Editing Barnard's Star (section)

== Discovery and naming ==
The star is named after [[Edward Emerson Barnard]],<ref name=Kaler/> an American [[astronomer]] who in 1916 measured its [[proper motion]] as 10.3 [[arcsecond]]s per year relative to the Sun, the highest known for any star. The star had previously appeared on Harvard University [[photographic plates]] in 1888 and 1890.<ref name=EEB>{{cite journal|last=Barnard|first=E. E.|author-link=Edward Emerson Barnard|date=September 1916|title=A small star with large proper motion|journal=[[The Astronomical Journal]]|volume=29|issue=695|pages=181–183|bibcode=1916AJ.....29..181B|doi=10.1086/104156}}</ref>

In 2016, the [[International Astronomical Union]] organized a [[Working Group on Star Names]] (WGSN)<ref name=WGSN>{{cite web|url=https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/280/|title=IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|access-date=22 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610172014/https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/280/|archive-date=2016-06-10}}</ref> to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name ''Barnard's Star'' for this star on 1 February 2017 and it is now included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.<ref name="IAU-LSN">{{cite web|url=https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/|title=Naming Stars|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref>