[starlord]

quite simply because aldebaran, capella, rigel, sirius, betelgeuse and all those common names ARE the arabic names of the stars in origin?

[Wanderer]

And how exactly is that relevant to star's spectral class?

[Mobius]

'K or better' was meant to reference stars of classes O, B, A, F, G, K... hence brighter being 'better'.

Oh, Be A Fine Girl...Kiss Me 

quite simply because aldebaran, capella, rigel, sirius, betelgeuse and all those common names ARE the arabic names of the stars in origin?

Capella and Sirius are Latin names. Betelgeuse is the adaption of the arabic "Beteigeuze"(or something similar). Aldebaran might have had another name, too.

And how exactly is that relevant to star's spectral class?

Well, many names are straight references to the color of the star ---> its spectral class.

[karajorma]

Yes but what relevance does that have to this discussion?

[Mobius]

I don't know. I just wanted to say that many stars have Latin names...

[terran_emperor]

Well, is is on the subject of descussing the star's names and what they're like in RL and how they compare to FS

[Mobius]

We were also talking about their names. "Why do they call that star Wolf 359? No nicknames given by the habitants?". Read Snail's opinion about Capella. That might not be the Capella we all know

[terran_emperor]

Wolf 359 is 359th star in the Wolf Catalogue. Ross 128 is 128 in Ross' Catalogue...same thing for Luyten 726

Just like the Messier Catalogue of Galaxies and Nebula

[Mobius]

I know it, the point is that whoever lives in a planet called <insert surname+insert number> should use an alternate name. Even Capella might be a "nickname" used to replace a possible "Capella II" or something like that.

[TrashMan]

Maby nobody could think of a good name

[Hellstryker]

Well, Wolf 359 is apparently the worst assignment a Terran can recieve...Sorta the Boondocks of Freespace

Nope, thatd be dubhe or mirfak 

[Grizzly]

Well, Wolf 359 is apparently the worst assignment a Terran can recieve...Sorta the Boondocks of Freespace

Nope, thatd be dubhe or mirfak 

You mean Tau-Sigma.

[terran_emperor]

no worst assignment is to a black-hole system like Cygnus X-1