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Latest revision as of 10:38, 19 February 2026
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann
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.
