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[[File:Melotte-111.jpg|alt=photograph of the cluster|thumb|Open star cluster Melotte 111, or Coma Star Cluster. (Sternwarte Kempten, CC-BY 3.0)]]
The constellation Coma Berenices {Pukapuka, Cook Islands}
A Polynesian name for the constellation Coma Berenices {Pukapuka, Cook Islands}<ref>Makemson, Maud W. (1941). ''The Morning Star Rises: an Account of Polynesian Astronomy''. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>
==Etymology and History==
==Etymology and History==
[Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938: 348 #16, 350; Makemson 1941: 271 #772]. Lit., “the tail of the rat”.
[Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938: 348 #16, 350; Makemson 1941: 271 #772]. Lit., “the tail of the rat”.

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photograph of the cluster
Open star cluster Melotte 111, or Coma Star Cluster. (Sternwarte Kempten, CC-BY 3.0)

A Polynesian name for the constellation Coma Berenices {Pukapuka, Cook Islands}[1]

Etymology and History

[Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938: 348 #16, 350; Makemson 1941: 271 #772]. Lit., “the tail of the rat”. Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole, ethnographers

Mythology

IAU Working Group Star Names

The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.

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Reference

  1. Makemson, Maud W. (1941). The Morning Star Rises: an Account of Polynesian Astronomy. New Haven: Yale University Press.