I-star name for Consensus Layer upgrade after Heka

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An I-star name is needed for the Consensus Layer upgrade after Heka.

Assumes a cross layer upgrade combined with the Execution Layer upgrade (Istanbul - Devconnect 2023)

The consensus layer uses star names for upgrades whilst the execution layer uses Devcon cities.

See: Post-Merge Network Upgrade Naming Schemes

Recent upgrade names:

  • :owl: Shapella (Shanghai + Capella)
  • :blowfish: Dencun (Cancun + Deneb)
  • :giraffe: Pectra (Prague + Electra)
  • :zebra: Fusaka (Fulu + Osaka)
  • Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam)
  • (Heka + Bogotá)

Assuming a cross layer upgrade, any I-star name will be combined with the execution layer name Istanbul in a portmanteau (Portmanteau generator), so any name choice should also consider this.

(Apologies if I am stepping on the process for selecting star upgrade names, I’m not a core dev)

I-star names

Proper Name IAU Designation Constellation Notes on Origin/Usage
Iklil ρ Sco Aa (HR 5928) Sco Arabic for “crown” or “diadem”; part of a lunar mansion asterism
Illyrian HD 82886 LMi Albanian cultural reference to the ancient Illyrians; from NameExoWorlds
Imai δ Cru (HR 4656) Cru Mursi (Ethiopian) name for riverbank grass; used to predict seasonal flooding of the River Omo
Inquill HD 156411 Ara Peruvian fictional name; a tragic lover in Abraham Valdelomar’s “Way to the Sun”
Intan HD 20868 For Malay (Bahasa Melayu) for “diamond,” evoking stellar brilliance; from NameExoWorlds
Intercrus 41 Lyn A (HR 3743) UMa Latin for “between the legs,” referring to the star’s position in Ursa Major; from NameExoWorlds
Irena WASP-38 (HD 146389) Her Slovenian literary name; a courtly woman in Fran Saleški Finžgar’s novel “Under the Free Sun”
Itonda HD 208487 Gru Myene (Gabon) word meaning “all that is beautiful”
Izar ε Boo A (HR 5506) Boo Arabic for “girdle” or “loincloth”; traditional name recorded in the Almagest

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Here are couple more stars from IAU table:

proper names Designation Simbad spelling Constellation Origin Ethnic-Cultural_Group_or_Language Reference Date of Adoption
Iklil HR 5928 Iklil Sco "the name derives from the Arabic lunar mansion ““Iklil”” (Arabic: الإكليل) ““The ornamented headband”” (or: diadem) composed of the 3 stars β1 δ and π Sco; here misapplied to ρ Sco." Arabic
Illyrian HD 82886 Illyrian LMi Historians largely believe that the Albanians are descendants of the Illyrians, a term Albanians proudly call themselves. English 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds 2019/12/17
Imai HR 4656 Imai Cru The Mursi name a line of four stars imai (δ Cru), thaadoi (β Cru), waar (β Cen) and sholbi (α Cen). Their successive disappearance (heliacal setting) are used to determine when the River Omo will flood (it does this several times) and hence to determine when to plant the annual crop of cowpeas beside it (after the last flood but before the ground dries out). Imai is the Mursi name for the grass that grows along the banks of the river (Rhynchelytrum repens). It is said that when the imai star disappears, the Omo rises high enough to flatten the imai grass. African/ Mursi "Turton and Ruggles (1978) “Agreeing to Disagree: the measurement of duration in a south-western Ethiopian community”
Inquill HD 156411 Inquill Ara Inquill was one half of the couple involved in the tragic love story Way to the Sun by famous Peruvian writer Abraham Valdelomar. fictional 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds 2019/12/17
Intan HD 20868 Intan For Intan means diamond in the Malay language (Bahasa Melayu), alluding to the shining of a star. Bahasa Melyu 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds 2019/12/17
Intercrus HR 3743 Intercrus UMa "Intercrus means ““between the legs”” in Latin style referring to the star’s position in the constellation Ursa Major." Latin 2015 NameExoWorlds
Irena WASP-38 Irena Her Irena is a leading character in the novel Under the Free Sun: a Story of the Ancient Grandfathers by Slovene writer Fran Saleški Finžgar. Irena is a woman of the court. NEWC 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds 2019/12/17
Itonda HD 208487 Itonda Gru Itonda, in the Myene tongue, corresponds to all that is beautiful. Myene 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds 2019/12/17
Izar HR 5506 Izar Boo "Applied in recent times from the Arabic word izwar “girdle”" or "“loin cloth” being a later version of the original term al-mi)zar used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star." Arabic

Out of these, Illyrian, Intercrus and Izar are visible high up on the northern night sky, the last one even with naked eye. Intan, Itonda can get just above the horizon, also should be observable.

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