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Further batches of names were approved on 21 August, 12 September, 5 October and 6 November 2016. These were listed in a table of 102 stars included in the WGSN's second bulletin in
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with published names, and on compiling cultural names, with names for faint stars to be discussed in the future (it regarded 'bright stars' as those with
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