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  2. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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    Many star names are, in origin, descriptive of the part in the constellation they are found in; thus Phecda, a corruption of Arabic فخذ الدب ( fakhdh ad-dubb, 'thigh of the bear'). Only a handful of the brightest stars have individual proper names not depending on their asterism; so Sirius ('the scorcher'), Antares ('rival of Ares ', i.e ...

  3. Lists of star names - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, star names, in contrast to star designations, are proper names of stars that have emerged from usage in pre-modern astronomical traditions. Lists of these names appear in the following articles: List of Arabic star names. List of Chinese star names. List of proper names of stars: traditional proper names in modern usage around ...

  4. Lists of stars by constellation - Wikipedia

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    All stars but one can be associated with an IAU (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided into 89 irregularly shaped boxes as the constellation Serpens is split into two separate sections, Serpens Caput (the snake's head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (the snake's tail ...

  5. Stellar designations and names - Wikipedia

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    The Bright Star Catalogue, which is a star catalogue listing all stars of apparent magnitude 6.5 or brighter, or roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth, contains 9,096 stars. [1] The most voluminous modern catalogues list on the order of a billion stars, out of an estimated total of 200 to 400 billion in the Milky Way .

  6. List of Star Wars characters - Wikipedia

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    Cid Scaleback (full first name Ciddarin) is a former Jedi informant who provides the Bad Batch with mercenary missions in the aftermath of the Clone Wars. She later betrays the Bad Batch after they return from Eriadu, handing Omega over to Royce Hemlock. The character has been voiced by Rhea Perlman in The Bad Batch .

  7. Lists of Nintendo characters - Wikipedia

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    Their first established series were the Mario and the Donkey Kong series, established in 1981. The following is a list of lists of characters who appear in various games and franchises published by Nintendo arranged in alphabetical order. Characters of Fire Emblem Fates. Characters of the Kirby series. Characters of the Legend of Zelda series.

  8. List of PlayStation 2 games (A–K) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of games for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game system. Title names may be different for each region due to the first language spoken. The last game for the PlayStation 2, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 was released on 8 November 2013.

  9. List of PlayStation games (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of games for the Sony PlayStation video game system, organized alphabetically by name. There are often different names for the same game in different regions. [ 1 ] The final licensed PlayStation game released in Japan (not counting re-releases) was Black/Matrix 00 on May 13, 2004; counting re-releases, the final licensed game ...