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Bayer system en · PROPN

Etymology

After Johann Bayer, German astronomer.

Meanings

  1. A method of stellar classification in which stars are assigned Greek letters (α, β, γ, etc.) in decreasing order of brightness.

Synonyms

Bayer designation

wikipedia: Johann Bayer