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	[[File:Lilium Pardies, Ignace-Gaston (1636-1673). Cartographe bnf-gallica.jpg\|alt=screenshot of the atlas page with highlighting\|thumb\|Lilium in "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio auctore R.P. Ignatio Gastone Pardies Societatis Jesu mathematico opus postumum" by Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636-1673). [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59714416/f2.zoom digitalised]]]		[[File:Lilium Pardies, Ignace-Gaston (1636-1673). Cartographe bnf-gallica.jpg\|alt=screenshot of the atlas page with highlighting\|thumb\|Lilium in "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio auctore R.P. Ignatio Gastone Pardies Societatis Jesu mathematico opus postumum" by Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636-1673). [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59714416/f2.zoom digitalised]]]
	Ignace-Gaston Pardies introduced a new (now obsolete) constellation ''[[Lilium\|, Lilium]]'', the fleur-de-lis of France, in 1674. He had reused four stars in the north of Aries, which were unnamed in Antiquity and subject to various namings in the Early Modern Ages. The individual stars of the Lily were unnamed.		Ignace-Gaston Pardies introduced a new (now obsolete) constellation''[[Lilium\|, Lilium]]'', the fleur-de-lis of France, in 1674. He had reused four stars in the north of Aries, which were unnamed in Antiquity and subject to various namings in the Early Modern Ages. The individual stars of the Lily were unnamed.

	In the Almagest, it is listed as "The 4 stars over the rump [of the Ram]", outside the constellation image.		In the Almagest, it is listed as "The 4 stars over the rump [of the Ram]", outside the constellation image.
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	In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis. The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.		In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis. The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.

	In 2023/ 24 the IAU WGSN discussed the parallel name. As the identification of ''Lilii Austrina'' with 41 Arietis is without any doubt due to the given coordinates, and this star already has a name given by the IAU already (Bharani), WGSN refrains from applying "Lilii Austrina"~~. Ian Ridpath withdrew his suggestion~~.		In 2023/ 24 the IAU WGSN discussed the parallel name. As the identification of ''Lilii Austrina'' with 41 Arietis is without any doubt due to the given coordinates, and this star already has a name given by the IAU already (Bharani), WGSN refrains from applying "Lilii Austrina".

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

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	[[File:Lilium Pardies, Ignace-Gaston (1636-1673). Cartographe bnf-gallica.jpg\|alt=screenshot of the atlas page with highlighting\|thumb\|Lilium in "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio auctore R.P. Ignatio Gastone Pardies Societatis Jesu mathematico opus postumum" by Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636-1673). [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59714416/f2.zoom digitalised]]]		[[File:Lilium Pardies, Ignace-Gaston (1636-1673). Cartographe bnf-gallica.jpg\|alt=screenshot of the atlas page with highlighting\|thumb\|Lilium in "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio auctore R.P. Ignatio Gastone Pardies Societatis Jesu mathematico opus postumum" by Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636-1673). [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59714416/f2.zoom digitalised]]]
	Ignace-Gaston Pardies introduced a new (now obsolete) constellation ''[[Lilium\|, Lilium]]'', the fleur-de-lis of France, in 1674. He had reused four stars in the north of Aries, which were unnamed in Antiquity and subject to various namings in the Early Modern Ages. The individual stars of the Lily were unnamed.		Ignace-Gaston Pardies introduced a new (now obsolete) constellation ''[[Lilium\|, Lilium]]'', the fleur-de-lis of France, in 1674. He had reused four stars in the north of Aries, which were unnamed in Antiquity and subject to various namings in the Early Modern Ages. The individual stars of the Lily were unnamed.

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	The Lily was an emblem of France: the "Fleur-de-lis" (Unicode U+269C ⚜) is a heraldic symbol. In particular, in the time of Louis XIV this symbol was dedicated to the French king as the country's representative.		The Lily was an emblem of France: the "Fleur-de-lis" (Unicode U+269C ⚜) is a heraldic symbol. In particular, in the time of Louis XIV this symbol was dedicated to the French king as the country's representative.

	==IAU Working Group Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.		In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis. The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.

	In 2023/ 24 the IAU WGSN discussed the parallel name. As the identification of ''Lilii Austrina'' with 41 Arietis is without any doubt due to the given coordinates, and this star already has a name given by the IAU already (Bharani), WGSN refrains from applying "Lilii Austrina". Ian Ridpath withdrew his suggestion.		In 2023/ 24 the IAU WGSN discussed the parallel name. As the identification of ''Lilii Austrina'' with 41 Arietis is without any doubt due to the given coordinates, and this star already has a name given by the IAU already (Bharani), WGSN refrains from applying "Lilii Austrina". Ian Ridpath withdrew his suggestion.

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==
			* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
	* Ridpath, Ian, ''[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/muscaborealis.html#lilium Star Tales: Lilium, the fleur-de-lis]''		* Ridpath, Ian, ''[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/muscaborealis.html#lilium Star Tales: Lilium, the fleur-de-lis]''

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	In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.		In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.

	In 2023/ 24 the IAU WGSN discussed the parallel name. As the identification of ''Lilii Austrina'' with 41 Arietis is without any doubt due to the given coordinates, and this star already has a name given by the IAU already, WGSN refrains from applying "Lilii Austrina". Ian Ridpath withdrew his suggestion.		In 2023/ 24 the IAU WGSN discussed the parallel name. As the identification of ''Lilii Austrina'' with 41 Arietis is without any doubt due to the given coordinates, and this star already has a name given by the IAU already (Bharani), WGSN refrains from applying "Lilii Austrina". Ian Ridpath withdrew his suggestion.

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

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	In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.		In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.

	~~The~~ name ~~was applied~~ to the ~~(39 Ari) in~~ the IAU~~-CSN in 2017~~.		In 2023/ 24 the IAU WGSN discussed the parallel name. As the identification of ''Lilii Austrina'' with 41 Arietis is without any doubt due to the given coordinates, and this star already has a name given by the IAU already, WGSN refrains from applying "Lilii Austrina". Ian Ridpath withdrew his suggestion.

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

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	[[File:Lilium Pardies, Ignace-Gaston (1636-1673). Cartographe bnf-gallica.jpg\|alt=screenshot of the atlas page with highlighting\|thumb\|Lilium in "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio auctore R.P. Ignatio Gastone Pardies Societatis Jesu mathematico opus postumum" by Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636-1673). [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59714416/f2.zoom ~~digitalized~~]]]		[[File:Lilium Pardies, Ignace-Gaston (1636-1673). Cartographe bnf-gallica.jpg\|alt=screenshot of the atlas page with highlighting\|thumb\|Lilium in "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio auctore R.P. Ignatio Gastone Pardies Societatis Jesu mathematico opus postumum" by Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636-1673). [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59714416/f2.zoom digitalised]]]
	Ignace-Gaston Pardies introduced a new (now obsolete) constellation ''[[Lilium]]'', the fleur-de-lis of France, 1674. He had reused four stars in the north of Aries which were unnamed in Antiquity and ~~therefore~~ subject of various namings in Early Modern Ages. The individual stars of the Lily were unnamed.		Ignace-Gaston Pardies introduced a new (now obsolete) constellation ''[[Lilium\|, Lilium]]'', the fleur-de-lis of France, in 1674. He had reused four stars in the north of Aries, which were unnamed in Antiquity and subject to various namings in the Early Modern Ages. The individual stars of the Lily were unnamed.

	In the Almagest listed as "The 4 stars over the rump [of the Ram]", outside the constellation image.		In the Almagest, it is listed as "The 4 stars over the rump [of the Ram]", outside the constellation image.
	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	[[File:Lacaille1757 LiliiBorea marked.jpg\|alt=screenshot of page from Lacaille's star list, Lilii Borea highlighted\|thumb\|~~screenshot~~ of page from Lacaille's star list, Lilii Borea highlighted]]		[[File:Lacaille1757 LiliiBorea marked.jpg\|alt=screenshot of page from Lacaille's star list, Lilii Borea highlighted\|thumb\|Screenshot of a page from Lacaille's star list, Lilii Borea highlighted]]
	[[File:Lacaille1757 LiliiBorea-et-Austrina marked.jpg\|alt=screenshot from book, marked star names\|thumb\|page of the star catalogue of Lacaille1757 (Astronomiae fundamenta novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita, Lutetiae in Collegio mazarineo et in Africa ad caput Bonae Spei) with LiliiBorea and Lilii Austrina marked]]		Lacaille named its two brightest stars ''Lilii Borea'' and ''Lilii Austrina'' (i.e. in the north and south of the lily). The Latin term can be interpreted as "a star outside the constellation and in the north/south of it" or "a star in the northern/southern section of the constellation". As both stars form part of the asterism (since Ptolemy where it was unnamed), we should understand "The Northern One of the Lily" and "The Southern One of the Lily".
	Lacaille named its two brightest stars ''Lilii Borea'' and ''[[Lilii Austrina]]'' (i.e. in the north and south of the lily)

	In his ''Astronomiæ fundamenta novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita'' published in 1757<ref>Lacaille, N. L. (1757). Astronomiae fundamenta novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita, Lutetiae in Collegio mazarineo et in Africa ad caput Bonae Spei peractis a Nicolao Ludovico de La Caille. [https://books.google.de/books/about/Astronomiae_fundamenta_novissimis_solis.html?id=LXm0RAf6fk0C&redir_esc=y Digitalized by GoogleBooks], here p. 227 and 233.</ref>, Lacaille presented several tables, e.g. a star catalogue (''Tabula exhibens Stellarum ~~afcenfiones~~ rectas veras declinationes veras'') and a list of right ascensions of selected stars (''De veris aliquot Stellarum afcenfionibus rectis fæpiùs'') where he calls the two star names ''Lilii Borea'' and ''Lilii Austrina''.		In his ''Astronomiæ fundamenta novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita'' published in 1757<ref>Lacaille, N. L. (1757). Astronomiae fundamenta novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita, Lutetiae in Collegio mazarineo et in Africa ad caput Bonae Spei peractis a Nicolao Ludovico de La Caille. [https://books.google.de/books/about/Astronomiae_fundamenta_novissimis_solis.html?id=LXm0RAf6fk0C&redir_esc=y Digitalized by GoogleBooks], here p. 227 and 233.</ref>, Lacaille presented several tables, e.g. a star catalogue (''Tabula exhibens Stellarum a∫cen∫iones rectas veras declinationes veras'') and a list of right ascensions of selected stars (''De veris aliquot Stellarum afcenfionibus rectis fæpiùs'') where he calls the two star names ''Lilii Borea'' and ''Lilii Austrina''.
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	Lacaille also published the ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=8Y9uW-OVAOsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ephemerides des mouvemens celestes, pour dix annees, depuis 1765]''<ref>Lacaille (1765) ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=8Y9uW-OVAOsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ephemerides des mouvemens celestes, pour dix annees, depuis]''</ref> and names these two stars ''La Boreale a la fleur de Lys'' (The Northern one of the Lily) and ''L'Australe a la fleur de Lys'' (The Southern one of the Lily).		Lacaille also published the ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=8Y9uW-OVAOsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ephemerides des mouvemens celestes, pour dix annees, depuis 1765]''<ref>Lacaille (1765) ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=8Y9uW-OVAOsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ephemerides des mouvemens celestes, pour dix annees, depuis]''</ref> and names these two stars ''La Boreale a la fleur de Lys'' (The Northern one of the Lily) and ''L'Australe a la fleur de Lys'' (The Southern one of the Lily).

	The modern designations of these two stars are 39 and 41 Arietis. ~~In 2017~~ the ~~IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name~~ Lilii Borea ~~for 39 Arietis~~. ~~They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting~~ of 35, ~~39, and 41 Arietis~~.		The modern designations of these two stars are 39 and 41 Arietis. <gallery>
			File:Lacaille1757 LiliiBorea-et-Austrina marked.jpg\|Page of the star catalogue of Lacaille1757 (''Astronomiae fundamenta novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita, Lutetiae in Collegio mazarineo et in Africa ad caput Bonae Spei'') with Lilii Borea and Lilii Austrina marked
			File:Lacaille1757 LiliiBorea marked.jpg\|Screenshot of page from Lacaille's star list, Lilii Borea highlighted.
			File:Lacaille LiliiAustrina marked.jpg\|Lilii Austrina highlighted in Lacaille's star list 1757
			</gallery>

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==
	The Lily was an emblem of France: the "Fleur-de-lis" (Unicode U+269C ⚜) is a heraldic symbol. In particular, in the time of Louis XIV this symbol was dedicated to the French king as the country's representative.		The Lily was an emblem of France: the "Fleur-de-lis" (Unicode U+269C ⚜) is a heraldic symbol. In particular, in the time of Louis XIV this symbol was dedicated to the French king as the country's representative.

	==IAU Working Group Star Names==		==IAU Working Group Star Names==
	~~The~~ name ~~was applied to the~~ 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (39 Ari) in the IAU-CSN in 2017.		In 2017 the IAU WGSN adopted Lacaille’s name Lilii Borea for 39 Arietis, a 4.52 mag-star HR 824 (SIMBAD). They gave 41 Arietis the name Bharani after the second nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Hindu astronomy, consisting of 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.

			The name was applied to the (39 Ari) in the IAU-CSN in 2017.

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