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Southern Crab is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is English language as lingua franca of modern astrophysics. It is the name of the symbiotic star WRAY 16-147 (Vmag 14.2) in constellation ... .
Southern Crab is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is English language as lingua franca of modern astrophysics. It is the name of the symbiotic star WRAY 16-147 (Vmag 14.2) in constellation [[Centaurus]].
 
 


==Concordance, Etymology, History==
==Concordance, Etymology, History==
The name first occured in French, but was later taken up in English research papers: in the popular magazin "Ciel et Espace", Vol. 235 (1989), J.-F. Robredo titled "Decouverte : une "nebuleuse du Crabe" dans l'hemisphere sud." (Discovery: a crab nebula in the southern hemisphere).  
The name was first used in March 1989, both in scientific and public media. It was used in a note in The Messenger by Schwarz in March 1989,<ref>Schwarz, H., “The Southern Crab.”, The Messenger, vol. 55, pp. 1–2, 1989.</ref> then, in April, in the publication Schwarz, Aspin and Lutz (1989) in the title "A southern Crab".<ref>Schwarz, Aspin and Lutz, "A southern 'Crab'.", Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 99, p. 51</ref> and immediately taken up in public media, e.g. in French, in the popular magazine "Ciel et Espace", Vol. 235 (1989)<ref>Robredo, J.-F., “Decouverte : une "nebuleuse du Crabe" dans l'hemisphere sud.”, <nowiki><i>Ciel et Espace</i></nowiki>, vol. 235, pp. 22–23, 1989.</ref>, J.-F. Robredo titled "Decouverte : une "nebuleuse du Crabe" dans l'hemisphere sud." (Discovery: a crab nebula in the southern hemisphere) and the Sky&Telescope<ref>No author, “The Real Crab Nebula / the Southern Crab”, Sky and Telescope, vol. 77, p. 357, 1989.</ref> note on this discovery in April and another one in December 1989<ref>No author, “Making the Southern Crab”, <nowiki><i>Sky and Telescope</i></nowiki>, vol. 78, p. 571, 1989</ref>.  


In 1990, the name first occurred in the title of a research paper by Igumenshchev et al. (1990)<ref>Igumenshchev, I. V., Tutukov, A. V., and Shustov, B. M., “Dynamical model of southern Crab.”, <nowiki><i>Astronomicheskii Zhurnal</i></nowiki>, vol. 67, p. 511, 1990.</ref>.
Susequently, other researchers used this name in English research papers, e.g.  Igumenshchev et al. (1990)<ref>Igumenshchev, I. V., Tutukov, A. V., and Shustov, B. M., “Dynamical model of southern Crab.”, <nowiki><i>Astronomicheskii Zhurnal</i></nowiki>, vol. 67, p. 511, 1990.</ref>.


==Mythology==
==Mythology==
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Latest revision as of 09:06, 6 July 2026

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann


Southern Crab in the 2MASS survey as displayed by Aladin.

Southern Crab is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is English language as lingua franca of modern astrophysics. It is the name of the symbiotic star WRAY 16-147 (Vmag 14.2) in constellation Centaurus.

Concordance, Etymology, History

The name was first used in March 1989, both in scientific and public media. It was used in a note in The Messenger by Schwarz in March 1989,[1] then, in April, in the publication Schwarz, Aspin and Lutz (1989) in the title "A southern Crab".[2] and immediately taken up in public media, e.g. in French, in the popular magazine "Ciel et Espace", Vol. 235 (1989)[3], J.-F. Robredo titled "Decouverte : une "nebuleuse du Crabe" dans l'hemisphere sud." (Discovery: a crab nebula in the southern hemisphere) and the Sky&Telescope[4] note on this discovery in April and another one in December 1989[5].

Susequently, other researchers used this name in English research papers, e.g. Igumenshchev et al. (1990)[6].

Mythology

no mythologoy.

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2026, as it has been in popular use among astrophysicists and listed in SIMBAD already.


Reference

  1. Schwarz, H., “The Southern Crab.”, The Messenger, vol. 55, pp. 1–2, 1989.
  2. Schwarz, Aspin and Lutz, "A southern 'Crab'.", Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 99, p. 51
  3. Robredo, J.-F., “Decouverte : une "nebuleuse du Crabe" dans l'hemisphere sud.”, <i>Ciel et Espace</i>, vol. 235, pp. 22–23, 1989.
  4. No author, “The Real Crab Nebula / the Southern Crab”, Sky and Telescope, vol. 77, p. 357, 1989.
  5. No author, “Making the Southern Crab”, <i>Sky and Telescope</i>, vol. 78, p. 571, 1989
  6. Igumenshchev, I. V., Tutukov, A. V., and Shustov, B. M., “Dynamical model of southern Crab.”, <i>Astronomicheskii Zhurnal</i>, vol. 67, p. 511, 1990.