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Really cool names have been given to really bright objects in the night sky. The rest of them are observed, given a unique identifier, and cataloged with something like the "New General Catalog" with the Royal Astronomical Society. When you knock off 7,000+ objects in a few years, you simply won't presume to guess that you have issued a unique name.

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