu #IAUStarNames
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
🎄🦌 Aldu — ε Persei
A bluish-white B-type star (mag 2.9) in Perseus. Named Áldu (“Reindeer Cow”) from Sami tradition, part of the winter reindeer constellation. Rapidly pulsating spectroscopic binary, 26,500 K, 15 M☉, 6 R☉, 537 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Aldu #IAUStarNames
A bluish-white B-type star (mag 2.9) in Perseus. Named Áldu (“Reindeer Cow”) from Sami tradition, part of the winter reindeer constellation. Rapidly pulsating spectroscopic binary, 26,500 K, 15 M☉, 6 R☉, 537 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Aldu #IAUStarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🎄🟠 Kamelos — HD 45866
A faint K-type red giant in Camelopardalis. Kamelos (“camel”) plays on the Greek roots of the Giraffe constellation and its 17th-century lore. Cool, swollen, and quiet: 4200 K, ~52 R☉, 579 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Kamelos #IAUStarNames
A faint K-type red giant in Camelopardalis. Kamelos (“camel”) plays on the Greek roots of the Giraffe constellation and its 17th-century lore. Cool, swollen, and quiet: 4200 K, ~52 R☉, 579 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Kamelos #IAUStarNames
January 2, 2026 at 7:55 AM
🎄🟠 Kamelos — HD 45866
A faint K-type red giant in Camelopardalis. Kamelos (“camel”) plays on the Greek roots of the Giraffe constellation and its 17th-century lore. Cool, swollen, and quiet: 4200 K, ~52 R☉, 579 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Kamelos #IAUStarNames
A faint K-type red giant in Camelopardalis. Kamelos (“camel”) plays on the Greek roots of the Giraffe constellation and its 17th-century lore. Cool, swollen, and quiet: 4200 K, ~52 R☉, 579 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Kamelos #IAUStarNames
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🎄🔵 Sarvvis — δ Persei
A hot blue-white runaway star in Perseus. Sarvvis is the Sámi Reindeer Bull, part of a vast Arctic sky animal spanning Perseus–Auriga–Cassiopeia. Fast-rotating B-type binary, mag 3.0, 527 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Sarvvis #SamiAstronomy
A hot blue-white runaway star in Perseus. Sarvvis is the Sámi Reindeer Bull, part of a vast Arctic sky animal spanning Perseus–Auriga–Cassiopeia. Fast-rotating B-type binary, mag 3.0, 527 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Sarvvis #SamiAstronomy
January 2, 2026 at 7:59 AM
🎄🔵 Sarvvis — δ Persei
A hot blue-white runaway star in Perseus. Sarvvis is the Sámi Reindeer Bull, part of a vast Arctic sky animal spanning Perseus–Auriga–Cassiopeia. Fast-rotating B-type binary, mag 3.0, 527 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Sarvvis #SamiAstronomy
A hot blue-white runaway star in Perseus. Sarvvis is the Sámi Reindeer Bull, part of a vast Arctic sky animal spanning Perseus–Auriga–Cassiopeia. Fast-rotating B-type binary, mag 3.0, 527 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Sarvvis #SamiAstronomy
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🔵 Shangwei (少衛) — HIP 29997
A snow-white A-type star in Camelopardalis. Shangwei (“Imperial Guard”) belongs to the ancient Chinese Purple Forbidden Palace near the pole. Rapid rotator, 10,000 K, 175 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangwei #ChineseAstronomy
A snow-white A-type star in Camelopardalis. Shangwei (“Imperial Guard”) belongs to the ancient Chinese Purple Forbidden Palace near the pole. Rapid rotator, 10,000 K, 175 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangwei #ChineseAstronomy
January 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
🔵 Shangwei (少衛) — HIP 29997
A snow-white A-type star in Camelopardalis. Shangwei (“Imperial Guard”) belongs to the ancient Chinese Purple Forbidden Palace near the pole. Rapid rotator, 10,000 K, 175 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangwei #ChineseAstronomy
A snow-white A-type star in Camelopardalis. Shangwei (“Imperial Guard”) belongs to the ancient Chinese Purple Forbidden Palace near the pole. Rapid rotator, 10,000 K, 175 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangwei #ChineseAstronomy
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
⚪️ Shangcheng (上丞) — HIP 14862
A fast-spinning white star in Cassiopeia. Shangcheng (“Great Imperial Minister”) guards the northern gate of China’s Purple Forbidden Palace. Strongly oblate A-type star, ~160 ly away.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangcheng #IAUStarNames
A fast-spinning white star in Cassiopeia. Shangcheng (“Great Imperial Minister”) guards the northern gate of China’s Purple Forbidden Palace. Strongly oblate A-type star, ~160 ly away.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangcheng #IAUStarNames
January 2, 2026 at 8:06 AM
⚪️ Shangcheng (上丞) — HIP 14862
A fast-spinning white star in Cassiopeia. Shangcheng (“Great Imperial Minister”) guards the northern gate of China’s Purple Forbidden Palace. Strongly oblate A-type star, ~160 ly away.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangcheng #IAUStarNames
A fast-spinning white star in Cassiopeia. Shangcheng (“Great Imperial Minister”) guards the northern gate of China’s Purple Forbidden Palace. Strongly oblate A-type star, ~160 ly away.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Shangcheng #IAUStarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔴 Custos — BE Camelopardalis
A deep red AGB giant glowing faintly in Camelopardalis. Named from Custos Messium (“Keeper of the Harvest”), a lost Early Modern constellation. Huge, cool, and pulsating: ~176 R☉, 963 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Custos #ForgottenConstellations
A deep red AGB giant glowing faintly in Camelopardalis. Named from Custos Messium (“Keeper of the Harvest”), a lost Early Modern constellation. Huge, cool, and pulsating: ~176 R☉, 963 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Custos #ForgottenConstellations
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 AM
🔴 Custos — BE Camelopardalis
A deep red AGB giant glowing faintly in Camelopardalis. Named from Custos Messium (“Keeper of the Harvest”), a lost Early Modern constellation. Huge, cool, and pulsating: ~176 R☉, 963 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Custos #ForgottenConstellations
A deep red AGB giant glowing faintly in Camelopardalis. Named from Custos Messium (“Keeper of the Harvest”), a lost Early Modern constellation. Huge, cool, and pulsating: ~176 R☉, 963 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Custos #ForgottenConstellations
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
⚪ Gang — 50 Cassiopeiae
A crisp white A-type star near the pole. Gang (“the Shaft”) belongs to the Chinese asterism Huagai, the Emperor’s canopy. Once mistaken for a nebula, now a settled main-sequence star at 162 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Gang #ChineseAstronomy
A crisp white A-type star near the pole. Gang (“the Shaft”) belongs to the Chinese asterism Huagai, the Emperor’s canopy. Once mistaken for a nebula, now a settled main-sequence star at 162 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Gang #ChineseAstronomy
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
⚪ Gang — 50 Cassiopeiae
A crisp white A-type star near the pole. Gang (“the Shaft”) belongs to the Chinese asterism Huagai, the Emperor’s canopy. Once mistaken for a nebula, now a settled main-sequence star at 162 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Gang #ChineseAstronomy
A crisp white A-type star near the pole. Gang (“the Shaft”) belongs to the Chinese asterism Huagai, the Emperor’s canopy. Once mistaken for a nebula, now a settled main-sequence star at 162 ly.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Gang #ChineseAstronomy
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
⚪ Huagai — ι Cassiopeiae
A complex multiple-star system in Cassiopeia. Huagai (“Imperial Canopy”) crowns the Purple Forbidden Palace in ancient Chinese astronomy. Magnetic, hierarchical system, ~141 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Huagai #IAUStarNames
A complex multiple-star system in Cassiopeia. Huagai (“Imperial Canopy”) crowns the Purple Forbidden Palace in ancient Chinese astronomy. Magnetic, hierarchical system, ~141 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Huagai #IAUStarNames
January 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
⚪ Huagai — ι Cassiopeiae
A complex multiple-star system in Cassiopeia. Huagai (“Imperial Canopy”) crowns the Purple Forbidden Palace in ancient Chinese astronomy. Magnetic, hierarchical system, ~141 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Huagai #IAUStarNames
A complex multiple-star system in Cassiopeia. Huagai (“Imperial Canopy”) crowns the Purple Forbidden Palace in ancient Chinese astronomy. Magnetic, hierarchical system, ~141 ly, circumpolar.
IAU Dec 2025.
#Huagai #IAUStarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔴 In 2025, the IAU WGSN approved 40 new official star names from global sky traditions, including Chinese, Arabic, Sámi, Indian, Egyptian, and classical Greek & Latin sources—celebrating humanity’s shared astronomical heritage.
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 AM
🔴 In 2025, the IAU WGSN approved 40 new official star names from global sky traditions, including Chinese, Arabic, Sámi, Indian, Egyptian, and classical Greek & Latin sources—celebrating humanity’s shared astronomical heritage.
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔴 In 2025, the IAU WGSN approved 40 new official star names from global sky traditions, including Chinese, Arabic, Sámi, Indian, Egyptian, and classical Greek & Latin sources—celebrating humanity’s shared astronomical heritage.
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 AM
🔴 In 2025, the IAU WGSN approved 40 new official star names from global sky traditions, including Chinese, Arabic, Sámi, Indian, Egyptian, and classical Greek & Latin sources—celebrating humanity’s shared astronomical heritage.
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
✨ IAU-WGSN Star Names 2025 ✨
In 2025, the IAU-WGSN adopted 40 new star names, up from 19 in 2024. These names reflect rich cultural roots—from Indigenous, Arabic, Chinese, and classical traditions. Mapped using Gaia DR2. 🌌
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #GaiaDR2
In 2025, the IAU-WGSN adopted 40 new star names, up from 19 in 2024. These names reflect rich cultural roots—from Indigenous, Arabic, Chinese, and classical traditions. Mapped using Gaia DR2. 🌌
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #GaiaDR2
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
✨ IAU-WGSN Star Names 2025 ✨
In 2025, the IAU-WGSN adopted 40 new star names, up from 19 in 2024. These names reflect rich cultural roots—from Indigenous, Arabic, Chinese, and classical traditions. Mapped using Gaia DR2. 🌌
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #GaiaDR2
In 2025, the IAU-WGSN adopted 40 new star names, up from 19 in 2024. These names reflect rich cultural roots—from Indigenous, Arabic, Chinese, and classical traditions. Mapped using Gaia DR2. 🌌
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #GaiaDR2
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔺 Triangulum — Star Names
Alaybasān (β Tri) — Arab.
Deltoton — Greek.
Apdu (γ Tri) — Egyptian.
Mothallah (α Tri) — Arabic.
Triangulum unites Arab, Greek, and Egyptian sky traditions.
#Triangulum #StarNames
Alaybasān (β Tri) — Arab.
Deltoton — Greek.
Apdu (γ Tri) — Egyptian.
Mothallah (α Tri) — Arabic.
Triangulum unites Arab, Greek, and Egyptian sky traditions.
#Triangulum #StarNames
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🔺 Triangulum — Star Names
Alaybasān (β Tri) — Arab.
Deltoton — Greek.
Apdu (γ Tri) — Egyptian.
Mothallah (α Tri) — Arabic.
Triangulum unites Arab, Greek, and Egyptian sky traditions.
#Triangulum #StarNames
Alaybasān (β Tri) — Arab.
Deltoton — Greek.
Apdu (γ Tri) — Egyptian.
Mothallah (α Tri) — Arabic.
Triangulum unites Arab, Greek, and Egyptian sky traditions.
#Triangulum #StarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
⚪️ Kulou – ι Cen
Bright white star in #Centaurus, mag 2.73.
🌡️ 9160 K | 2.36 M☉ | 2.1 R☉ | 58 ly
Name Kùlóu (“Arsenal”), from a 2nd-century BCE Chinese super-constellation spanning Centaurus & Lupus.
Shows strong IR excess from a warm debris disk.
#Kulou #IAUStarNames
Bright white star in #Centaurus, mag 2.73.
🌡️ 9160 K | 2.36 M☉ | 2.1 R☉ | 58 ly
Name Kùlóu (“Arsenal”), from a 2nd-century BCE Chinese super-constellation spanning Centaurus & Lupus.
Shows strong IR excess from a warm debris disk.
#Kulou #IAUStarNames
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
⚪️ Kulou – ι Cen
Bright white star in #Centaurus, mag 2.73.
🌡️ 9160 K | 2.36 M☉ | 2.1 R☉ | 58 ly
Name Kùlóu (“Arsenal”), from a 2nd-century BCE Chinese super-constellation spanning Centaurus & Lupus.
Shows strong IR excess from a warm debris disk.
#Kulou #IAUStarNames
Bright white star in #Centaurus, mag 2.73.
🌡️ 9160 K | 2.36 M☉ | 2.1 R☉ | 58 ly
Name Kùlóu (“Arsenal”), from a 2nd-century BCE Chinese super-constellation spanning Centaurus & Lupus.
Shows strong IR excess from a warm debris disk.
#Kulou #IAUStarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
a Napolitanian created this amazing constellation video for kids, in Italian: youtu.be/lnzqja_LutM?...
costellazioni napoletane per bambini
YouTube video by Giuseppe Fusco
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
a Napolitanian created this amazing constellation video for kids, in Italian: youtu.be/lnzqja_LutM?...
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
costellazioni napoletane write blu
YouTube video by Giuseppe Fusco
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
We thank Giuseppe Fusco Marano from Naples (Napoli), Italy, for this great idea. Currently only available in Italian, we still think that the educational value comes predominantly from the pictures. "I appreciate this work very much and send 'mille grazie' to Italy", Susanne M Hoffmann says.
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We thank Giuseppe Fusco Marano from Naples (Napoli), Italy, for this great idea. Currently only available in Italian, we still think that the educational value comes predominantly from the pictures. "I appreciate this work very much and send 'mille grazie' to Italy", Susanne M Hoffmann says.
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🎃 Apāmvatsa (74 Vir) – a gentle red giant in Virgo (mag 4.69).
IAU releases the ancient Sanskrit name “Apāmvatsa,” meaning “calf of the waters,” from Indian sky tradition — just in time for Deepavali’s lights and Halloween’s pumpkins.
🌡️ 3,500 K | 400 ly | M2.5 III
#Apamvatsa #IAUStarNames
IAU releases the ancient Sanskrit name “Apāmvatsa,” meaning “calf of the waters,” from Indian sky tradition — just in time for Deepavali’s lights and Halloween’s pumpkins.
🌡️ 3,500 K | 400 ly | M2.5 III
#Apamvatsa #IAUStarNames
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🎃 Apāmvatsa (74 Vir) – a gentle red giant in Virgo (mag 4.69).
IAU releases the ancient Sanskrit name “Apāmvatsa,” meaning “calf of the waters,” from Indian sky tradition — just in time for Deepavali’s lights and Halloween’s pumpkins.
🌡️ 3,500 K | 400 ly | M2.5 III
#Apamvatsa #IAUStarNames
IAU releases the ancient Sanskrit name “Apāmvatsa,” meaning “calf of the waters,” from Indian sky tradition — just in time for Deepavali’s lights and Halloween’s pumpkins.
🌡️ 3,500 K | 400 ly | M2.5 III
#Apamvatsa #IAUStarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
⚪️ Shēngōng (神宫) – HIP 83100
A white giant star in Scorpius, once known in Chinese uranography as the Divine Palace, part of the Tail of the Azure Dragon.
Its soft Milky Way glow was seen as a sacred hall among the stars.
IAU-Adopted(2025).
#Shengong #ChineseAstronomy #WGSN #CulturalAstronomy
A white giant star in Scorpius, once known in Chinese uranography as the Divine Palace, part of the Tail of the Azure Dragon.
Its soft Milky Way glow was seen as a sacred hall among the stars.
IAU-Adopted(2025).
#Shengong #ChineseAstronomy #WGSN #CulturalAstronomy
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
⚪️ Shēngōng (神宫) – HIP 83100
A white giant star in Scorpius, once known in Chinese uranography as the Divine Palace, part of the Tail of the Azure Dragon.
Its soft Milky Way glow was seen as a sacred hall among the stars.
IAU-Adopted(2025).
#Shengong #ChineseAstronomy #WGSN #CulturalAstronomy
A white giant star in Scorpius, once known in Chinese uranography as the Divine Palace, part of the Tail of the Azure Dragon.
Its soft Milky Way glow was seen as a sacred hall among the stars.
IAU-Adopted(2025).
#Shengong #ChineseAstronomy #WGSN #CulturalAstronomy
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔴On 4th October, the chair of WGSN participated in the 24 Hours Live event at Akashi Planetarium (Japan), part of 100 Hours of Astronomy, @susanne-m-hoffmann.bsky.social explained how stars are officially named by the IAU followed by a public Q&A hosted by IAU-OAO.
#IAU #WGSN #Astronomy
#IAU #WGSN #Astronomy
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🔴On 4th October, the chair of WGSN participated in the 24 Hours Live event at Akashi Planetarium (Japan), part of 100 Hours of Astronomy, @susanne-m-hoffmann.bsky.social explained how stars are officially named by the IAU followed by a public Q&A hosted by IAU-OAO.
#IAU #WGSN #Astronomy
#IAU #WGSN #Astronomy
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔴 Juan Antonio Belmonte, member of #WGSN, presented “Astronomy and World Heritage: the Iberian Paradigm” at AHME-2 (Yerevan, 6–10 Oct 2025).
He showed how ancient Iberian sites — from Antequera Dolmens to Talayotic Menorca — reveal humanity’s timeless bond with the sky.
#IAU #StarNames
He showed how ancient Iberian sites — from Antequera Dolmens to Talayotic Menorca — reveal humanity’s timeless bond with the sky.
#IAU #StarNames
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🔴 Juan Antonio Belmonte, member of #WGSN, presented “Astronomy and World Heritage: the Iberian Paradigm” at AHME-2 (Yerevan, 6–10 Oct 2025).
He showed how ancient Iberian sites — from Antequera Dolmens to Talayotic Menorca — reveal humanity’s timeless bond with the sky.
#IAU #StarNames
He showed how ancient Iberian sites — from Antequera Dolmens to Talayotic Menorca — reveal humanity’s timeless bond with the sky.
#IAU #StarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🌟 New in May 2025:
WGSN adopts star names from Dutch, Latin, Arabic & Sumerian traditions — reviving asterisms in Apus & Andromeda, from ancient skies to early modern charts.
Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN
#IAU
#StarNames
#Apus
#Andromeda
#SkyHeritage
WGSN adopts star names from Dutch, Latin, Arabic & Sumerian traditions — reviving asterisms in Apus & Andromeda, from ancient skies to early modern charts.
Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN
#IAU
#StarNames
#Apus
#Andromeda
#SkyHeritage
August 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🌟 New in May 2025:
WGSN adopts star names from Dutch, Latin, Arabic & Sumerian traditions — reviving asterisms in Apus & Andromeda, from ancient skies to early modern charts.
Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN
#IAU
#StarNames
#Apus
#Andromeda
#SkyHeritage
WGSN adopts star names from Dutch, Latin, Arabic & Sumerian traditions — reviving asterisms in Apus & Andromeda, from ancient skies to early modern charts.
Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN
#IAU
#StarNames
#Apus
#Andromeda
#SkyHeritage
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔵 Alfarasalkamil (الفرس الكامل) – HIP 113726
"The Complete Horse" — from early Arabic & Babylonian sky lore
📍 In Andromeda’s left arm
🔭 B6IV blue subgiant
💡 Mag 3.62 | 692 ly
☀️ ~1,900× Sun's luminosity
Named by IAU in 2025, celebrating ancient star traditions beyond Pegasus.
#wgsn #iau #starname
"The Complete Horse" — from early Arabic & Babylonian sky lore
📍 In Andromeda’s left arm
🔭 B6IV blue subgiant
💡 Mag 3.62 | 692 ly
☀️ ~1,900× Sun's luminosity
Named by IAU in 2025, celebrating ancient star traditions beyond Pegasus.
#wgsn #iau #starname
August 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🔭 WGSN protects cultural star names & maintains the IAU Star Names Catalog (CSN).
🌍 From the All Skies Encyclopaedia, names are chosen with scientific & cultural care.
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
🔗 xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/in...
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
🌍 From the All Skies Encyclopaedia, names are chosen with scientific & cultural care.
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
🔗 xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/in...
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🔭 WGSN protects cultural star names & maintains the IAU Star Names Catalog (CSN).
🌍 From the All Skies Encyclopaedia, names are chosen with scientific & cultural care.
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
🔗 xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/in...
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
🌍 From the All Skies Encyclopaedia, names are chosen with scientific & cultural care.
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
🔗 xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/in...
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🗂️ IAU Catalog of Star Names (CSN) = the official list of star names
✨ Includes:
• ASE (Indigenous names)
• NameExoWorlds
• WGSN-id (2025 SIMBAD-based)
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
Typography by sirwatson
#WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #ASE #SIMBAD
✨ Includes:
• ASE (Indigenous names)
• NameExoWorlds
• WGSN-id (2025 SIMBAD-based)
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
Typography by sirwatson
#WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #ASE #SIMBAD
July 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🗂️ IAU Catalog of Star Names (CSN) = the official list of star names
✨ Includes:
• ASE (Indigenous names)
• NameExoWorlds
• WGSN-id (2025 SIMBAD-based)
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
Typography by sirwatson
#WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #ASE #SIMBAD
✨ Includes:
• ASE (Indigenous names)
• NameExoWorlds
• WGSN-id (2025 SIMBAD-based)
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
Typography by sirwatson
#WGSN #StarNames #Astronomy #ASE #SIMBAD
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🌟 New in June 2025:
WGSN adopts star names from Chinese, Greek & Latin traditions — reviving ancient asterisms in Hercules & Triangulum.
✨ Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
WGSN adopts star names from Chinese, Greek & Latin traditions — reviving ancient asterisms in Hercules & Triangulum.
✨ Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
July 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🌟 New in June 2025:
WGSN adopts star names from Chinese, Greek & Latin traditions — reviving ancient asterisms in Hercules & Triangulum.
✨ Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
WGSN adopts star names from Chinese, Greek & Latin traditions — reviving ancient asterisms in Hercules & Triangulum.
✨ Names now in the IAU Star Names Catalog
🔗 exopla.net/star-names
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames