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IAU-Working Group on Star Names

IAU issued an Announcement about WGSN

On February 12, 2026, the IAU issued an announcement on the recent activities of WGSN. During the past two years, with a new work mode WGSN adopted 59 new star names: IAU Selects New Star Names to Reflect Global Astronomical Culture “These names span the entire celestial sphere, with a deliberate cultural emphasis on Asia,…
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Blaze Star

A long discussion in WGSN was caused by the question whether the IAU should adopt names that are used in modern astrophysics. In case of the eruptive star T CrB, for instance, it isn’t necessary because the designator (variable star nomenclature with capital letter and constellation abbreviation) is already short and practical for use in…
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Letter from a reader

Some nice words 🙂