Some ideas started here:<br />http://sfus.starfrontiers.info/node/8699<br /><br />using the Letter as the first letter in the name and grabbing a classic or popular name from sci fi as well<br /><br />Alpha: Altair, Arcturus, or Antares<br /><br />Beta: Beltegeuse or Betazed<br /><br />Delta: Deneb<br /><br />Epsilon: Eridani<br /><br />Gamma: Gliese<br /><br />Other names are possible as we have not exhausted the possibilities. <br />Any of the As are good IMO though Altair harkens back to Forbidden Planet<br /><br />I'm partial to Beltegeuse over Betazed as Betazed is so obviously Star Trek<br /><br />Deneb was the only D I came up with though there are system in ficiton that star with Delta I simply avoided most of those when trying to put this list together and it probably not required that we avoid using the word for the Greek letter.<br /><br />Epsilon Eridani has turned up in fiction many times and is a real star however I think it best to drop Epsilon and just go with Eridani which almost always triggers a mind association with Epsilon<br /><br />Gliese is a real star with extra-solar planets and has been used by a few authors, Niven being one,
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