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Now in the sky

Curated 2026-08-20. Entries leave this list when they are no longer worth pointing at; their pages stay.

SN 2026sqf — NGC 3310
SN 2026fov — NGC 7292

A research compilation of what the languages of South Asia call the things in the sky, with every name cited to its source. Companion to Bhagol: Indian Sky Map, which shows them in the sky above you, on Android and iPhone.

Compiled by Alok Mandavgane and released under CC BY-SA 4.0. Star positions from the Hipparcos catalogue (ESA 1997); proper names from the IAU Working Group on Star Names. Quotations from sources in copyright are paraphrased, never reproduced.