In article , Brian Tung wrote:

Eugene Griessel wrote:
BTW - I think the Flamsteed numbers only go as high as 137 - not 173.
May be wrong, should check,

Taurus has the most stars with Flamsteed numbers; the easternmost is
labelled 139 Tauri, I think. But that's per constellation--it shouldn't
have any bearing (!) on how many stars there are in an all-sky
catalogue.

One of the Flamsteed stars in Taurus - 34 Tauri - has since then moved
elsewhere though. Today it resides in Aquarius.

And I'm *not* joking....

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In article .com,
"John Nagelson" wrote:

...
I got a list of the 173 brightest from:

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/stars.html:

They are mostly under common names, but at least some of those that
aren't,
have got common names, e.g. Theta Aurigae is Bogardus, and Upsilon
Carinae
is Vathorz Prior.

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1. Sirius
2. Canopus
3. Rigil Kentaurus
...
154. Pi Scorpii
155. Epsilon Persei
156. Alniyat
157. Albireo
158. Sadalsuud
159. Gamma Persei
160. Upsilon Carinae
161. Matar
162. Tau Puppis
163. Algorel
164. Sadalmelik
165. Zaurak
166. Alheka
167. Ras Elased Australis
168. Alnasl
169. Gamma Hydrae
170. Iota Scorpii
171. Deneb el Okab
172. Beta Trianguli
173. Psi Ursae Majoris

If you've ever wondered why greek letters are part of a star's name - as
well as the naming of stars in general - take a look at:

http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/starname.html

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