Talk:Alpheratz

Naming Convention
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These anomalies are believed to be the result of separation of elements due to the inward pull of the star's gravity and due to the radfiation pressure, and their diferent effects on the elements. See Frech Wikipedia: "En arabe, Alphératz dérive d'une expression signifiant l'épaule du cheval. Elle est également connue sous le nom de Sirrah ou Sirah, d'après l'arabe Al Surrat al Faras, le nombril du cheval." Coronellian 00:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Stellar Weather
Weather discovered on this star: clouds of mercury.



T@nn 08:48, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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Double or triple?
Second paragraph has this:  it is actually a binary system composed of two stars in close orbit Somehow, the article has been put in category "Triple stars", and there is no mention of that elsewhere in the text. 91.154.188.185 (talk) 02:53, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The article describes a third star. However, it is thought to be an unrelated more distant object.  There are at least two other very faint close companions (discovered 2011), not described in the article and also thought to be background objects.  Lithopsian (talk) 11:43, 6 October 2018 (UTC)


 * So, it is categorised as a triple star because the article has something about an unrelated object? 91.154.188.185 (talk) 02:03, 13 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Short description: this star is a spectroscopic binary with a "visual companion", a star that it's not gravitationally bound to the former two, but appear nearby just because it's on the same line of sight. To me, the correct classification should be double instead of triple.Psyluke (talk) 11:17, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 9 November 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. No opposition, and consensus generally supports the idea that the proper name is more common than the Bayer designation. (closed by non-admin page mover) EggRoll97 (talk) 15:34, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Alpha Andromedae → Alpheratz – When I searched about it, I got a lot of answers that prefers "Alpheratz" over Alpha Andromedae, which leads to that Alpheratz is more common. Plus, provisional names are usually preferred over a Bayer designation. 117daveawesome (talk) 07:34, 9 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Support, more common. Flakkersweeee (talk) 12:37, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nominator. Killuminator (talk) 13:35, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support, redirect was tagged with R with possibilities. Nerdoyooo (talk) 13:43, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It's not, and if it was that would be wrong and not a reason to move the page. R with possibilities means a redirect could be made into its own article. SevenSpheres (talk) 16:22, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: Stars do not have "provisional names"; minor planets do, and they're very different from proper names. Preferring proper names over Bayer designations has never been a convention on Wikipedia; proper names for stars are only preferred when they're more commonly used than Bayer (or other) designations. See WP:STARNAMES. SevenSpheres (talk) 16:18, 9 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Astonished: two essentially-new editors turn up just to comment on this proposal within a few hours, one of them created four days ago presumably just to be able to vote on this proposal. WP:CANVASSING at best.  Lithopsian (talk) 17:16, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nominator.  Je Bon Ser  (talk &#124; sign) 11:00, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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