What is Flamsteed designation?
'''Flamsteed designations''' are for [[star]]s that are similar to [[Bayer designation]]s. However, they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Flamsteed designation contained 2554 stars. The numbers are usually assigned in the order of [[wikt:increase|increasing]] [[right ascension]] within each [[constellation]]. However, because of the effects of [[precession]], they are now slightly out of order in some parts. This method first appeared in [[John Flamsteed]]'s ''[[Historia Coelestis Britannica]]'', a book that was published by [[Edmond Halley]] and [[Isaac Newton]] together in 1712.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.iau.org/public_press/themes/naming/ | title = Naming Astronomical Objects | publisher = [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) | accessdate = 2009-01-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://seds.org/~spider/spider/Misc/naming.html | title = Naming Stars | publisher = [[Students for the Exploration and Development of Space]] (SEDS) | accessdate = 2009-01-30 | archive-date = 2010-05-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100531062940/http://seds.org/~spider/spider/Misc/naming.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sci-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Flamsteed Designation}} [[Category:Astronomical catalogues]]