 In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars.The WGSN approved the name "Proxima Centauri" for this star on August 21, 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU approved Star Names.Because of Proxima Centauri's southern declination, it can only be viewed south of latitude 27° N. Red dwarfs such as Proxima Centauri are too faint to be seen with the naked eye.