Hi Jari,

Sounds like an excellent idea. When I click on that link, though, I get
stopped with a request for a user ID and password?

The list looks to be mostly "classical" names, with a few such as Copernicus
and Cervantes of modern origin.

I'm a little surprised that the IAU decided to officially name stars. Perhaps
they thought this would be a good opportunity to remind people that you can't
"buy" a star, a scam which has really annoyed them :

https://www.iau.org/public/themes/buying_star_names/

They can now say: "These stars have official names. That's all there are.
No, you can't buy one."

-- Bill

On 2016-12-10 06:54, jarisu2@... [guide-user] wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I prepared a tdf file showing the officially named <https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/>stars <https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/>listed here https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/ <https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/>
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> Download here (right-click and Save Link As...) http://clayhole.com/astro/star-names-iau.tdf
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> Jari
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> - Twitter @jarisuomela