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✨ 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. 🌌
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🔴 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
🔴 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
🔵 Acamar (θ Eri) – HIP 13847
Arabic Ākhir al-Nahr = “End of the River.” 🌊
Once thought the final star of Eridanus before Achernar was known.
A3IV–V white subgiant | mag 3.18 | 161 ly
✅ IAU-approved name
#Acamar #StarNames @IAU_org #Eridanus
🔵 Kaffalmusalsala (κ And) – HIP 116805
Arabic for “Hand of the Chained Woman” 🤲 — from Ptolemy’s Almagest 🌌
🔬 B9IVn blue-white subgiant | mag 4.14 | 169 ly
💫 Hosts a directly imaged exoplanet 🌍
📍 Andromeda’s lower chain
✨ IAU-approved 2025
@IAU_org #StarNames
🌟 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 🔗 https://t.co/l3KQXec9uw #WGSN #IAU #StarNames #Apus
🔵 Ramus – 102 Her
Named from Latin "branch" (Ramus Pomifer), in Hercules 🌿
Young, hot B2 IV star:
🌡️ 22,420 K | 🌟 3,600× Sun | ⚖️ 9.7 M☉
📍 1523 ly away, near the hero’s shoulder
Visible to the naked eye (mag 4.37)
#StarNames #WGSN #Ramus #Hercules @IAU_org
🌟 New in June 2025: WGSN adopts star names from Chinese, Greek & Latin traditions — reviving ancient asterisms in Hercules & Triangulum.
✨ Names now in the @IAU_org Star Names Catalog
🔗 https://t.co/l3KQXec9uw
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
🗂️ IAU Catalog of Star Names (CSN) = the official list of star names
✨ Includes:
• ASE (Indigenous names)
• NameExoWorlds
• WGSN-id (2025 SIMBAD-based)
🔗 https://t.co/l3KQXecHk4
Typography by sirwatson
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🔭 WGSN protects cultural star names & maintains the IAU Star Names Catalog (CSN).
🌍 From the All Skies Encyclopaedia, names are chosen with scientific & cultural care.
🔗 https://t.co/l3KQXec9uw
🔗 https://t.co/5bo283uzil
#WGSN #IAU #StarNames
88 Aquarii is now 'Safina' (سفينة), part of an Arabian ship constellation between Diphda and Fomalhaut. The area had been linked to water themes in Mediterranean and Arabic astronomy. #IAU #starnames #WGSN
α Reticuli (HIP 19780) receives the name 'Rhombus', connecting to Lacaille's 'Réticule Rhomboïde' and Habrecht's earlier constellation. This is a testament to how 17th-century astronomical work continues to influence our modern naming conventions. #IAU #starnames #WGSN
This grouping of stars goes by many names: Makali'i, Subaru, Qullqa, Pleiades -- the list goes on...
How do you refer to this bright cluster of stars?
#astronomy #starnames #starcluster
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