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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the ancient Arabs saw Phoenix as a boat?
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Reviewer: Hamiltonstone (talk · contribs) 12:17, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

History

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aha I double checked this - turns out the name Ankaa was only coined after 1800 AD, well after the establishment of the constellation. Have added as it gives it context and chronology. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:24, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I capitalised it as it was some form of title but could argue lower case - and aligns with other portrayals, so done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:26, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
switched Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:26, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hmmm, I meant neighbouring each other. There are several examples of stars very close together getting the same Bayer designation. Changed to "close together" Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:29, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
rounded Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:29, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
tried rejigging Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:44, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
exoplanets are fascinating and their discoveries make it into mainstream news quite often. I rejigged so it has an opening sentence and incorporated the superWASP bit in to give people a link to read on how they find planets. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:59, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"...each with a single planet larger than Jupiter detected" - perhaps just "each with a single planet larger than Jupiter"?

trimmed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:59, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
agree...will rethink this Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 15:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Intermediate-mass black holes are rare and were only hypothetical till recently. I saw this which makes it more newsworthy and will beef up the single sentence. Need to sleep now and add tomorrow...Given this is more about a galaxy core, I've moved it to the galaxy section. NB: galactic excess wordage removed. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 15:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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That is it, I think. hamiltonstone (talk) 13:12, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Revisions look good. Just a solution to the para on Gliese etc, and I think we're done. Will keep an eye out. hamiltonstone (talk) 12:46, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Much astronomy material is very dry - maddening as I am looking for material on Gliese 915 as it is the closest star in the constellation to us...but no source says this. The brown dwarves are small dim stars which are only being discovered now, and the extremely old star is interesting - I will try to add a sentence to each as to why they are interesting and maybe reorganise. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:53, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Right - what I have done is a "taster" as the objects are all examples of interesting things. Hence I can combine the sentences on Nu phoenicis and Gliese 915 into a para on closest stars, and add some detail that highlights how weird Gliese 915 is. Ditto the brown dwarfs, and the oldest star. Trick is to balance with just enough info to make them interesting but not be exhaustive as that is what the daughter article is for. Do you think they need more now and/or do they sound engaging enough? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:43, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that will do. If this were to go to FAC, there's some things I'd want to see sorted or expanded, but not for GA. CHeers, hamiltonstone (talk) 10:14, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, now you've mentioned it, that's the next destination, so which bits you think I should tinker with....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:47, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, well:
  • I am not sure the poor nom at Perseus would agree, but mapping as against Chinese constellations would be useful, since it is done for the Arabs and for Schiller.
Chinese stuff can be tricky to source. Got a reliably sourced bit in anyway Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:36, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding the constellations by which it is bounded, it seems strange that there is none to the east. I assumed that this was to do with the detail of how they lie against each other, but eventually it is a question that will be asked.
It is actually Eridanus as well, so tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:16, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "assigned Omicron, Psi and Omega to three stars, which subsequent astronomers such as Benjamin Gould felt were too dim to warrant their letters". I wondered: does this mean they no longer carry those designations?; in which case it should not be completely expressed in the past tense. If however they did retain the designations (as the WP article's later text implies), then the expression "which subsequent astronomers" isn't really right either, as it was obviously a transient or minority view. Needs further explaining and/or tidying up.
done - not clarified in the source how psi became a different star but done now anyway Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:04, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I still feel a little uncomfortable about the para re the WISE brown dwarfs, but confess to not really being able to articulate what the issue is. Perhaps it is that most of the para is general explanatory material about brown dwarves, including that there are "many" of them, without really a sense why the two in Phoenix are worthy of note.
There are not many of them as yet. Nice to link the constellation to new findings. Will leave it up to FAC to get more consensus on this and drop it if need be Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:04, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The para after that might be better introduced: "Phoenix contains HE0107-5240, possibly one of the oldest stars yet discovered. An ancient star located 36000 light years distant, HE0107-5240 has a visual magnitude..."
rejigged Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:16, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck! hamiltonstone (talk) 12:21, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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