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V=8.03 mag Star with very unusual abundances first noted by [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1961Natur.189..739P/abstract Przybylski (1961)]
V=8.03 mag Star with very unusual abundances first noted by [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1961Natur.189..739P/abstract Przybylski (1961)]


(Polish-Australian astronomer Antoni Przybylski)
The star was named after Polish-Australian astronomer [[wikipedia:Antoni_Przybylski|Antoni Przybylski]] who discovered the star ([https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1986QJRAS..27..697G obituary])


==Mythology==
==Mythology==


==IAU Star Name==
==IAU Star Name ==


Name is already in [https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Przybylski's+Star SIMBAD]: Wikipedia.


In 2022, WGSN decided for the time being not to name stars after people because this might cause political issues and we currently don't have the capacity to study and judge the lifes of persons.


Name is already in SIMBAD: https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Przybylski's+Star
Wikipedia




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==Reference==
==Reference==


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Latest revision as of 13:45, 5 July 2024

modern name for V816 Cen = HD 101065

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screenshot of the abstract: first appearance of the name Przybylski's Star

Etymology and History

Name first appears in title to Wegner & Petford (1974) , name appears in titles to ~30 later publications in ADS, including Fernandez+ (1983) “The First Dictionary of the Nomenclature of Celestial Objects (solar system excluded)”

V=8.03 mag Star with very unusual abundances first noted by Przybylski (1961)

The star was named after Polish-Australian astronomer Antoni Przybylski who discovered the star (obituary)

Mythology

IAU Star Name

Name is already in SIMBAD: Wikipedia.

In 2022, WGSN decided for the time being not to name stars after people because this might cause political issues and we currently don't have the capacity to study and judge the lifes of persons.


Weblinks

Reference