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Alpha Cephei and IAU Working Group on Star Names

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Difference between Alpha Cephei and IAU Working Group on Star Names

Alpha Cephei vs. IAU Working Group on Star Names

Alpha Cephei (α Cephei, abbreviated Alpha Cep, α Cep), also named Alderamin, is a second magnitude star in the constellation of Cepheus near the northern pole. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) established a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) in May 2016 to catalog and standardize proper names for stars for the international astronomical community.

Similarities between Alpha Cephei and IAU Working Group on Star Names

Alpha Cephei and IAU Working Group on Star Names have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bayer designation, Bright Star Catalogue, Flamsteed designation, International Astronomical Union.

Bayer designation

A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.

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Bright Star Catalogue

The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars or Yale Bright Star Catalogue, is a star catalogue that lists all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth.

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Flamsteed designation

A Flamsteed designation is a combination of a number and constellation name that uniquely identifies most naked eye stars in the modern constellations visible from southern England.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.

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Alpha Cephei and IAU Working Group on Star Names Comparison

Alpha Cephei has 58 relations, while IAU Working Group on Star Names has 29. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 4.60% = 4 / (58 + 29).

References

This article shows the relationship between Alpha Cephei and IAU Working Group on Star Names. To access each article from which the information was extracted, please visit:

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