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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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  1. Also designated Delta Pegasi (δ Pegasi, δ Peg) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
  2. in Hydra
  3. Moved across the border from Aquila into the constellation Delphinus in 1992
  4. 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
  5. Also designated as Beta Tauri (β Tau)
  6. Now included in the constellation Lynx
  7. Also designated Psi Herculis (ψ Herculis, ψ Her) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
  8. designation no longer in common use
  9. Bayer also by mistake catalogued Kappa Ceti under the name g Tauri, which is no longer used – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
  10. Also designated as Xi Arietis (ξ Ari)
  11. Also designated as Nu2 Boötis (ν2 Boo)
  12. 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
  13. Now known as N Scorpii
  14. Now known as H Scorpii
  15. Lacaille's Theta Telescopii (θ Tel, θ Telescopii) was reassigned to Ophiuchus – Star Tales – Telescopium
  16. Also designated as Alpha Andromedae (α And)
  17. Now included in the constellation Andromeda
  18. Bayer's Chi Persei is NGC 884, the eastern cluster of the Double Cluster – Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward, ISBN 0939923785
  19. Bayer's h Persei is NGC 869, the western cluster of the Double Cluster – Wagman, Morton (2003), Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward, ISBN 0939923785
  20. The star originally designated o Puppis (Latin lower case 'o') is now generally called Omicron Puppis.
  21. Lacaille's Beta Telescopii (β Tel, β Telescopii) was reassigned to Sagittarius – Star Tales – Telescopium
  22. Also designated as Sigma Librae (σ Lib)
  23. Lacaille's Gamma Telescopii (γ Tel, γ Telescopii) was reassigned to Scorpius – Star Tales – Telescopium
  24. Lacaille's Beta Normae (β Nor, β Normae) was reassigned to Scorpius – Star Tales – Norma
  25. Lacaille's Alpha Normae (α Nor, α Normae) was reassigned to Scorpius – Star Tales – Norma
  26. Also designated Gamma Aurigae (γ Aur, γ Aurigae) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters
  27. Also designated as Eta Sagittarii (η Sgr)
  28. Now known as G Scorpii
  29. Also designated as d Ophiuchi (d Oph)
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