🟠 Udkadua (Ξ» And) – HIP 116584 Sumerian for β€œStorm Demon with the Gaping Mouth” ⚑ β€” from a 3,000-year-old Babylonian timekeeping asterism πŸ“œ G8IVK yellow-orange subgiant: 🌑️ 4,633 K | 1.47 Mβ˜‰ | mag 3.82 πŸ“ Hand of Andromeda, near Cassiopeia βœ… IAU-approved 2025 #WGSN #IAU #Udkadua #Andromeda #StarNames
🟑 Honores (7 And) – HIP 114570 Latin for β€œhonours” β€” from Bode’s Enlightenment-era constellation (1801) πŸ“œ F1V main-sequence: 🌑️ 7,380 K | 1.6 Mβ˜‰ | mag 4.52 πŸ“ Left arm of Andromeda βœ… IAU-approved 2025 #WGSN #IAU #Honores #Andromeda #StarNames #CulturalAstronomy
🟠 Paradys (Ξ± Apodis) – HIP 72370 Dutch for β€œbird of paradise,” named by Plancius in 1598 πŸ—ΊοΈ K3III orange giant: 🌑️ 4,090 K | 59.5 Rβ˜‰ | 4.46 Mβ˜‰ | mag 3.79 πŸ“ Tail of Apus, decl. –79Β° βœ… IAU star name (2025) #WGSN #IAU #Paradys #Apus #StarNames #AllSkies
πŸ”΅ Alfarasalkamil (الفرس Ψ§Ω„ΩƒΨ§Ω…Ω„) – HIP 113726 "The Complete Horse" β€” from early Arabic & Babylonian sky lore πŸ“ In Andromeda’s left arm πŸ”­ B6IV blue subgiant πŸ’‘ Mag 3.62 | 692 ly β˜€οΈ ~1,900Γ— Sun's luminosity Named by IAU in 2025, celebrating ancient star traditions beyond Pegasus. #wgsn #iau #starname