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Etymology and History: Typography

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

	The proper name Achird was apparently first applied to Eta [[Cassiopeia]]<nowiki/>e in the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens published in ~~Slovacia~~ in 1950, but is not known prior to that.<ref>Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". ''VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H''. '''5050'''. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.</ref> Even Allen (1899) gives no historical name for the star. The origin is unknown; perhaps it refers to the girdle of the queen Cassiopeia from Greek mythology.		The proper name Achird was apparently first applied to Eta [[Cassiopeia]]<nowiki/>e in the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens published in Slovakia in 1950, but is not known prior to that.<ref>Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". ''VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H''. '''5050'''. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.</ref> Even Allen (1899) gives no historical name for the star. The origin is unknown; perhaps it refers to the girdle of the queen Cassiopeia from Greek mythology.
	[[File:Achird stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Achird stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, IAU-WGSN)]]		[[File:Achird stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Achird stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, IAU-WGSN)]]

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	Achird is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Contemporary. It is the name of HIP 3821 (η Cas, HR 219) in constellation Cas.		Achird is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Contemporary. It is the name of HIP 3821 (η Cas, HR 219) in constellation Cas.

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	Achird is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Contemporary. It is the name of HIP 3821 (η Cas, HR 219) in constellation Cas.		Achird is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Contemporary. It is the name of HIP 3821 (η Cas, HR 219) in constellation Cas.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

	The proper name Achird was apparently first applied to Eta ~~Cassiopeiae~~ in the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens published in Slovacia in 1950, but is not known prior to that.		The proper name Achird was apparently first applied to Eta [[Cassiopeia]]<nowiki/>e in the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens published in Slovacia in 1950, but is not known prior to that.<ref>Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". ''VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H''. '''5050'''. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.</ref> Even Allen (1899) gives no historical name for the star. The origin is unknown; perhaps it refers to the girdle of the queen Cassiopeia from Greek mythology.
			[[File:Achird stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Achird stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, IAU-WGSN)]]

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.		The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.

			Located just 19 light years away, most of us even remember what we did when the light of this star left its surface. It is a Sun-like star in a binary system, so humans there would see two "suns" in their sky.

	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==

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	Achird is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Contemporary. It is the name of ~~HIP3821.~~ (η Cas, HR 219) in constellation Cas.		Achird is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Contemporary. It is the name of HIP 3821 (η Cas, HR 219) in constellation Cas.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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Achird is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Contemporary. It is the name of HIP3821. (η Cas, HR 219) in constellation Cas.

==Etymology and History==

The proper name Achird was apparently first applied to Eta Cassiopeiae in the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens published in Slovacia in 1950, but is not known prior to that.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
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