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This table lists those
stars or other objects which have
Bayer designations, grouped by the
constellation part of the designation.
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^ Also designated Delta Pegasi (δ Pegasi, δ Peg) by Bayer, after Ptolemy –
Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
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^ Moved across the border from Aquila into the constellation Delphinus in 1992
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^ Bayer also by mistake catalogued Xi Arietis under the name Psi Ceti (ψ Cet, ψ Ceti), which is no longer used –
Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
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^ Moved across the border from Auriga into the constellation Lynx
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^ Also designated Psi Herculis (ψ Herculis, ψ Her) by Bayer, after Ptolemy –
Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
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^ Bayer also by mistake catalogued Kappa Ceti under the name g Tauri, which is no longer used –
Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
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^ Catalogued by Bayer as Gamma Scorpii (γ Sco, γ Scorpii), reassigned by Gould to Libra - Burnham, Robert (1978),
Burnham's celestial handbook: an observer's guide to the universe beyond the Solar System, Dover Books on Astronomy, vol. 2 (2nd ed.), Courier Dover Publications, p. 1108,
ISBN
0486235688.; Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward,
ISBN
0939923785
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^ Lacaille's Theta Telescopii (θ Tel, θ Telescopii) was reassigned to Ophiuchus –
Star Tales – Telescopium
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^ Bayer's Chi Persei is
NGC 884, the eastern cluster of the Double Cluster – Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward,
ISBN
0939923785
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^ Bayer's h Persei is
NGC 869, the western cluster of the Double Cluster – Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward,
ISBN
0939923785
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^ The star originally designated o Puppis (Latin lower case 'o') is now generally called
Omicron Puppis.
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^ Lacaille's Beta Telescopii (β Tel, β Telescopii) was reassigned to Sagittarius –
Star Tales – Telescopium
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^ Lacaille's Gamma Telescopii (γ Tel, γ Telescopii) was reassigned to Scorpius –
Star Tales – Telescopium
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^ Lacaille's Beta Normae (β Nor, β Normae) was reassigned to Scorpius –
Star Tales – Norma
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^ Lacaille's Alpha Normae (α Nor, α Normae) was reassigned to Scorpius –
Star Tales – Norma
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^ Also designated Gamma Aurigae (γ Aur, γ Aurigae) by Bayer, after Ptolemy –
Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters