An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Piazzi's Flying Star
  ستاره‌ی ِ پرنده‌ی ِ پیاتزی  
setâre-ye parande-ye Piazzi
Fr.: étoile volante de Piazzi  

Same as → 61 Cygni and → Bessel’s star.

See also: Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826) was the first to notice the large → proper motion of the star, in 1804. His observations over a period of 10 years revealed the largest proper motion ever detected for any star at the time, leading him to baptize it the “Flying Star;” → fly; → star.