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5. Universe in data
“You can discover traces of the history of astronomy scattered in the names of the objects astronomers discuss – a history that starts with the mythological interpretation of the sky echoed in constellation names, and that continues to an era when comets are named after spacecraft and quasars after radio telescopes.” — Chromey
1. Naming stars
2. Naming non-stellar objects
3. Solar-system objects
4. Exoplanets
5. Downloading data
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