Pistol Star - Revision history

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 [[File:Pistol star and nebula.jpg|thumb|Pistol Star with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (public domain).]]
 "Pistol Star" is a modern star name. The name is in [https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Pistol+Star++&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD] for the blue supergiant with the variable star designation V*4647 Sgr (see VSX) in [[Sagittarius]].

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Concordance, Etymology, History: Cap S for Sun

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	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...447L..29F/abstract </ref> 1995ApJ...447L..29F		https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...447L..29F/abstract </ref> 1995ApJ...447L..29F

	The Pistol Star is an extremely luminous, massive blue hypergiant located near the center of the Milky Way, roughly 25,000–26,000 light-years from Earth in the Sagittarius constellation. As a Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) star in the Quintuplet cluster, it is millions of times brighter than our ~~sun~~.		The Pistol Star is an extremely luminous, massive blue hypergiant located near the center of the Milky Way, roughly 25,000–26,000 light-years from Earth in the Sagittarius constellation. As a Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) star in the Quintuplet cluster, it is millions of times brighter than our Sun.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==

	* Luminous Blue Variable according to Figer et al. (1995)<ref>Figer+ (1995). Two New Wolf-Rayet Stars and a Luminous Blue Variable Star in the Quintuplet (AFGL 2004) near the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.447, p.L29		* [[File:PistolStar stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Pistol Star in the stick figure of its constellation (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU WGSN)]]Luminous Blue Variable according to Figer et al. (1995)<ref>Figer+ (1995). Two New Wolf-Rayet Stars and a Luminous Blue Variable Star in the Quintuplet (AFGL 2004) near the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.447, p.L29

	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...447L..29F/abstract </ref> 1995ApJ...447L..29F		https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...447L..29F/abstract </ref> 1995ApJ...447L..29F

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IAU Working Group on Star Names

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	The name has been in SIMBAD for long time and was approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.		The name has been in SIMBAD for long time and was approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.

			<gallery>
			File:PistolSatr profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|(CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU WGSN)
			File:PistolStar stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|(CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU WGSN)
			</gallery>

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

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	[[Category:IAU-Star Name‏‎]]		[[Category:IAU-Star Name‏‎]]
	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:East Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:Sgr]]		[[Category:East Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:Sgr]] [[Category:Modern]]

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	2. Shylaja B S (1997), A pistol in the heart of Milky Way, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, vol25, p421<nowiki/>https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997BASI...25..421S		2. Shylaja B S (1997), A pistol in the heart of Milky Way, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, vol25, p421<nowiki/>https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997BASI...25..421S

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	* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]		* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]

	[[Category:Single star-asterism‏‎]]		[[Category:Single star-asterism‏‎]] [[Category:Asterism]]
	[[Category:Star Name‏‎]]		[[Category:Star Name‏‎]]
	[[Category:IAU-Star Name‏‎]]		[[Category:IAU-Star Name‏‎]]
	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:East Asian]]		[[Category:East Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:Sgr]]

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	2. Shylaja B S (1997), A pistol in the heart of Milky Way, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, vol25, p421<nowiki/>https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997BASI...25..421S		2. Shylaja B S (1997), A pistol in the heart of Milky Way, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, vol25, p421<nowiki/>https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997BASI...25..421S

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	Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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			[[File:Pistol star and nebula.jpg\|thumb\|Pistol Star with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (public domain).]]
	"Pistol Star" is a modern star name. The name is in [https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Pistol+Star++&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD] for the blue supergiant with the variable star designation V*4647 Sgr (see VSX) in [[Sagittarius]].		"Pistol Star" is a modern star name. The name is in [https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Pistol+Star++&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD] for the blue supergiant with the variable star designation V*4647 Sgr (see VSX) in [[Sagittarius]].

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	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...447L..29F/abstract </ref> 1995ApJ...447L..29F		https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...447L..29F/abstract </ref> 1995ApJ...447L..29F

			The Pistol Star is an extremely luminous, massive blue hypergiant located near the center of the Milky Way, roughly 25,000–26,000 light-years from Earth in the Sagittarius constellation. As a Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) star in the Quintuplet cluster, it is millions of times brighter than our sun.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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			{{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	"Pistol Star" is a modern star name. The name is in [https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Pistol+Star++&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD] for the blue supergiant with the variable star designation V*4647 Sgr (see VSX) in [[Sagittarius]].		"Pistol Star" is a modern star name. The name is in [https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Pistol+Star++&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD] for the blue supergiant with the variable star designation V*4647 Sgr (see VSX) in [[Sagittarius]].

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Reference

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	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:East Asian]]		[[Category:East Asian]]
			<references />
			2. Shylaja B S (1997), A pistol in the heart of Milky Way, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, vol25, p421<nowiki/>https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997BASI...25..421S