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[[File:SouthernCrab 2MASS.png|thumb|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 ... . | 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 ... . | ||
Revision as of 10:04, 13 June 2026
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann
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 ... .
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).
In 1990, the name first occurred in the title of a research paper by Igumenshchev et al. (1990)[1].
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.
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Reference
- ↑ Igumenshchev, I. V., Tutukov, A. V., and Shustov, B. M., “Dynamical model of southern Crab.”, <i>Astronomicheskii Zhurnal</i>, vol. 67, p. 511, 1990.
