What is the name of that beautiful star?

• by alexissbellyahoo.com.au

  Any ideas?

  Posted January 9, 2014 8:08 AM

• by JeanTate in response to alexissbell@yahoo.com.au's comment.

  It has a great many names, depending on what star catalog it's in.

  Perhaps the best known name might be Tycho 2198151 (per the HIPPARCOS mission), or USNO-B1.0 0939-0200378 (in the most recent USNO catalog), or GSC2.2 N200313368 (in the most recent Hubble Guide Star catalog).

  If you know the location - the (RA, Dec) coordinates - of a star, you can find which catalogs it's in by using VizieR

  Happy hunting!

  Posted January 9, 2014 2:43 PM