Editing Stellar designations and names (section)

=== Stars named for individuals ===
{{main article|Stars named after people}}

A few stars are named for individuals. These are mostly names in common use that were taken up by the scientific community at some juncture. The first such case (discounting characters from mythology) was [[Cor Caroli]] (α CVn), named in the 17th century for [[Charles I of England]]. The remaining examples are mostly named after astronomers, the best known are probably [[Barnard's Star]] (which has the highest known [[proper motion]] of any star and is thus notable even though it is far too faint to be seen with the naked eye), [[Kapteyn's Star]] and recently [[Tabby's Star]].

The [[International Astronomical Union]] has held two [[NameExoWorlds]] contests to give proper names to exoplanets and their host stars, in 2014/5 and 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1404/ |title=NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars |publisher=IAU.org |date=9 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nameexoworlds.iau.org/final-results|title=Approved names|website=NameExoworlds|language=en|access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref> As a result, several stars were named after people, including Cervantes for [[Mu Arae]], Copernicus for [[55 Cancri|55 Cancri A]],<ref name="IAUresults"/><ref name="IAUnames">{{cite web|url=http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/names|title=NameExoWorlds|website=nameexoworlds.iau.org|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2018-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201043609/http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/names|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Rosalíadecastro]] (HD 149143) after the writer [[Rosalía de Castro]].