🟠 Udkadua (λ And) – HIP 116584 Sumerian for “Storm Demon with the Gaping Mouth” ⚡ — from a 3,000-year-old Babylonian timekeeping asterism 📜 G8IVK yellow-orange subgiant: 🌡️ 4,633 K | 1.47 M☉ | mag 3.82 📍 Hand of Andromeda, near Cassiopeia ✅ IAU-approved 2025 #WGSN #IAU #Udkadua #Andromeda #StarNames
🟡 Honores (7 And) – HIP 114570 Latin for “honours” — from Bode’s Enlightenment-era constellation (1801) 📜 F1V main-sequence: 🌡️ 7,380 K | 1.6 M☉ | mag 4.52 📍 Left arm of Andromeda ✅ IAU-approved 2025 #WGSN #IAU #Honores #Andromeda #StarNames #CulturalAstronomy
🟠 Paradys (α Apodis) – HIP 72370 Dutch for “bird of paradise,” named by Plancius in 1598 🗺️ K3III orange giant: 🌡️ 4,090 K | 59.5 R☉ | 4.46 M☉ | mag 3.79 📍 Tail of Apus, decl. –79° ✅ IAU star name (2025) #WGSN #IAU #Paradys #Apus #StarNames #AllSkies
🔵 Alfarasalkamil (الفرس الكامل) – HIP 113726 "The Complete Horse" — from early Arabic & Babylonian sky lore 📍 In Andromeda’s left arm 🔭 B6IV blue subgiant 💡 Mag 3.62 | 692 ly ☀️ ~1,900× Sun's luminosity Named by IAU in 2025, celebrating ancient star traditions beyond Pegasus. #wgsn #iau #starname