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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Flamsteed numbers Identification numbers applied to stars in a constellation in order of increasing right ascension. The stars so numbered are those included in the 1725 catalogue of J.Flamsteed. Many stars are still known by their Flamsteed numbers (e.g. 61 Cygni).

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