• Question: is there a name for every different star

    Asked by to Andrei, Ekbal, Gemma, Helen, Ruth on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Ekbal Hussain answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Yes, in fact there is. Actually all the stars we can see in the sky have a number.
      The International Astronomical Union is the organisation responsible for giving the stars their nubmers or names.

      Some of the very old and well known stars have a number and a names. For example, the closest star to us after the sun is called Proxima Centauri or V645 Centauri and it’s only about 25 trillion miles away …. 😛

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