Table of stars with Bayer designations
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This table lists those stars or other objects which have Bayer designations, grouped by the constellation part of the designation.
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edit- ^ Also designated Delta Pegasi (δ Pegasi, δ Peg) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
- ^ Moved across the border from Aquila into the constellation Delphinus in 1992
- ^ Bayer also by mistake catalogued Xi Arietis under the name Psi Ceti (ψ Cet, ψ Ceti), which is no longer used – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
- ^ Moved across the border from Auriga into the constellation Lynx
- ^ Also designated Psi Herculis (ψ Herculis, ψ Her) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
- ^ Bayer also by mistake catalogued Kappa Ceti under the name g Tauri, which is no longer used – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
- ^ Catalogued by Bayer as Gamma Scorpii (γ Sco, γ Scorpii), reassigned by Gould to Libra - Burnham, Robert (1978), Burnham's celestial handbook: an observer's guide to the universe beyond the Solar System, Dover Books on Astronomy, vol. 2 (2nd ed.), Courier Dover Publications, p. 1108, ISBN 0486235688.; Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward, ISBN 0939923785
- ^ Lacaille's Theta Telescopii (θ Tel, θ Telescopii) was reassigned to Ophiuchus – Star Tales – Telescopium
- ^ Bayer's Chi Persei is NGC 884, the eastern cluster of the Double Cluster – Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward, ISBN 0939923785
- ^ Bayer's h Persei is NGC 869, the western cluster of the Double Cluster – Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward, ISBN 0939923785
- ^ The star originally designated o Puppis (Latin lower case 'o') is now generally called Omicron Puppis.
- ^ Lacaille's Beta Telescopii (β Tel, β Telescopii) was reassigned to Sagittarius – Star Tales – Telescopium
- ^ Lacaille's Gamma Telescopii (γ Tel, γ Telescopii) was reassigned to Scorpius – Star Tales – Telescopium
- ^ Lacaille's Beta Normae (β Nor, β Normae) was reassigned to Scorpius – Star Tales – Norma
- ^ Lacaille's Alpha Normae (α Nor, α Normae) was reassigned to Scorpius – Star Tales – Norma
- ^ Also designated Gamma Aurigae (γ Aur, γ Aurigae) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters