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[[File:Custos profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Custos profile card (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU WGSN).]] | [[File:Custos profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Custos profile card (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU WGSN).]] | ||
{{Infobox constellation | |||
| name = Custos | |||
| native = Custos Messium | |||
| translation = the Harvest Keeper | |||
| pronounce = | |||
| IPA = | |||
| culture = IAU | |||
| RA = 57.38032312 | |||
| dec = 65.5259794 | |||
| areatotal = 0 | |||
| numbermainstars = 1 | |||
| numberbfstars = 1 | |||
| numberstarsplanets = | |||
| numberbrightstars = 0 | |||
| numbernearbystars = | |||
| brighteststarname = Custos | |||
| starmagnitude = 4.48 | |||
| neareststarname = | |||
| stardistance = | |||
| numbermessierobjects = | |||
| meteorshowers = | |||
| bordering = Cam | |||
| notes = | |||
| cat = IAU-Star Name | |||
}} | |||
[[File:Custos stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Custos stick figure (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU WGSN).]] | [[File:Custos stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Custos stick figure (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU WGSN).]] | ||
The modern IAU-star name "Custos" commemorates the obsolete Early Modern constellation [[Custos Messium]], the Harvest Keeper. | The modern IAU-star name "Custos" commemorates the obsolete Early Modern constellation [[Custos Messium]], the Harvest Keeper. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:16, 11 July 2026
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula, IanRidpath
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Custos Messium |
|---|---|
| Translation | the Harvest Keeper |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 57.38032312 |
| Declination | 65.5259794 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Custos (4.48m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Cam |
The modern IAU-star name "Custos" commemorates the obsolete Early Modern constellation Custos Messium, the Harvest Keeper.
Concordance, Etymology, History
Custos Messium, the Harvest Keeper, was a constellation invented in Early Modern Time by the French astronomer Joseph Jérôme de Lalande (1732–1807) who might have punned with the name of his compatriot Charles Messier. Some European astronomers copied and translated it, though. The constellation became obsolete in the depolitisation of the IAU-sky and WGSN only resembles the Keeper, Custos.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was suggested to the IAU WGSN in 2023. It was adopted by the IAU-CSN in December 2025 for the star BE Cam (HIP 17884) in Camelopardalis.
