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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🌌 Qixi Festival — 七夕节 Aug 19 marks Qixi, the Chinese Festival of Love. Vega (Zhinü) and Altair (Niulang) reunite across the Milky Way on a bridge of magpies. 🐦✨ 🌉 Tianjin (天津), the “Celestial Ford,” lies in #Cygnus. #Qixi #IAU #Astronomy

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🟡 Shakh — β Sge A golden giant in Sagitta, preserving the ancient Sumerian constellation ŠAH (“The Pig”), recorded in MUL.APIN (c. 1350–1150 BCE). Together with α Sge, it marked the Pig’s snout. 🌡️ 4,990 K | 4.05 M☉ | 85 R☉ | 466 ly 🔬 G8 III giant. #Shakh #IAUStarNames #SumerianAstronomy #Sagitta 🐖✨

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🟠 Tianbian — α Sct An orange giant in Scutum, preserving the ancient Chinese asterism Tiān Biàn (“Celestial Cap”), recorded since ~100 BCE as part of the Celestial Market. 🌡️ 4,315 K | 1.14 M☉ | 31 R☉ | 174 ly 🔬 K-type giant with slight brightness variations. #ChineseAstronomy #Scutum ✨

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🔴 Telum — γ Sge Red giant in Sagitta. Telum (“the Dart”) was the Latin name for the constellation in classic European atlases by Dürer, Bayer & Kepler. WGSN assigned it to γ Sge. 🌡️ 3,904 K | 1.2 M☉ | 52 R☉ | 273 ly #Telum #IAUStarNames #Sagitta

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🟠 Kalasungsang — ρ Boo Orange giant in Boötes. The Balinese name Kalasungsang means “upside-down demon,” from kala (“time/death”), reminding us not to waste time. 🌡️ 4,285 K | 1.16 M☉ | 35 R☉ | 148 ly 🔬 K3 III giant. #Kalasungsang #IAUStarNames #Bootes ⏳✨

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

✨ Happy Tanabata! 🎋 Missed your chance to send wishes to the stars on July 7? This year, you'll have another opportunity on August 19 (the 7th day of the 7th lunar month). Look up at Vega & Altair, greet them, and perhaps make a wish they're always there. 🌌✨ #Tanabata #Astronomy

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

🌌 Yaqana & Uñallamacha | The Llama Constellations of the Inka Sky Not all constellations are made of stars. In Inka astronomy, Yaqana and her calf, Uñallamacha, emerge from the dark clouds of the Milky Way, reminding us that even darkness can tell a story. #IndigenousAstronomy #Inka #MilkyWay

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

⚪ Yaqana — ε Nor A blue-white triple star honoring the Inka Mother Llama, one of the Milky Way’s famous dark constellations. WGSN placed the name at the llama’s udder, symbolizing nourishment. 🌡️ 11,100 K | 6.5 M☉ | 4.4 R☉ | 399 ly 🔬 B2 V triple system. #Yaqana #IAUStarNames #InkaAstronomy 🌌🦙

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

At #CAP2026 in Yerevan, Armenia, Stellarium developer Georg Zotti presented advanced tools for cultural astronomy, including Sky Cultures and the query system of the IAU-All Skies Encyclopaedia. #Stellarium #IAU #CulturalAstronomy

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Group photo of WGSN members Susanne Hoffmann, Daniel Counnama, and Mohammad Sadegh Faghanpour with Areg Mickaelian (Byurakan Observatory) and Georg Zotti (Stellarium) at CAP2026 closing. Discussions on cultural astronomy, science comms, star naming & education tools. #CAP2026 #WGSN

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

At #CAP2026 in Yerevan, Dr. Susanne Hoffmann, Chair of the IAU Working Group on Star Names (#WGSN), presented a summary of the group’s 10 years of activities on official star names. M. Sadegh Faghanpour also presented the group’s outreach and communication activities. #IAU #Astronomy

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🌌 IAU publishes news on WGSN’s recent work. 59 new star names have been officially added to the catalog, reflecting cultural diversity from around the world. 🔗 Link www.iau.org/IAU/News/Ann...

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy Chinese New Year! 🐎🌌 From ancient Chinese sky traditions to modern star names, Tiansi (天驷) the Heavenly Horses continues its journey across the Milky Way. May this new year gallop forward with light, harmony, and cosmic inspiration.

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

🎄🦌 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

🎄🟠 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

🎄🔵 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

🔵 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

⚪️ 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

🔴 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

⚪ 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

⚪ 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

🔴 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

✨ 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🔺 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

⚪️ 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

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Susanne M Hoffmann @susanne-m-hoffmann.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

a Napolitanian created this amazing constellation video for kids, in Italian: youtu.be/lnzqja_LutM?...

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costellazioni napoletane per bambini

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Susanne M Hoffmann @susanne-m-hoffmann.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

here are some constellations from Napoli youtu.be/dVihQsS_BQM?...

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costellazioni napoletane write blu

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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.

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🎃 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

⚪️ 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🔴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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🔴 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

🌟 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🔵 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🔭 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🗂️ 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🌟 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

⚪ Bodu (帛度) – 95 Her A luminous white subgiant (A2IV), named after a Han dynasty textile ruler asterism 🌟 ✨ 167× Sun's luminosity, 432 ly away 🧵 IAU-approved June 2025 #Bodu #IAUStarNames #WGSN #ChineseAsterism #95Her #SkyHeritage

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🌟 Why was WGSN created? To standardize star names for science! 🔭 Faint stars: Named via public IAU campaigns ✨ Bright stars: Named from historic & indigenous asterisms #WGSN #StarNames #IAU

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

🟡 Deltoton (Δελτωτόν) – Delta Trianguli A G0V binary star, 35 ly away 🌟 Named after the Greek “Δ” — echoing Triangulum’s ancient symbolic form ☀️ Sunlike: 0.88 M☉, 0.87 L☉ 🔁 Binary (10-day orbit) ✅ IAU-approved 2025 #StarNames #WGSN #Deltoton #GreekAsterism

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

✨ On 22 July, PM Anthony Albanese proudly called Epsilon Crucis "Ginan", an Australian star — featured in the flag 🇳🇿. Named by the IAU in honour of the Wardaman people and their sky stories. #Ginan #EpsilonCrucis #IAUStarNames #CulturalAstronomy #SouthernCross

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🔵 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

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🟠 Tusizuo (屠肆左) – 109 Her "Left Star of the Butcher’s Shop" from Han dynasty asterism Tú Sì 🐂 🌟 K2III red giant | 3.84 mag | 128 ly ☀️ 52× Sun’s luminosity 📍 Between Hercules’ hand & head #Tusizuo #IAUStarNames #ChineseAsterism #WGSN #109Her

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IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) @iau-wgsn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🌟 New IAU Star Names – June 2025 ✨ Cultural names from China, Greece & Rome now official! 🆕 Bodu – 95 Her (Han dynasty) 🆕 Tusizuo – 109 Her (Tú Sì asterism) 🆕 Ramus – 102 Her (Latin “branch”) 🆕 Deltoton – Delta Tri (Greek Δ) 🔗 exopla.net/star-names #WGSN #IAU

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