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IAU Working Group on Star Names and List of brightest stars

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Difference between IAU Working Group on Star Names and List of brightest stars

IAU Working Group on Star Names vs. List of brightest stars

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. This is a list of the brightest naked eye stars to +2.50 magnitude, as determined by their maximum, total, or combined apparent visual magnitudes as seen from Earth.

Similarities between IAU Working Group on Star Names and List of brightest stars

IAU Working Group on Star Names and List of brightest stars have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bayer designation, Fomalhaut, Star.

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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Fomalhaut

Fomalhaut, also designated Alpha Piscis Austrini (α Piscis Austrini, abbreviated Alpha PsA, α PsA) is the brightest star in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the sky.

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Star

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.

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IAU Working Group on Star Names and List of brightest stars Comparison

IAU Working Group on Star Names has 29 relations, while List of brightest stars has 125. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 1.95% = 3 / (29 + 125).

References

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