Antares

"Antares" is a classical Greek name, found in the Almagest (Scorpius) where it is interpretated as "counter part of Mars", anti-ares.

IAU Working Group on 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.

Reference

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