Davey-T Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) So thought I'd have another go at imaging Juno as not much else to do with murky moonlit skies, looked on Stellarium before going out to get an idea of where it was, aimed camera in general direction, looked on Sky Safari for star called Minelauva in Stellarium and can't find it, eventually find its just called Auva in SF, wish they wouldn't do that just confuses us old people 😂 Anyway taking a few pic's of it maybe, can't tell from camera screen as eyes aren't too good either 😂 Dave Edited April 3, 2020 by Davey-T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael8554 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) Best to stick to the Bayer designation, delta Virginis. Minelauva is the IAU approved name, so Auva is no longer recognised. Michael Edited April 3, 2020 by michael8554 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, michael8554 said: Best to stick to the Bayer designation, delta Virginis. Minelauva is the IAU approved name, so Auva is no longer recognised. Michael Don't tell me tell Sky Safari 😂 Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael8554 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) I'll leave that too you 🙂 The stars in Sky Safari have their Bayer designation in the "i." section, so best to use that instead of medieval names. Michael Edited April 4, 2020 by michael8554 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddensky Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Davey-T said: Don't tell me tell Sky Safari 😂 It suprises me that SkySafari hasn't adopted the IAU names. I never noticed it, but there are other stars too that have names different from the list of the Working Group on Star Names, even if more than one proper name is listed. Still, the star names represent a rich tradition from different cultures. Making one name 'official' has the risk of losing those traditions and that would be a shame, IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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