Butterfly Star

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Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann


Butterfly Star is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is modern astrophysics, English language, due to the appearance in infrared. It is the name of the YSO IRAS 04302+2247 in constellation Taurus.


Concordance, Etymology, History

IRAS 04302 + 2247 is a Young Stellar Object (YSO), observed in infrared with no visual brightness given.

Mythology

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.

Reference