Pistol Star

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

Concordance, Etymology, History

• Luminous Blue Variable according to 1995ApJ...447L..29F

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

• References (general)
• References (early modern)