M.Sadegh Faghanpour
@msfa94.bsky.social
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🔺 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
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⚪️ 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
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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
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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.
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🎃 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
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⚪️ 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
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🔴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
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🔴 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
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🌟 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
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🔵 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
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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.
🔗 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
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🗂️ 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
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🌟 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
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⚪ 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
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
July 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
⚪ 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
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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🌟 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
To standardize star names for science!
🔭 Faint stars: Named via public IAU campaigns
✨ Bright stars: Named from historic & indigenous asterisms
#WGSN #StarNames #IAU
July 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
🌟 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
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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🟡 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
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
July 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
🟡 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
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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✨ 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
Named by the IAU in honour of the Wardaman people and their sky stories.
#Ginan #EpsilonCrucis #IAUStarNames #CulturalAstronomy #SouthernCross
July 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
✨ 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
Named by the IAU in honour of the Wardaman people and their sky stories.
#Ginan #EpsilonCrucis #IAUStarNames #CulturalAstronomy #SouthernCross
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🔵 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
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
July 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🔵 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
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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🟠 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
"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
July 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🟠 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
"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
Reposted by M.Sadegh Faghanpour
🌟 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
✨ 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
July 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🌟 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
✨ 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