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Notation |
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Other
Common Notations |
�Origin |
Content,
& Order (if any) |
Date(s) |
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� Greek
Letters |
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� Bayer |
� Johann
Bayer - in his star atlas Uranometria
|
� Stars -
in (generally) descending brightness in each Constellation |
� 1603 |
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Numbers |
|
Flamsteed
# |
Astronomers
who published John
Flamsteed's work |
Stars -
west-to-east (increasing RA) in each Constellation |
1725 |
|
HN# |
|
H# |
William
Herschel |
"Nebulous
objects" |
1786
& 1789 |
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HJ# |
|
H#, h# |
John
Herschel |
Nebulae
and Star Clusters |
1833
& 1847 |
|
HD# |
|
|
Henry
Draper |
Stars
(spectral classifications) |
1918 -
1924 |
|
Σ#### |
|
�####,
STF#### (Struve The Father) |
F. G.
Wilhelm Struve ("the
Father") |
Double
stars in the northern
hemisphere |
1827,
1837, 1875, & 1878 |
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OΣ###
|
|
O�### or
��###��������������������� or STT### |
Otto
Wilhelm Struve ("the
Son") |
Double
Stars - Pulkovo Catalog |
1866 |
|
OΣΣ###
|
|
O��### or
���###����������������� or STS### |
Otto
Wilhelm Struve ("the
Son's Supplements") |
Double
Stars� - Pulkovo Supplements |
1874, 1875,
& 1878 |
|
R through
ZZ |
|
|
Friedrich
W. A. Argelander |
Variable
Stars in each Constellation |
1862 |
|
ADS# |
|
|
R. G.
Aitken's Double Star Catalog |
Double
stars within 120 deg of
the North Pole |
1932 |
|
SAO# |
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|
Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog - �K. L. Haramundanis |
Stars |
1966 |
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