Posted by: Steve Walmsley
« on: December 05, 2020, 09:18:40 AM »I've come up with a potential solution for creating more meaningful names, although I have gone back over 400 years for the idea
I'm going to invent my own Bayer designations for stars where that name doesn't already exist. For example, WISE 0350-5658 is the constellation Reticulum and the Bayer-designated stars only go up to Kappa. So I've renamed WISE 0350-5658 as Lambda Reticuli. I'll see how far I can get with that idea
EDIT: I've found this extremely useful wiki page that contains all the 'missing' designations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_stars_with_Bayer_designations
I might even add the new Bayer names as an option for Known Stars games (when I get the time to go through them).
I'm going to invent my own Bayer designations for stars where that name doesn't already exist. For example, WISE 0350-5658 is the constellation Reticulum and the Bayer-designated stars only go up to Kappa. So I've renamed WISE 0350-5658 as Lambda Reticuli. I'll see how far I can get with that idea
EDIT: I've found this extremely useful wiki page that contains all the 'missing' designations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_stars_with_Bayer_designations
I might even add the new Bayer names as an option for Known Stars games (when I get the time to go through them).