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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]].   



Revision as of 13:27, 11 March 2026

Susanne M Hoffmann


"Pistol Star" is a modern star name. The name is in SIMBAD for the blue supergiant with the variable star designation V*4647 Sgr (see VSX) in Sagittarius.

Concordance, Etymology, History

  • Luminous Blue Variable according to Figer et al. (1995)[1] 1995ApJ...447L..29F


Mythology

no mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

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.


Reference

  1. 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

2. Shylaja B S (1997), A pistol in the heart of Milky Way, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, vol25, p421https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997BASI...25..421S