All Skies Encyclopaedia - Revision history

Sushoff at 07:47, 10 October 2026

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	=== Basic Guideline ===		=== Basic Guideline ===
	#The Encyclopaedia '''''compiles published''''' '''''research''''' comprehensively. It is not a means to publish new ideas. However, it might be a means to publish more images, colour images, animated images, movies, and other material that could not be published in the original research papers.		#The Encyclopaedia '''''compiles published''''' '''''research''''' comprehensively. It is not a means to publish new ideas. However, it might be a means to publish more images, colour images, animated images, movies, and other material that could not be published in the original research papers.
			#Respect the rules of [[Good Scientific Practice]]!
	#Sources (published research) have to be given and ideally hyperlinked by the authors.		#Sources (published research) have to be given and ideally hyperlinked by the authors.
	#Each entry in this encyclopaedia must have at least three categories for		#Each entry in this encyclopaedia must have at least three categories for

Sushoff: /* About Celestial Nomenclature */

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About Celestial Nomenclature

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	* We provide the [[Cite ASE\|formated citation for the entire encyclopaedia]] in many common citation styles in the left sidebar menu, always on top.		* We provide the [[Cite ASE\|formated citation for the entire encyclopaedia]] in many common citation styles in the left sidebar menu, always on top.
	* If you directly quote passages from a specific page, please treat it like a chapter in a book: at the very bottom of the left sidebar menu, you find another link to "Cite this page" which provides the information (actual authors) of the specific page that you are looking at.		* If you directly quote passages from a specific page, please treat it like a chapter in a book: at the very bottom of the left sidebar menu, you find another link to "Cite this page" which provides the information (actual authors) of the specific page that you are looking at.
	In your paper's acknowledgement, you could also state something like: <blockquote>"For our research we thankfully made use of the IAU-All Skies Encyclopaedia (ASE)."</blockquote>Citation Form		In your paper's acknowledgement, you could also state something like: <blockquote>"For our research we thankfully made use of the IAU-All Skies Encyclopaedia (ASE)."</blockquote>Preferred Citation Form:

	'''[Author Name] [date/ year], [Title of Page (entry)], in: All Skies Encyclopaedia'''		'''[Author Name(s)] [date/ year], [Title of Page (entry)], in: IAU-All Skies Encyclopaedia'''

	Furthermore, you can view the complete edit history of each page with the "History" link at the upper right of the page.		Furthermore, you can view the complete edit history of each page with the "History" link at the upper right of the page.

Sushoff at 08:24, 26 September 2026

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	#[[Baijiu]]		#[[Baijiu]]
	#[[Fenmu]]		#[[Fenmu]]
			#[[Lintangkumba]]
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Sushoff: new star names (Sept 2026)

2026-09-20T07:38:16Z

new star names (Sept 2026)

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	The [https://exopla.net/star-names/modern-iau-star-names/ IAU-Catalog of Star Names] is a living document displayed on the WGSN's website. These modern star names are used in research papers; they are supposed to be a convention for global communication undertaken in English, and can, of course, only represent a subset of all existing names: This star catalogue can only have one name per star in order to reduce confusion. Yet, the IAU wants to preserve all other cultural names for the same star, and the names of the IAU-Catalog of Star Names will never replace the names of local traditions and cultural heritage. Therefore, we create this encyclopaedia.		The [https://exopla.net/star-names/modern-iau-star-names/ IAU-Catalog of Star Names] is a living document displayed on the WGSN's website. These modern star names are used in research papers; they are supposed to be a convention for global communication undertaken in English, and can, of course, only represent a subset of all existing names: This star catalogue can only have one name per star in order to reduce confusion. Yet, the IAU wants to preserve all other cultural names for the same star, and the names of the IAU-Catalog of Star Names will never replace the names of local traditions and cultural heritage. Therefore, we create this encyclopaedia.
	\|[https://exopla.net/star-names/wgsn-guidelines/ GUIDELINES for IAU-star names].		\|[https://exopla.net/star-names/wgsn-guidelines/ GUIDELINES for IAU-star names].
	In ~~August~~ 2026, we adopted the new star names:		In September 2026, we adopted the new star names:

	#[[~~Pabilsang~~]]		#[[Puwuh Atarung]]
	#[[~~Heryibwia~~]]		#[[Buranun]]
	#[[~~Kenemu~~]]		#[[Idigna]]
	#[[~~Nandou~~]]		#[[Simmakh]]
	#[[~~Jian~~]]		#[[Zibbatu]]
	#[[~~Alwasl~~]]		#[[Paushna]]
	#[[~~Alqiladah~~]]		#[[Pili]]
	#[[~~Gouguo~~]]		#[[Yunyu]]
	#[[~~Tianyue~~]]		#[[Waiping]]
	#[[~~Dhanusaragra~~]]		#[[Jordanus]]
	#[[~~Magur~~]]		#[[Tiangang]]
	#[[~~Alqubba~~]]		#[[Baijiu]]
	#[[~~Qedty]]~~		#[[Fenmu]]
	~~#[[Bie]]~~
	~~#[[Alsamaka]]~~
	~~#[[Neichu]]~~
	~~#[[Jiu]]~~
	~~#[[Tugongli]]~~
	~~#[[Ligong]]~~
	~~#[[Leidian]]~~
	~~#[[Muning~~]]
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	# [[Naga]]		# [[Naga]]
	# [[Tonglingxing]]		# [[Tonglingxing]]
	\|		# [[Moth]]
	#[[Moth]]
	# [[Butterfly Star]]		# [[Butterfly Star]]
	# [[Dust-Ball]]		# [[Dust-Ball]]
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	# [[Bibing]]		# [[Bibing]]
	# [[Stephanos]]		# [[Stephanos]]
	# [[Guansuo]]		\|
			#[[Guansuo]]
	# [[Matrcakra\|Matrichakra]]		# [[Matrcakra\|Matrichakra]]
	# [[Baltesha]]		# [[Baltesha]]
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	# [[Tianbang]]		# [[Tianbang]]
	#[[Tianbian]]		#[[Tianbian]]
	\|
	#[[Uñallamacha]]		#[[Uñallamacha]]
	#[[Tianjinnan]]		#[[Tianjinnan]]
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	#[[Urquchillay]]		#[[Urquchillay]]
	#[[Jiantai]]		#[[Jiantai]]
			#[[Muning]]
			#[[Neichu]]
			#[[Jiu]]
			#[[Pabilsang]]
			#[[Dhanusaragra]]
			\|
			#[[Heryibwia]]
			#[[Kenemu]]
			#[[Magur]]
			#[[Nandou]]
			#[[Jian]]
			#[[Alwasl]]
			#[[Alqiladah]]
			#[[Gouguo]]
			#[[Tianyue]]
			#[[Alqubba]]
			#[[Qedty]]
			#[[Bie]]
			#[[Alsamaka]]
			#[[Tugongli]]
			#[[Ligong]]
			#[[Leidian]]
	\|}		\|}

Sushoff at 16:13, 26 August 2026

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	The ASE is deeply rooted in both science and humanities,<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Horowitz, W. and Hunger, H. (2026). Translating Terms in Astral Science, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 82</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Horowitz, W. (2026). Announcing Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 83</ref> as cultural astronomy<ref>Ruggles, C. L. N. (Ed.). (2015). ''Handbook of archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy''. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy.'' Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)		The ASE is deeply rooted in both science and humanities,<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Horowitz, W. and Hunger, H. (2026). Translating Terms in Astral Science, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 82</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Horowitz, W. (2026). Announcing Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 83</ref> as cultural astronomy<ref>Ruggles, C. L. N. (Ed.). (2015). ''Handbook of archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy''. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy.'' Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)

	DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20932250 10.5281/zenodo.20932250]</ref> connects ancient terms to modern star catalogues and nomenclature<ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann, Doris Vickers, Eric Mamajek, Danielle Adams, Khalid AlAjaji, Juan Antonio Belmote Avilés, Cheung Sze-leung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, Beatriz García, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Ian Ridpath, Clive Ruggles, Yunli Shi, B.S. Shylaja, Xiaochun Sun, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Boshun Yang (2025): The IAU-Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''A Review of Recent Activities''', ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(1), 280–286.</ref><ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). '''The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)''': Research Finds in 2025. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).</ref>. Cultural astronomy umbrellas branches of astronomy in in ''natural sciences'' (physics, chemistry), ''humanities'' (mathematics, history, ethnology), ''social sciences'' (education, anthropology) and even ''arts''. One of the biggest challenges of such a global and multidisciplinary collection of names from different cultures is finding a common language that works for all philologies, for science and humanities. Following in the footsteps of the philosophers of the [[wikipedia:Vienna_Circle\|Vienna Circle ("Wiener Kreis"]], e.g. Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap) of the 1930s,<ref name=":0" /> the editors seek to establish a common language of different branches of astronomy, which comes close to "unification of sciences" in the relatively small discipline rather than all academic fields. We provide some help (e.g. how we use specific terms like "asterism", "super-constellation" etc.) in the "[[All Skies Encyclopaedia#Basic Guideline\|Guidelines]]" section.		DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20932250 10.5281/zenodo.20932250]</ref> connects ancient terms to modern star catalogues and nomenclature<ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann, Doris Vickers, Eric Mamajek, Danielle Adams, Khalid AlAjaji, Juan Antonio Belmote Avilés, Cheung Sze-leung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, Beatriz García, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Ian Ridpath, Clive Ruggles, Yunli Shi, B.S. Shylaja, Xiaochun Sun, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Boshun Yang (2025): The IAU-Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''A Review of Recent Activities''', ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(1), 280–286.</ref><ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). '''The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)''': '''Research Finds in 2025.''' ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).</ref>. Cultural astronomy umbrellas branches of astronomy in in ''natural sciences'' (physics, chemistry), ''humanities'' (mathematics, history, ethnology), ''social sciences'' (education, anthropology) and even ''arts''. One of the biggest challenges of such a global and multidisciplinary collection of names from different cultures is finding a common language that works for all philologies, for science and humanities. Following in the footsteps of the philosophers of the [[wikipedia:Vienna_Circle\|Vienna Circle ("Wiener Kreis"]], e.g. Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap) of the 1930s,<ref name=":0" /> the editors seek to establish a common language of different branches of astronomy, which comes close to "unification of sciences" in the relatively small discipline rather than all academic fields. We provide some help (e.g. how we use specific terms like "asterism", "super-constellation" etc.) in the "[[All Skies Encyclopaedia#Basic Guideline\|Guidelines]]" section.
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ASEtech at 08:13, 26 August 2026

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	The ASE is deeply rooted in both science and humanities,<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Horowitz, W. and Hunger, H. (2026). Translating Terms in Astral Science, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 82</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Horowitz, W. (2026). Announcing Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 83</ref> as cultural astronomy<ref>Ruggles, C. L. N. (Ed.). (2015). ''Handbook of archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy''. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy.'' Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)		The ASE is deeply rooted in both science and humanities,<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Horowitz, W. and Hunger, H. (2026). Translating Terms in Astral Science, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 82</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Horowitz, W. (2026). Announcing Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 83</ref> as cultural astronomy<ref>Ruggles, C. L. N. (Ed.). (2015). ''Handbook of archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy''. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy.'' Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)

	DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20932250 10.5281/zenodo.20932250]</ref> connects ancient terms to modern star catalogues and nomenclature<ref>Susanne M. ~~'''~~Hoffmann~~'''~~, Doris Vickers, Eric Mamajek, Danielle Adams, Khalid AlAjaji, Juan Antonio Belmote Avilés, Cheung Sze-leung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, Beatriz García, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Ian Ridpath, Clive Ruggles, Yunli Shi, B.S. Shylaja, Xiaochun Sun, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Boshun Yang (2025): The IAU-Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''A Review of Recent Activities''', ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(1), 280–286.</ref><ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). '''The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)''': Research Finds in 2025. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).</ref>. Cultural astronomy umbrellas branches of astronomy in in ''natural sciences'' (physics, chemistry), ''humanities'' (mathematics, history, ethnology), ''social sciences'' (education, anthropology) and even ''arts''. One of the biggest challenges of such a global and multidisciplinary collection of names from different cultures is finding a common language that works for all philologies, for science and humanities. Following in the footsteps of the philosophers of the [[wikipedia:Vienna_Circle\|Vienna Circle ("Wiener Kreis"]], e.g. Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap) of the 1930s,<ref name=":0" /> the editors seek to establish a common language of different branches of astronomy, which comes close to "unification of sciences" in the relatively small discipline rather than all academic fields. We provide some help (e.g. how we use specific terms like "asterism", "super-constellation" etc.) in the "[[All Skies Encyclopaedia#Basic Guideline\|Guidelines]]" section.		DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20932250 10.5281/zenodo.20932250]</ref> connects ancient terms to modern star catalogues and nomenclature<ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann, Doris Vickers, Eric Mamajek, Danielle Adams, Khalid AlAjaji, Juan Antonio Belmote Avilés, Cheung Sze-leung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, Beatriz García, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Ian Ridpath, Clive Ruggles, Yunli Shi, B.S. Shylaja, Xiaochun Sun, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Boshun Yang (2025): The IAU-Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''A Review of Recent Activities''', ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(1), 280–286.</ref><ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). '''The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)''': Research Finds in 2025. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).</ref>. Cultural astronomy umbrellas branches of astronomy in in ''natural sciences'' (physics, chemistry), ''humanities'' (mathematics, history, ethnology), ''social sciences'' (education, anthropology) and even ''arts''. One of the biggest challenges of such a global and multidisciplinary collection of names from different cultures is finding a common language that works for all philologies, for science and humanities. Following in the footsteps of the philosophers of the [[wikipedia:Vienna_Circle\|Vienna Circle ("Wiener Kreis"]], e.g. Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap) of the 1930s,<ref name=":0" /> the editors seek to establish a common language of different branches of astronomy, which comes close to "unification of sciences" in the relatively small discipline rather than all academic fields. We provide some help (e.g. how we use specific terms like "asterism", "super-constellation" etc.) in the "[[All Skies Encyclopaedia#Basic Guideline\|Guidelines]]" section.
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ASEtech: /* Welcome to the All Skies Encyclopaedia! */

2026-08-26T07:50:29Z

Welcome to the All Skies Encyclopaedia!

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	We collate and collect the data on cultural names of stars and constellations in order to keep their heritage and distribute the knowledge about them beyond their culture of origin. For the same reason, the IAU policy of naming stars aims at the conscious inclusion of all cultures and to enrich the names used in astrophysics with names from all cultures and not only the commonly used Latin, Arabic and Greek ones.		We collate and collect the data on cultural names of stars and constellations in order to keep their heritage and distribute the knowledge about them beyond their culture of origin. For the same reason, the IAU policy of naming stars aims at the conscious inclusion of all cultures and to enrich the names used in astrophysics with names from all cultures and not only the commonly used Latin, Arabic and Greek ones.

	The ASE is deeply rooted in both science and humanities, as cultural astronomy connects ancient terms to modern star catalogues and nomenclature. Cultural astronomy umbrellas branches of astronomy in in ''natural sciences'' (physics, chemistry), ''humanities'' (mathematics, history, ethnology), ''social sciences'' (education, anthropology) and even ''arts''. One of the biggest challenges of such a global and multidisciplinary collection of names from different cultures is finding a common language that works for all philologies, for science and humanities. Following in the footsteps of the philosophers of the [[wikipedia:Vienna_Circle\|Vienna Circle ("Wiener Kreis"]], e.g. Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap) of the 1930s, the editors seek to establish a common language of different branches of astronomy, which comes close to "unification of sciences" in the relatively small discipline rather than all academic fields. We provide some help (e.g. how we use specific terms like "asterism", "super-constellation" etc.) in the "[[All Skies Encyclopaedia#Basic Guideline\|Guidelines]]" section.		The ASE is deeply rooted in both science and humanities,<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Horowitz, W. and Hunger, H. (2026). Translating Terms in Astral Science, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 82</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Horowitz, W. (2026). Announcing Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NABU-2026-2.pdf Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2], 83</ref> as cultural astronomy<ref>Ruggles, C. L. N. (Ed.). (2015). ''Handbook of archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy''. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8</ref><ref>Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy.'' Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)

			DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20932250 10.5281/zenodo.20932250]</ref> connects ancient terms to modern star catalogues and nomenclature<ref>Susanne M. '''Hoffmann''', Doris Vickers, Eric Mamajek, Danielle Adams, Khalid AlAjaji, Juan Antonio Belmote Avilés, Cheung Sze-leung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, Beatriz García, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Ian Ridpath, Clive Ruggles, Yunli Shi, B.S. Shylaja, Xiaochun Sun, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Boshun Yang (2025): The IAU-Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''A Review of Recent Activities''', ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(1), 280–286.</ref><ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). '''The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)''': Research Finds in 2025. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).</ref>. Cultural astronomy umbrellas branches of astronomy in in ''natural sciences'' (physics, chemistry), ''humanities'' (mathematics, history, ethnology), ''social sciences'' (education, anthropology) and even ''arts''. One of the biggest challenges of such a global and multidisciplinary collection of names from different cultures is finding a common language that works for all philologies, for science and humanities. Following in the footsteps of the philosophers of the [[wikipedia:Vienna_Circle\|Vienna Circle ("Wiener Kreis"]], e.g. Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap) of the 1930s,<ref name=":0" /> the editors seek to establish a common language of different branches of astronomy, which comes close to "unification of sciences" in the relatively small discipline rather than all academic fields. We provide some help (e.g. how we use specific terms like "asterism", "super-constellation" etc.) in the "[[All Skies Encyclopaedia#Basic Guideline\|Guidelines]]" section.
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ASEtech: /* Reliability of this encyclopaedia */

2026-08-25T10:48:10Z

Reliability of this encyclopaedia

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	== Reliability of this encyclopaedia ==		== Reliability of this encyclopaedia ==
	[[File:CategoriesTree.jpg\|thumb\|Category Tree used in the ASE]]		[[File:CategoriesTree.jpg\|thumb\|Category Tree used in the ASE]]
			[[File:Geo+time-schemata.jpeg\|thumb\|geo-and-time schemas for the ASE (2026)]]
	The information presented in this encyclopaedia is 100% human-generated (not AI-generated) and entered by a selected group of researchers to the best of their knowledge (like in books). Researchers of astronomy collaborate in the framework of the International Astronomical Union. When we enter the information here, we refer to reliable researchers' scientific publications and explicitly give references.		The information presented in this encyclopaedia is 100% human-generated (not AI-generated) and entered by a selected group of researchers to the best of their knowledge (like in books). Researchers of astronomy collaborate in the framework of the International Astronomical Union. When we enter the information here, we refer to reliable researchers' scientific publications and explicitly give references.

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	It is a knowledge base created in the framework of an independent research project (partially) funded by the Austrian Academy of Science (Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0 embedded in the ASE), linked to [https://stellarium.org/ Stellarium], and a working tool used by the [https://exopla.net/) Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)] of the [https://iau.org/ International Astronomical Union] (IAU).		It is a knowledge base created in the framework of an independent research project (partially) funded by the Austrian Academy of Science (Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0 embedded in the ASE), linked to [https://stellarium.org/ Stellarium], and a working tool used by the [https://exopla.net/) Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)] of the [https://iau.org/ International Astronomical Union] (IAU).

	The process of adopting new star names is a political venture based on professional research in cultural astronomy. [[File:SadeghsPPT4CAP.png\|none\|thumb\|455x455px\|IAU WGSN workflow: graphics by Sadegh Faghanpour & Susanne M Hoffmann ~~for CAP conference 2026~~.]]		The process of adopting new star names is a political venture based on professional research in cultural astronomy. [[File:SadeghsPPT4CAP.png\|none\|thumb\|455x455px\|IAU WGSN workflow (CAP conference 2026).graphics by M.Sadegh Faghanpour & Susanne M Hoffmann.]]

Sushoff at 09:05, 23 August 2026

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	It is a knowledge base created in the framework of an independent research project (partially) funded by the Austrian Academy of Science (Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0 embedded in the ASE), linked to [https://stellarium.org/ Stellarium], and a working tool used by the [https://exopla.net/) Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)] of the [https://iau.org/ International Astronomical Union] (IAU).		It is a knowledge base created in the framework of an independent research project (partially) funded by the Austrian Academy of Science (Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0 embedded in the ASE), linked to [https://stellarium.org/ Stellarium], and a working tool used by the [https://exopla.net/) Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)] of the [https://iau.org/ International Astronomical Union] (IAU).

	The process of adopting new star names is a political venture based on professional research in cultural astronomy. [[File:SadeghsPPT4CAP.png\|none\|thumb\|~~300x300px~~\|IAU WGSN workflow: graphics by Sadegh Faghanpour & Susanne M Hoffmann for CAP conference 2026.]]		The process of adopting new star names is a political venture based on professional research in cultural astronomy. [[File:SadeghsPPT4CAP.png\|none\|thumb\|455x455px\|IAU WGSN workflow: graphics by Sadegh Faghanpour & Susanne M Hoffmann for CAP conference 2026.]]