Násti
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Nasti
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Násti |
|---|---|
| Translation | star |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 124.592386 |
| Declination | 61.460721 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Násti (8.2m) |
| exoplanets | 1 (Albmi) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | UMa |
Násti is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Northern Sami. It is the name of HIP 40687 (HD 68988) in constellation UMa.
Etymology and History
Násti means star in the Northern Sami language of Norway.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2019/12/17.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds
