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2. Betelgeuse - Wikipedia

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   Betelgeuse, α Ori, 58 Ori, HR 2061, BD +7°1055, HD 39801, FK5 224, HIP 27989, SAO 113271, GC 7451, CCDM J05552+0724, AAVSO 0549+07. Database references. SIMBAD. data. Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It is usually the tenth-brightest star in the night sky and, after Rigel, the second-brightest in its ...

3. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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   In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...

4. Stellar classification - Wikipedia

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   Stellar classification. In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is analyzed by splitting it with a prism or diffraction grating into a spectrum exhibiting the rainbow of colors interspersed with spectral lines.

5. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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   The closest encounter to the Sun so far predicted is the low-mass orange dwarf star Gliese 710 / HIP 89825 with roughly 60% the mass of the Sun. [4] It is currently predicted to pass 0.1696 ± 0.0065 ly (10 635 ± 500 au) from the Sun in 1.290 ± 0.04 million years from the present, close enough to significantly disturb the Solar System's Oort ...

6. List of banned video games by country - Wikipedia

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   Confiscated by the district court of Munich in 2010 for violating German Criminal Code section 131 (depictions of violence). [66] [67] Mortyr: Confiscated by the district court of Munich in 2001 for violating German Criminal Code section 86a (use of symbols of unconstitutional organisations). [68] [69] A censored version was released. [70]

7. Astronomical symbols - Wikipedia

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   Astronomical symbols are abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in European astronomy. The earliest forms of these symbols appear in Greek papyrus texts of late antiquity. The Byzantine codices in which many Greek papyrus texts were preserved continued and extended the ...