Przybylski's Star

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


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