Rangifer - Revision history

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	[[File:Reindeer LeMonnier1743 hi.png\|thumb\|Reindeer in Le Monnier (1743), see also: [https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/694976 rara Zurich]]]		[[File:Reindeer LeMonnier1743 hi.png\|thumb\|Reindeer in Le Monnier (1743), see also: [https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/694976 rara Zurich]]]
	[[File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]		[[File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]

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	[[File:Reindeer LeMonnier1743 hi.png\|thumb\|Reindeer in Le Monnier (1743), see also: [https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/694976 rara Zurich]]]		[[File:Reindeer LeMonnier1743 hi.png\|thumb\|Reindeer in Le Monnier (1743), see also: [https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/694976 rara Zurich]]]
	[[File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]		[[File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]
	''Rangifer'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''.		''Rangifer'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''.

	Rangifer is also a modern IAU-star name, adopted in December 2025.		Rangifer is also a modern IAU-star name, adopted in December 2025.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==

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	== IAU Working Group Star Names ==		== IAU Working Group Star Names ==
	The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>		The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.

			This name was released with three other "reindeer": the name Latinised name variant "[[Tarandus]]" and the Indigenous Sami constellation names upon which these early modern academic names were based: [[Sarvvis]] and [[Aldu\|Aldu.]]<gallery>
	File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).

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	== IAU Working Group Star Names ==		== IAU Working Group Star Names ==
	The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>		The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>
			File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Tarandus stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Tarandus stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	~~File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).~~
	~~File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).~~
	File:Sarvvis profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Sarvvis profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Sarvvis stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Sarvvis stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).

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	== IAU Working Group Star Names ==		== IAU Working Group Star Names ==
	The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>		The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>
			File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Tarandus stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Sarvvis profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Sarvvis stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Aldu profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Aldu profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Aldu stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Aldu stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	====Stars within the Constellation Area====		====Stars within the Constellation Area====
			[[File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN)..]]
	The stick figure for this list was created with with map in Bode (1801) Uranographia. The original map by Le Monnier (1743) drew the Reindeer in a different way, as it did not have a constellation of Custos Messium. Le Monnier's original map includes the bright star 2 UMi which is brighter than the brighest star in this list:		The stick figure for this list was created with with map in Bode (1801) Uranographia. The original map by Le Monnier (1743) drew the Reindeer in a different way, as it did not have a constellation of Custos Messium. Le Monnier's original map includes the bright star 2 UMi which is brighter than the brighest star in this list:
	{\| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"		{\| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

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	[[File:Reindeer LeMonnier1743 hi.png\|thumb\|Reindeer in Le Monnier (1743), see also: [https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/694976 rara Zurich]]]		[[File:Reindeer LeMonnier1743 hi.png\|thumb\|Reindeer in Le Monnier (1743), see also: [https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/694976 rara Zurich]]]
			[[File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]
	''Rangifer'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''.		''Rangifer'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''.
			Rangifer is also a modern IAU-star name, adopted in December 2025.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	[[File:Elk Sami stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Sarva, The Elk, in Sami uranography (Stellarium).]]		[[File:Elk Sami stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Sarva, The Elk, in Sami uranography (Stellarium).]]
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	Rangifer was comprised of very faint stars, indeed Bode's (1801) catalog, ''Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestirne'' listed 47 stars in the constellation, most of which were magnitudes 6 and 7, and only one of 5th magnitude.		Rangifer was comprised of very faint stars, indeed Bode's (1801) catalog, ''Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestirne'' listed 47 stars in the constellation, most of which were magnitudes 6 and 7, and only one of 5th magnitude.

	==== Stars ~~inside the Constellation Area~~ ====		==== Some Bright Stars ====
	Barentine (2016, Fig. 8.20) overlays the Urania's Mirror version of the constellation over a modern star map. It appears that the brightest stars in Rangifer were the following:		Barentine (2016, Fig. 8.20) overlays the Urania's Mirror version of the constellation over a modern star map. It appears that the brightest stars in Rangifer were the following:
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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

			== IAU Working Group Star Names ==
			The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>
			File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			</gallery>

	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==

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	[[Category:European]]		[[Category:European]]
	[[Category:Modern]]		[[Category:Modern]]
			[[Category:IAU-Star Name]]
	[[Category:Cep]][[Category:Cas]]		[[Category:Cep]][[Category:Cas]]

	<references />		<references />

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	====Stars within the Constellation Area====		====Stars within the Constellation Area====
			The stick figure for this list was created with with map in Bode (1801) Uranographia. The original map by Le Monnier (1743) drew the Reindeer in a different way, as it did not have a constellation of Custos Messium. Le Monnier's original map includes the bright star 2 UMi which is brighter than the brighest star in this list:
	{\| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"		{\| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
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	[[Category:European]]		[[Category:European]]
	[[Category:Modern]]		[[Category:Modern]]
			[[Category:Cep]][[Category:Cas]]

	<references />		<references />

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	== IAU Working Group Star Names ==		== IAU Working Group Star Names ==
	The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>		The name Rangifer was proposed for a star in the area of the traditional constellation in 2023. After reviewing the literature and deliberation, WGSN adopted for the name for 49 Cas for the Catalog of Star Names on 25 December 2025.<gallery>
			File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Tarandus stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Tarandus stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	~~File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).~~
	~~File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).~~
	File:Sarvvis profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Sarvvis profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
	File:Sarvvis stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).		File:Sarvvis stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).