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| Andromeda | an DROM eh duh | The Princess | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Sirrah
aka - Alpheratz
means: Horse's Navel Alpha Andromedae
| 0h 8' 23" +29° 5' 26" | 72 | 2.1 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | one corner of - The Great Square - once considered part of the constellation Pegasus |
| Mirach
means: Girdle Beta Andy
| 1h 9' 44" +35° 37' 14" | 88 | 2.1 | M0 III | Red Giant | |
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| Almach
aka - Almak, Alamak Gamma Andy
| 2h 3' 54" +42° 19' 47" | 120 | 2.2 5
| A0 K2 III | 2 Blue White Main Sequence orbit 1 Orange Giant | |
| Delta
Andromedae | 0h 39' 20" +30° 51' 40" | 160 | 3.3 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
| Lambda
Andy | 23h 37' 34" +46° 27' 30" | 84 | 3.81 | G8 III-IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| Mu Andy
| 0h 56' 45 +38° 29' 58 | 82 | 3.9 | A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Adhil
Xi Andromedae
| 1h 22' 20.3 +45° 31' 44 | 195 | 4.87 | K0 III-IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Pi Andromedae
| 0h 36' 53 +33° 43' 10 | 655 | 4.4 | B5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Upsilon
Andromedae | 1h 36' 48" +41° 24' 20" | 44 | 4.1 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | Up to FOUR Planets Detected |
| Phi
Andromedae | 1h 9' 30 +47° 14' 31 | 735 | 4.3 | B8 III | Blue Giant | |
| 483 Andy
| 1h 41' 47" +42° 36' 49" | 41 | 5 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| 56 Andromedae
| 1h 56' 9.3" +37° 15' 6" | 320 | 6 + 6 | G8 III | 2 Yellow Giants | |
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GX, GQ Andy
GROOMBRIDGE 34 AB
| 0h 18' 22.9 +44° 1' 23 | 11.63 | . | . | Red Dwarf Binary | |
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| Antlia | ANT lee uh | The Air Pump | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Antliae | 10h 27' 9 -31° 4' 4 | 365 | 4.3 | K4 III | Orange Giant | |
| Beta Antliae | 10h 29' 35 -30° 36' 26 | 480 | 5.5 | B9.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Epsilon Antliae | 9h 29' 15 -35° 57' 5 | 700 | 4.5 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
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| Zeta 1A Zeta 1B Zeta Antliae Zeta 2
| 9h 30' 46 -31° 53' 25 | 370 | 6.2 5.75 | A1 V | 2 Blue White Main Sequences | Interesting Triple Star System | 9h 31' 32 -31° 52' 18 | 6 | A9 IV | Blue White Sub Giant |
| Eta Antliae | 9h 58' 52 -35° 53' 28 | 106 | 5 | F1 III-IV | White Giant | |
| Iota Antliae | 10h 56' 43 -37° 8' 16 | 200 | 4.6 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
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| Theta Antliae | 9h 44' 12 -27° 46' 10 | 385 | 5.3 6.1 | F7 II-III A8 V | White Bright Giant Blue White Main Seq | |
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| Apus | AY puss | The Bird of Paradise | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Apodis | 14h 47' 52 -79° 2' 41 | 410 | 3.8 | K5 II | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Beta Apodis | 16h 43' 4 -77° 31' 3 | 158 | 4.2 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Gamma Apodis | 16h 33' 27 -78° 53' 49 | 159 | 3.9 | K0 IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
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| Delta 1
Delta Apodis Delta 2
| 16h 20' 21 -78 41' 45 | 765 | 4.7 | M5 III | Red Giant | Optical Double |
| 16h 20' 27 -78° 40' 2 | 660 | 5.3 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |||
| Eta Apodis | 14h 18' 14 -81° 0' 27 | 130 | 4.89 | A2 | Blue White | |
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| Aquarius | uh QUARE ee us | The Water Bearer | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Sadalmelik
"lucky one of the king" Alpha Aquarii
| 22h 5' 47 -0° 19' 11 | 760 | 3 | G2 Ib | Yellow Supergiant | Lies almost exactly on the Celestial Equator |
| Sadalsud
"luckiest of the lucky" Beta Aquarii
| 21h 31' 33 -5° 34' 16 | 610 | 2.9 | G0 Ib | Yellow Supergiant | |
| Sadachbia
"lucky one of tents" Gamma Aquarii
| 22h 21' 39 -1° 23' 14 | 158 | 3.8 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | Part of "The Tent" including Zeta, Eta and Pi Aquarii |
| Skat
aka - Scheat - "shin" Delta Aquarii
| 22h 54' 39 -15° 49' 15 | 159 | 3.3 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Zeta 1
Zeta Aquarii Zeta 2
| 22h 28' 50 -0° 1' 13 | 103 | 3 | F3 III | White Giant | |
| 22h 28' 50 -0° 1' 12 | 4 | F3 V | White Main Sequence | ||||
| Upsilon Aquarii | 22h 34' 42 -20° 42' 30 | 74 | 5 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 11 Aquarii | 21h 00' 33.7 -04° 43' 49 | 86 | 6.21 | G1 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| 53 A
53 Aquarii 53 B
| 22h 26' 34 -16° 44' 29 | 65 | 6 | G3 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 22h 26 35 -16° 44' 33 | 6 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||||
| 94 Aquarii | 23h 19' 7 -13° 27' 32 | 68 | 5 | G5 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
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| EZ Aquarii
Luyten 789-6 A,B,C
Gl 866 A,B,C | 22h 38' 33.4 -15° 18' 07 | 11.26 | 13.33 13.27 14.03 | M5.0 V | 3 Red Dwarfs | Trinary System orbit < 2" |
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| Aquila | uh QUILL uh | The Eagle | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Altair
pronounced: "ALL-tare" Alpha Aquillae
| 19h 50' 47 +08° 52' 6 | 16.8 | .8 | A7 IV-V | Blue White Sub-Giant | part of the - Summer Triangle - Among the Closest stars |
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| Alshain Beta Aquillae
| 19h 55' 19 +6° 24' 24 | 45 | 3.7 ( 4 + 11 )
| G8 IV | Yellow Sub-Giant 1 Faint Companion | |
| Tarazed
say: "TAR ah zed" Gamma Aquillae
| 19h 46' 15 +10° 36' 48 | 460 | 2.7 | K3 II | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Delta Aquillae | 19h 25' 30 +3° 6' 53 | 50 | 3 | F3 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon Aquillae | 18h 59' 37 +15° 4' 6 | 154 | 4 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
| Zeta Aquillae | 19h 5' 25 +13° 51' 48 | 83 | 3 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Omicron Aquillae | 19h 51' 1 +10° 24' 56 | 63 | 5 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 31 Aquillae | 19h 24' 58 +11° 56' 40 | 49 | 5 | G8IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 51 Aquillae | 19h 50' 47 -10° 45' 49 | 86 | 5.4 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Ara | AIR uh | The Altar | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Arae | 17h 31' 50 -49° 52' 34 | 240 | 3 | B2 V | Blue Main Seq | |
| Beta Arae | 17h 25' 18 -55° 31' 47 | 600 | 2.9 | K3 Ib-II | Orange Supergiant | |
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| Gamma Arae | 17h 25' 24 -56° 22' 39 | 1100 | 3.3 12
| B1 Ib ?
| Blue Supergiant 1 Faint Companion | Double Star Orbital Binary |
| Delta Arae | 17h 31' 6 -60° 41' 1 | 187 | 3.6 | B8 V | Blue Main Seq | |
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| Epsilon 1 Arae | 16h 59' 35 -53° 9' 38 | 300 | 4 | K4 III | Orange Giant | Double Star Optical Binary |
| Epsilon 2 Arae | 17h 3' 9 -53° 14' 13 | 86 | 5 | F6 V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
| Zeta Arae | 16h 58' 37 -55° 59' 24 | 570 | 3.1 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
| Eta Arae | 16h 49' 47 -59° 2' 29 | 310 | 3.8 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
| Theta Arae | 18h 6' 38 -50° 5' 30 | 1010 | 3.7 | B2 Ib | Blue Supergiant | |
| Mu Arae | 17h 44' 9 -51° 50' 3 | 50 | 5 | G3 IV-V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Aries | AIR ease | The Ram | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Hamal
say: "ha MALL" means: "lamb" Alpha Arietis
| 2h 7' 10 +23° 27' 45 | 66 | 2.01 | K2 III | Orange Giant | Forms flat scalene triangle with Beta and Gamma |
| Sheratan
means: "two signs" Beta Arietis
| 1h 54' 38 +20° 48' 29 | 60 | 2.64 | A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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Gamma 1 Arietis
Mesarthim
Gamma 2 Arietis
| 1h 53' 32 +19° 17' 40 | 205 | 3.88 4.58 | B9 V A1 | Blue - Blue White Main Sequence | Orbital Binary |
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Botein Delta Arietis
| 3h 11' 37.7 +19° 43' 36 | 168 | 4.35 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
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| Epsilon 1 Arietis Epsilon 2 Arietis | 2h 59' 12.6 +21° 20' 25 | 290 | 5.20 5.50 | A2V A2V | Blue White Main Seq. Binary | |
| Zeta Arietis | 3h 14' 54 +21° 2' 40 | 340 | 4.87 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Eta Arietis | 2h 12' 48 +21° 12' 39 | 98 | 5.23 | F5V | White Main Sequence | |
| Rho Arietis | 2h 56' 26.1 +18° 1' 23 | 115 | 5.58 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |
| 23 Arietis | 2h 19' 8.7 +19° 41' 16 | 110 | 6.82 | F8 | White Dwarf | |
| 29 Arietis | 2h 32' 54.1 +15° 2' 5 | 94 | 6.00 | F8V | White Main Sequence | |
| 31 Arietis | 2h 36' 37.8 +12° 26' 52 | 115 | 5.64 | F7V | White Main Sequence | |
| 47 Arietis | 2h 58' 5.2 +20° 40' 8 | 104 | 5.80 | F5IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 51 Arietis | 3h 2' 26 +26° 36' 34 | 69 | 6 | G8V | Yellow Main Sequences | |
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| S 326 A S 326 B | 2h 55' 39 +26° 52' 25 | 75 | 7.5 10 | K2 V K7 V | 2 Orange Main Sequences | |
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| Auriga | or EE gah | The Charioteer | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Capella
say: "ka-PELL-ah" means: "little she-goat" Alpha Aurigae
| 5h 16' 41.3 +45° 59' 53 | 42 | .08 10
| G5III +G0III | Yellow Giant 1 Faint Companion | 6th Brightest Star half way between Celestial Equator and North Celestial Pole |
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| Menkalinan
"rein-holder's shoulder" Beta Aurigae
| 5h 59' 31.7 +44° 56' 51 | 82 | 1.90 | A2 IV | Blue White Bright Giant 1 Faint Companion | Eclipsing Binary Variable Brightness |
| Delta Aurigae | 5h 59' 31.6 +54° 17' 5 | 137 | 3.72 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
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| Epsilon Aurigae | 5h 1' 58.1 +43° 49' 24 | 2100 | 3.03v | F0 Ia | White Supergiant 4 Faint Companions | Eclipsing Binary Variable Brightness among galaxy's brightest |
| Zeta Aurigae | 5h 2' 28.6 +41° 4' 33 | 790 | 4.00v | K4II +B7V | Orange Bright Giant faint Blue companion | |
| Eta Aurigae | 5h 6' 30.8 +41° 14' 4 | 220 | 3.18 | B3V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Theta Aurigae | 5h 59' 43.2 +37° 12' 45 | 173 | 2.65 | A0 | White Dwarf | |
| Iota Aurigae | 4h 56' 59.6 +33° 9' 58 | 510 | 2.69 | K3II | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Kappa Aurigae | 6h 15' 22.6 +29° 29' 53 | 169 | 4.32 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |
| Lambda Aurigae | 5h 19' 8.4 +40° 5' 57 | 41 | 4.69 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| Mu Aurigae | 5h 13' 25.6 +38° 29' 4 | 162 | 4.82 | A4 | Blue White Dwarf | |
| Nu Aurigae | 5h 51' 29.3 +39° 8' 55 | 215 | 3.97 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Psi 5 Aurigae | 6h 46' 44.3 +43° 34' 39 | 54 | 5.24 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 9 Aurigae | 5h 6' 40.6 +51° 35' 52 | 85 | 4.98 | F0V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Bootes | bo OH teez | The Herdsman | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Arcturus
say: "ark-TOUR-us"
aka - Algon
Alpha Bootis
| 14h 15' 40 +19° 10' 57 | 36.7 | -.05 | K1 III | Yellow Orange Giant | 4th Brightest - bright enough to see its orange color |
| Nekkar
means: "ox-driver" Beta Bootis
| 15h 1' 57 +40° 23' 26 | 220 | 3.5 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | Marks top of The Kite |
| Seginus
Gamma Bootis
| 14h 32' 5 +38° 18' 29 | 85 | 3 | A7 III | Blue White Giant | |
| Delta 1 Bootis | 15h 15' 30 +33° 18' 53 | 117 | 3.5 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Delta 2 Bootis | 15h 15' 38 +33° 19' 14 | 118 | 7.8 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Izar
aka - Pulcherrima Epsilon Bootis
| 14h 44' 59 +27° 4' 30 | 210 | 2.6 3 and 5
| K0 II-III A0 V
| Orange Giant Binary Blue Main Sequence | Triple Star appears Gold and Green |
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| Zeta 1 Bootis Zeta 2 Bootis | 14h 41' 9 +13° 43' 42 | 180 | 4.5 4.5 | A2III A3V | Blue White Giant Blue White MS | |
| Muphrid Eta Bootis
| 13h 54' 41 +18° 23' 52 | 37 | 2.7 | G0 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| Theta Bootis | 14h 25' 12 +51° 51' 3 | 48 | 4 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Iota A Bootis | 14h 16' 10 +51° 22' 2 | 97 | 5 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota B Bootis | 14h 16' 12 +51° 22' 34 | 70 | 8 | K2 V | Orange Main Sequence | |
| Lambda Bootis | 14h 16' 23 +46° 5' 18 | 97 | 4.75 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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Mu 1 Bootis Alkalurops
"herdsman's staff"
Mu 2A Bootis
Mu 2B Bootis | 15h 24' 30 +37° 20' 40 | 121 | 4.3 | F0 V | White Main Sequence 2 Faint Companions | |
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| 15h 24' 31 +37° 20' 51 | 122 | 7.1 7.7 | G1 V G2 V | Yellow Binary Main Sequence | ||
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| Xi 1 Bootis Xi 2 Bootis | 14h 52' 23 +19° 6' 3 | 21.8 | 4.5 7 | G8 V K4 V | Yellow and Orange Main Sequence | Orbital Binary |
| Sigma Bootis | 14h 34' 41 +29° 44' 42 | 50 | 4.5 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Tau Bootis | 13h 47' 16 +17° 27' 24 | 51 | 4.5 | F6 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 12 Bootis | 14h 10' 24 +25° 5' 30 | 45 | 5 | F9 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 18 Bootis | 14h 19' 16 +13° 0' 15 | 85 | 5 | F5 IV | White Sub Giant | |
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| 44A Bootis 44B Bootis | 15h 3' 47 +47° 39' 16 | 42 | 5 6 + 6 | G0 V G2V+G2V | 3 Yellow Main Sequences | Triple System single orbits binary |
| 45 Bootis | 15h 7' 18 +24° 52' 9 | 64 | 5 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Caelum | SEE lum | The Chisel | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Caeli | 4h 40' 34 -41° 51' 50 | 66 | 4.5 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Beta Caeli | 4h 42' 4 -37° 8' 40 | 90 | 5 | F1 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Gamma 1 Caeli | 5h 4' 24 -35° 29' 0 | 185 | 4.6 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
| Gamma 2 Caeli | 5h 4' 26 -35° 42' 19 | 330 | 6 | F1 III | White Giant | |
| Delta Caeli | 4h 30' 50 -44° 57' 14 | 710 | 5 | B2 IV-V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Caeli | 4h 47' 49.6 -30° 1' 13 | 515 | 6.35 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
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| Camelopardalis | ka MEL oh PAR da liss | The Giraffe | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Camelopardalis | 4h 54' 3 +66° 20' 34 | 2700 | 4.3 | O 9.5 Ia | Blue Supergiant | |
| Beta Camelopardalis | 5h 3' 25 +60° 26' 32 | 1000 | 4 | G0 Ib | Yellow Supergiant | |
| Gamma Camelopardalis | 3h 50' 22 +71° 19' 57 | 335 | 4.6 | A2 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
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| Cancer | CAN sir | The Crab | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Acubens
Arabic: "claws" Alpha Cancri
| 8h 58' 29 +11° 51' 28 | 173 | 4.3 | A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Al Tarf
Arabic: "the end" Beta Cancri
| 8h 16' 31 +9° 11' 8 | 290 | 3.5 | K4 III | Orange Giant | |
| Asellus
Borealis "northern ass" Gamma Cancri
| 8h 43' 17 +21° 28' 6 | 158 | 4.7 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Asellus
Australis "southern ass" Delta Cancri
| 8h 44' 41 +18° 9' 15 | 136 | 3.9 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
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| Tegmen Zeta Cancri
| 8h 12' 13 +17° 38' 52 | 83 | 4.7 5.6+6+6.2
| F8V + F9V G5V | 1 Yellow MS orbits White Binary MS | Well Known Multiple Star System |
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| Iota 1 Cancri Iota 2 Cancri | 8h 46' 41 +28° 45 45 | 300 | 4 6.6
| G8 II A3 V | Yellow Bright Giant Blue White Main Seq | |
| Mu Cancri | 8h 7' 46 +21° 34' 54 | 76 | 5 | G IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
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| Pi 1 Cancri | 9h 15' 14 +14° 56' 29 | 700 | 5.3 | K1 III | Orange Giant | Pi 2 Cancri | 9h 12' 17 +14° 59' 46 | 67 | 6.5 | G9 V | Yellow Main Sequence |
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| Rho 1 Cancri | 8h 52' 36 +28° 19' 51 | 41 | 6 | G8 V | Yellow Main Sequence | Rho 2 Cancri | 8h 55' 40 +27° 55' 39 | 570 | 5 | G8 II-III | Yellow Giant |
| Chi Cancri | 8h 20' 4 +27° 13' 3 | 59 | 5 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 54 Cancri | 8h 51' 1 +15° 21' 2 | 130 | 6 | G1 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 61 Cancri | 8h 57' 59 +30° 14' 1 | 164 | 6 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 75 Cancri | 9h 8' 47 +26° 37' 45 | 102 | 6 | G5 IV-V | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 83 Cancri | 9h 18' 59 +36° 48' 9 | 128 | 6.6 | F5 | Blue White MS | |
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| Canes Venatici | KAY knees vee NAT eh see | The Hunting Dogs | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Alpha Cavey
Cor Caroli means: "Charles' heart"
aka - Asterion means: "starry one"
| 12h 56' 1 +38 19 | 82 | 5.6 2.9 | F0V A0 | White and Blue White Main Sequence Orbital Binary | |
| Chara
means: "beloved" Beta Canum
Venaticorum | 12h 33' 45 +41° 21' 27 | 27 | 4.3 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | One of the Closest Stars |
| 10 Canum Venaticorum | 12h 44' 59 +39° 16' 44 | 57 | 6 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Canis Major | KAY nis MAY jor | The Greater Dog | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
• | Sirius
say: "SEE-ree-us"
aka - Isis - Dog Star Alpha
Canis Majoris | 6h 45' 9 -16° 42' 58 | 8.6 | -1.5 | A1 V | Blue-White Sub-Giant 1 Companion White Dwarf | Brightest Star 5th Closest shone bright Red only 2000 yrs. ago |
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Sirius B
"The Pup"
aka - The Dogon Star
| - | . | . | . | Close orbiting White Dwarf | 50 year orbit of Sirius Dogon tribe of Africa has ancient knowledge of | |
| Mirzam
Nose of the Dog Beta Canis Majoris
| 6h 22' 42 -17° 57' 22 | 499 | 2 | B1 II-III | Blue Giant | slightly variable |
| Muliphen
Ear of the Dog Gamma Canis Majoris
| 7h 3' 45 -15° 38' 0 | 403 | 4.1 | B8 II | Blue Giant | |
| Wezen
means: "the weight" Delta Canis Majoris
| 7h 8' 23 -26° 23' 35 | 1800 | 1.8 | F8 Ia | White Supergiant | |
| Adhara
means: "the virgins" Epsilon Canis Majoris
| 6h 58' 37 -28° 58' 20 | 430 | 1.5 | B2 II | Blue Giant | |
| Zeta Canis Majoris | 6h 20' 19 -30° 3' 48 | 340 | 3 | B2.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Aludra
means: "virginity" Tail of the Dog Eta Canis Majoris
| 7h 24' 6 -29° 18' 11 | 3200 | 2.4 | B5 Ia | Blue Supergiant | |
| Theta Canis Majoris | 6h 54' 11 -12° 2' 19 | 250 | 4 | K4III | Orange Giant | |
| Lambda Canis Majoris | 6h 28' 10 -32° 34' 49 | 410 | 4 | B4 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Mu Canis Majoris | 6h 56' 6 -14° 2' 37 | 910 | 5 | G5III A2 | Yellow Giant Blue White MS | |
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| Nu 1A Canis Majoris | 6h 36' 23 -18° 39' 36 | 280 | 5 | G8 K0 III | Yellow MS Orange Giant | |
| Nu 1B Canis Majoris | 6h 36' 22 -18° 19' 38 | 400 | 8 | F3 IV-V | White Main Sequence | |
| Nu 2 Canis Majoris | 6h 36' 41 -19° 15' 22 | 65 | 4 | K1 III+ | Orange Giant | |
| Nu 3 Canis Majoris | 6h 37' 53 -18° 14' 15 | 465 | 4.5 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
| Pi Canis Majoris | 6h 55' 37 -20° 8' 11 | 95 | 4.6 | F2 IV-V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Canis Minor | KAY nis MY nor | The Lesser Dog | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Procyon
say: "pro-SIGH-on" Alpha Canis Minoris
| 7h 39' 18.1 +5° 13' 30 | 11.3 | .4 | F5 IV | Yellow-White Sub-Giant 1 Companion White Dwarf | 8th Brightest star in the sky 14th Nearest known |
| Gomeisa
say: "go-MAY-sa" Beta Canis Minoris
| 7h 27' 9 +8° 17' 21 | 170 | 2.89 | B8 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Gamma Canis Minoris | 7h 28' 9.7 +8° 55' 32 | 400 | 4.33 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
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| Capricorn | cap ri CORN us | The Sea Goat | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alpha 1 Capricorni Geidi Prima
Algeidi Arabic for: "the kid"
Geidi Secunda Alpha 2 Capricorni
| 20h 17' 38.8 -12° 30' 30 | 690 | 4.3 | G3 Ib | Yellow Supergiant 9th mag companion | Optical double almost exact line of sight from our perspective each doubles themselves |
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| 20h 18' 3.2 -12° 32' 42 | 109 | 3.6 | G8 III | Yellow Giant 11th mag companion | ||
| Beta 1 Capricorni Dabih
Arabic "lucky star of the slaughterer" Beta 2 Capricorni
| 20h 21' 0 -14° 46' 53 | 340 | 3 | G5 II | Yellow Bright Giant | |
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| 20h 20' 46.5 -14° 47' 6 | 310 | 6.2 9.0 | B9.5 III/IV F8 | Double Star Blue Giant and White Dwarf | ||
| Nashira
Arabic: "fortunate one" Gamma Capri
| 21h 40' 5 -16° 39' 45 | 139 | 3.7 | A7 III | Blue White Giant | marks tail of the goat with Delta Cap |
| Deneb Algedi
Arabic: "tail of the goat" Delta Capri
| 21h 47' 2 -16° 7' 38 | 39 | 2.9 | A5 | Blue White Main Sequence | Neptune discovered near this star Sept 23, 1846 |
| Epsilon Capricorni | 21h 37' 5 -19° 27' 58 | 660 | 4.5 | B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Capricorni | 21h 26' 40 -22° 24' 41 | 400 | 3.8 | G4 Ib | Yellow Supergiant | |
| Eta Capricorni | 21h 4 24 -19° 51' 18 | 158 | 4.8 | A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Theta Capricorni | 21h 5' 57 -17° 13' 58 | 158 | 4 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Mu Capricorni | 21h 53' 18 -13° 33' 7 | 90 | 5 | F3 IV | White Sub Giant | |
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| Xi 1 Capricorni | 20h 11' 58 -12° 23' 33 | 480 | 6 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Xi 2 Capricorni | 20h 12' 26 -12° 37' 3 | 91 | 6 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | ||
| Omicron 1 Cap Omicron 2 Cap | 20h 29' 53.8 -18° 35' 0 | 240 | 6 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence Orbital Binary | |
| 20h 29' 52.4 -18° 35' 12 | 7 | A7 V | |||||
| Rho Capricorni | 20h 28' 51.5 -17° 48' 49 | 99 | 4.8 | F3 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Psi Capricorni | 20h 46' 5.6 -25° 16' 16 | 48 | 4.1 | F5V | White Main Sequence | |
| 37 Capricorni | 21h 34' 50.9 -20° 5' 4 | 41 | 5.7 | F5V | White Main Sequence | |
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| 42 Capricorni | 21h 41' 32.8 14° 2' 51 | 106 | 5.16 | G1 V G0 V | Yellow Binary Main Sequence | |
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| Carina | car EE nah | The Keel | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Canopus Alpha Carinae
| 6h 23' 57.2 -52° 41' 44 | 310 | -.62 | F0 Ib | Yellow-White Supergiant | 2nd Brightest star in our sky (after Sirius) among closest Supergiants |
| Miaplacidus Beta Carinae
| 9h 13' 12.1 -69 43' 2 | 111 | 1.67 | A2 IV | Blue-White Sub Giant | |
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| Avior Epsilon Carinae
| 8h 22' 30.8 -59° 30' 34 | 630 | 1.86 | K3 III B2 V | Orange Giant Blue Main Seq | |
| Eta
Carinae | 10h 45' 3.6 -59° 41' 3 | ? | 6.21 -1 to 4
| ~ | Unstable Supergiant Irregular Variable | Budding Supernova aka - Keyhole Nebula takes up area of the sky larger than the moon |
| Theta Carinae | 10h 42' 57.4 -64° 23 40 | 440 | 2.74 | B0 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Aspidiske Iota Carinae
| 9h 17' 5.4 -59° 16' 31 | 490 | 2.21 | A8 Ib | Blue White Supergiant | |
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Upsilon 1
Upsilon Carinae
Upsilon 2
| 9h 47' 6.1 -65° 4' 18 | 1600 | 3.07 | A7 II (i+) | Blue White Bright Giant | |
| 9h 47' 6.7 -65° 4' 21 | 6.25 | B7 III | Blue Giant | |||
| Chi Carinae | 7h 56' 46.7 -52° 58' 56 | 390 | 3.46 | B3 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Omega Carinae | 10h 13 44.3 -70° 2' 16 | 370 | 3.29 | B8 III | Blue Giant | |
| B Carinae HR 3220
| 8h 9' 0.7 -61° 18' 7 | 70 | 4.74 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |
| I Carinae HR 4102
| 10h 24' 23.7 -74° 1' 54 | 53 | 4 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | |
| b2 Carinae | 8h 59' 24.2 -59° 5' 1 | 85 | 5.17 | F3 V | White Main Sequence | |
| c Carinae | 8h 55' 2.8 -60° 38' 41 | 310 | 3.84 | B8 III | Blue Giant | |
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| e1 Carinae | 8h 35' 15.5 -58° 13' 30 | 60 | 5.27 | B3 V B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| e2 Carinae | 8h 35' 19.6 -58° 0' 33 | 230 | 4.84 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| u Carinae HR 4257
| 10h 53' 29.6 -58° 51' 12 | 97 | 3.78 | K0 III-IV | Orange Bright Giant | |
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| Cassiopeia | KASS ee oh PEE uh | The Queen | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Schedar
Arabic: "beast" Alpha Cassiopeiae
| 0h 40' 30.4 +56° 32' 15 | 230 | 2.24 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Caph
Arabic: "hand" Beta Cassiopeiae
| 0h 9' 10.6 +59° 8' 59 | 54 | 2.28 | F2 III-IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Cih
Chinese: "whip" Gamma Cassiopeiae
| 0h 56' 42.4 +60° 43' 0 | 610 | 2.15 1.6 to 3
| B0 IV | Blue Sub Giant | Unpredictable Variable Star with faint nebulosities |
| Ruchbah
Arabic: "knee" Delta Cassiopeiae
| 1h 25' 48.9 +60° 14' 7 | 99 | 2.66 | A5 III-IV | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Segin Epsilon Cassiopeiae
| 1h 54' 23.6 +63° 40' 13 | 440 | 3.35 | B3 III | Blue Giant | |
| Zeta Cassiopeiae | 0h 36' 58.2 +53° 53' 49 | 600 | 3.7 | B2 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| ACHIRD
Eta 1 Cassiopeiae Eta 2 Cassiopeiae
| 0h 49' 6 +57° 48' 56 | 19.4 | 3.58 3.4 7.36
| G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | One of the Nearest Systems with one faint Orange Dwarf Companion |
| 0h 49' 6 +57° 48' 57 | K7 V (M0 V)
| Orange Main Sequence | |||||
| Theta Cassiopeiae | 1h 11' 6.1 +55° 9' 0 | 137 | 4.34 | A7 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Iota Cass
Iota 1 Cassiopeiae Iota 2 Cassiopeiae
| 2h 29' 3.9 +67° 24' 9 | 141 | 4.46 5 7.09
| A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| F5 V | White Main Sequence | ||||||
| Mu Cassiopeiae | 1h 8' 16.3 +54° 55' 14 | 24.6 | 5.17 | G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence | One of the Nearest Stars |
| 38 Cassiopeiae | 1h 31' 13.7 +70° 15' 53 | 95 | 5.82 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Centaurus | sen TAR us | The Centaur | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alpha
Centauri aka - Rigel Kentaurus
Toliman, Bungula | 14h 39' 36.2 -60° 50' 7 | 4.4 | - .3 A = 0
B = 1.35 | G2 V K1 V | Binary of Yellow and Orange Main Sequence | Closest System 3rd Brightest 80.1 year orbit |
| • | Proxima
aka - Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri C
| 4.3 | 11 | M5 | Red Dwarf | Orbits the Alpha Centauri Binary at .1 ly distance | |
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| Agena
aka - Hadar Beta Centauri
| 14h 3' 49.4 -60° 22' 22 | 525 | .6 1 and 4
| B1 III | Blue Giant Double Star | 11th Brightest |
| Gamma Centauri | 12h 41' 30.9 -48° 57' 34 | 130 | 2.2 | A1 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Delta Centauri | 12h 8' 21.5 -50° 43' 20 | 395 | 2.58 | B2 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon Centauri | 13h 39' 53.2 -53° 27' 59 | 380 | 2.29 | B1 III | Blue Giant | |
| Zeta Centauri | 13h 55' 32.3 -47° 17' 18 | 380 | 2.55 | B2.5IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Eta Centauri | 14h 35' 30.3 -42° 9 28 | 310 | 2.33 | B1.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Theta Centauri | 14h 6' 40.8 -36° 22' 12 | 61 | 2.06 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Iota Centauri | 13h 20' 35.7 -36° 42' 44 | 59 | 2.75 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Centauri | 12h 28' 2.3 -50° 13' 51 | 440 | 3.91 | B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Tau Centauri | 12h 37' 42.1 -48° 32' 28 | 130 | 3.85 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 1 Centauri HR 5168
| 13h 45' 41.2 -33° 2' 37 | 63 | 4.23 | F3 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| 3A - HR 5210
3 Centauri 3B - HR 5211
| 13h 51' 49.5 -32° 59' 48 | 300 | 4.51 | B5 III(i-) | Blue Giant | Possible Wide Orbital Binary |
| 13h 51' 50 -32° 59' 41 | 6.06 | B8 V | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| HR 4523 | 11h 46' 31 -40° 30' 2 | 30 | 4.89 | G3 / G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| HR 4979 | 13h 12' 3.2 -37° 48' 11 | 67 | 4.85 | G3V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| HR 4989 | 13h 14' 15 -59° 6' 12 | 59 | 4.90 | F7 IV | White Sub Giant | |
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| Cepheus | SEE fee us | The King | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alderamin
al DER ah min "forearm, shoulder" Alpha Cephei
| 21h 18' 34.7 +62° 35' 8 | 49 | 2.45 | A7 IV-V | Blue White Giant | |
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| Alfirk
"flock of sheep" Beta Cephei
| 21h 28' 39.5 +70° 33' 39 | 600 | 3.23 8
| B2 IV A3
| Blue Sub Giant and Blue White Main Sequence | Double Star brighter Giant is slightly variable |
| Er Rai
"the shepherd" Gamma Cephei
| 23h 39' 20.8 +77° 37' 57 | 45 | 3.21 | K1 IV | Orange Yellow Sub Giant | |
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Delta Cephei Delta B
| 22h 29' 10.2 +58° 24' 55 | 980 | 3.50 | F5 Ib - G1 Ib | Yellow - White Supergiant Regular Variable ( 5 days, 9 hours ) | Prototype for Cephid Variables how we can measure vast distances in space |
| 22h 29' 9.2 +58° 24' 15 | 950 | 6.31 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |||
| Epsilon Cephei | 22h 15' 1.9 +57° 2' 37 | 84 | 4.18 | F0 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Zeta Cephei | 22h 10' 51.2 +58° 12' 5 | 730 | 3.39 | K2 Ib | Orange Supergiant | |
| Eta Cephei
| 20h 45' 17.3 +61° 50' 20 | 47 | 3.41 | K0 IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Theta Cephei | 20h 29' 34.8 +62° 59' 39 | 136 | 4.21 | A7III | Blue White Giant | |
| Iota Cephei | 22h 49' 40.7 +66° 12' 2 | 115 | 3.50 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Kappa Cephei | 20h 8' 53.2 +77° 42' 41 | 330 | 4.38 | B9 III | Blue Giant | |
| Lambda Cephei | 22h 11' 30.6 +59° 24' 53 | 1650 | 5.05 | O6 | Blue Main Sequence | |
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Mu Cephei
The Garnet Star
| 21h 43' 30.3 +58° 46' 48 | 3300s | 4.23 3.6 - 5.1
| M2 Ia | Variable Red Supergiant | North star of Mars and one of the reddest visible to the naked eye |
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Xi 1 Cephei
Xi 2 Cephei
| 22h 3' 47.3 +64° 37' 40 | 102 | 4.26 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | Possible Wide Orbital Binary |
| 22h 3' 47.4 +64° 37' 42 | 102 | 6.50 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |||
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Omicron 1
Omicron Cephei
Omicron 2
| 23h 18' 37.4 +68° 6' 42 | 210 | 5.03 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| 7.28 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |||||
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Pi 1
Pi Cephei
Pi 2
| 23h 7' 53.8 +75° 23' 16 | 220 | 4.67 | G2 III | Yellow Giant | |
| 6.93 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |||||
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| Cetus | SEE tuss | The Whale | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Menkar
Arabic: "nostrils, nose" Alpha Ceti
| 3h 2' 16.7 +4° 5' 23 | 220 | 2.54 | M2 III | Red Giant | Ceti Alpha 5 was featured in - Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan |
| Diphda aka - Deneb Kaitos
"the sea-monster's tail" Beta Ceti
| 0h 43' 35.3 -17° 59' 12 | 96 | 2.04 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
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| Kaffaljidhma
"sea-monster's head" Gamma Ceti
| 2h 43' 18 +3° 14' 9 | 82 | 3.47 3.7 + 6.4
| A3 V F7
| Blue White and White Main Sequence | |
| Delta Ceti | 2h 39' 28.9 +0° 19' 43 | 650 | 4.08 | B2 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Epsilon Ceti | 2h 39' 33.7 -11° 52' 20 | 88 | 4.83 | F5 V F6 V | Binary White Main Sequence | |
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Baiten Kaitos
Zeta Ceti
| 1h 51' 27.5 -10° 20' 6 | 260 | 3.74 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Eta Ceti | 1h 8' 35.3 -10° 10' 56 | 118 | 3.46 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| Theta Ceti | 1h 24' 1.3 -8° 11' 1 | 115 | 3.60 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Iota Ceti | 0h 19' 25.6 -8° 49' 26 | 290 | 3.56 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| Kappa 1 Ceti | 3h 19' 21.6 +3° 22' 13 | 30 | 4.84 | G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| Kappa 2 Ceti | 3h 21' 6.7 +3° 40' 32 | 290 | 5.70 | G8.5 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Mu Ceti | 2h 44' 56.5 +10° 6' 51 | 84 | 4.27 | F1 III-IV | White Giant | |
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Mira Omicron Ceti
| 2h 19' 20.7 -2° 58' 39 | 420 | 3.45 ( 2 - 10 )
| M6 III | Red Giant | Variable Star 331.65 Day Cycle Star Trek - the spores |
| Sigma Ceti | 2h 32' 5.1 -15° 14' 41 | 84 | 4.74 | F5V | White Main Sequence | |
| Tau Ceti
| 1h 44' 4 -15° 56' 15 | 11.9 | 3.49 | G8 V | Yellow Dwarf | 18th Nearest - and most similar to ours of all nearby stars |
| Phi 1 Ceti | 0h 44' 11.3 -10° 36' 34 | 210 | 4.77 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Phi 2 Ceti | 0h 50' 7.5 -10° 38' 40 | 51 | 5.17 | F7 IV-V | White Sub Giant | |
| Phi 3 Ceti | 0h 56' 1.4 -11° 16' 0 | 520 | 5.35 | K4 III | Orange Giant | |
| Phi 4 Ceti | 0h 58' 43.8 -11° 22' 49 | 315 | 5.62 | G7 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Chi Ceti | 1h 49' 35 -10° 41' 1 | 77 | 4.66 | F3 III | White Giant | |
| 6 Ceti HR 33
| 0h 11' 15.8 -15° 28' 5 | 62 | 4.89 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 9 Ceti HR 88
| 0h 22' 51.7 -12° 12' 34 | 66 | 5.39 | G3V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 13 Ceti HR 142
| 0h 35' 14.8 -3° 35' 34 | 69 | 5.20 | F8V | White Main Sequence | |
| 18 Ceti HR 203
| 0h 45' 28.6 -12° 52' 51 | 104 | 6.15 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 37 Ceti HR 366
| 1h 14' 24 -7° 55' 23 | 79 | 5.14 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 40 Ceti | 1h 16' 59 -2° 16' 44 | 97 | 6.52 | F8 | White Dwarf | |
| 79 Ceti | 2h 35' 19.9 -3° 33' 38 | 117 | 6.83 | G5 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 84 Ceti HR 790
| 2h 41' 13.9 -0° 41' 45 | 70 | 5.72 | F7 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 94 Ceti HR 962
| 3h 12' 46.4 -1° 11' 46 | 73 | 5.07 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Chamaeleon | ka MEE lee un | The Chamaeleon | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Chamaeleontis | 8h 18' 31.7 -76° 55' 11 | 63 | 4.05 | F5 III | White Giant | |
| Beta Chamaeleontis | 12h 18' 20.7 -79° 18' 43 | 270 | 4.24 | B5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Gamma Chamaeleontis | 10h 35' 28.1 -78° 36' 27 | 410 | 4.11 | M0 III | Red Giant | |
| Delta 1 Chamaeleontis | 10h 45' 15.8 -80h 28' 10 | 350 | 5.46 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Delta 2 Chamaeleontis | 10h 45' 46.6 -80° 32' 24 | 360 | 4.45 | B2.5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Epsilon Chamaeleontis | 11h 59' 37.3 -78° 13' 18 | 360 | 4.88 5 + 6
| B9 V | Binary Blue Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Chamaeleontis | 9h 33' 53.4 -80° 56' 29 | 540 | 5.07 | B5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Theta Chamaeleontis | 8h 20' 38.7 -77° 29' 4 | 154 | 4.34 | K0 III-IV | Orange Bright Giant | |
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| Circinus | SUR seh nuss | The Drawing Compass | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Alpha Circini | 14h 42' 30.3 -64° 58' 31 | 53 | 3.18 | F1 V K5 | White Main Seq Orange Companion | Hinge of the Compass |
| Beta Circini | 15h 17' 30.8 -58° 48' 4 | 97 | 4.07 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Gamma Circini | 15h 23' 22.6 -59° 19' 15 | 510 | 4.48 | B5 IV + F8 | Blue and White Main Sequence | |
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| Columba | koh LUM bah | The Dove | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Phakt
Arabic: "dove"
Alpha Columbae
| 5h 39' 38.9 -34° 4' 27 | 270 | 2.65 | B7 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Wazn
Arabic: "weight" Beta Columbae
| 5h 50' 57.5 -35° 46' 6 | 86 | 3.1 | K1.5 III | Orange Giant | |
| Omicron Columbae | 5h 17' 29 -34° 53' 43 | 110 | 4.81 | K0-K1 III-IV | Orange Giant | |
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| Coma Berenices | KO ma bare eh NEE seez | Berenice's Hair | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Diadem
Alpha
Comae Berenices | 13h 9' 59.2 +17° 31' 46 | 47 | 4.3 5 + 5
| F5 V F5 V | 2 White Main Sequence | Binary System in a 25.8 year mutual orbit |
| Beta Comae Berenices | 13h 11' 52.3 +27° 52' 41 | 30 | 4.23 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | Just slightly brighter than our own sun |
| Gamma Comae Berenices | 12h 26' 56.2 +28° 16' 6 | 170 | 4.35 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| 9 Comae Berenices | 12h 19' 29.5 +28° 9' 24 | 162 | 6.38 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
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24 A
24 Comae
Berenices 24 B
| 12h 35' 6.3 +18° 22' 38 | 250s | 6.57 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | Possible Wide Orbital Binary |
| 12h 35' 7.7 +18° 22' 37 | 5.03 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |||
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| 35 A 35 Comae Berenices 35 B
| 12h 53' 19.3 +21° 14' 25 | 320 | 5.22 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| 7.18 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |||||
| 39 Comae Berenices HR 4946 | 13h 6' 21.1 +21° 9' 12 | 163 | 6 | F4 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Corona Australis | kor OH nah awe STRAL iss | The Southern Crown | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Coronae Australis | 19h 9' 28.2 -37° 54' 16 | 130 | 4.11 | A0/A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Beta Coronae Australis | 19h 10' 1.6 -39° 20' 27 | 510 | 4.10 | K0II/III | Orange Bright Giant | |
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| Gamma 1
Gamma Coronae Australis Gamma 2
| 19h 6' 25 -37° 3' 48 | 145 | 5.03 | F8 V | White Main Sequence Close Orbital Binary | |
| 5.10 | F8V | ||||||
| Delta Coronae Australis | 19h 8' 20.8 -40° 29' 48 | 175 | 4.57 | K1III | Orange Giant | |
| Epsilon Coronae Australis | 18h 58' 43.3 -37° 6' 26 | 98 | 4.83 | F3 IV/V | White Sub Giant | |
| Zeta Coronae Australis | 19h 3' 56.7 -42° 5' 43 | 180 | 4.74 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa 1
Kappa Coronae Australis Kappa 2
| 18h 33' 23.1 -38° 43' 35 | 490 | 5.65 | B9.5 | Blue Main Sequence Wide Orbital Binary | |
| 18h 33' 23 -38° 43' 34 | 5.31 | B9V | |||||
| Lambda Coronae Australis | 18h 43' 46.8 -38° 19' 25 | 200 | 5.11 | A0/A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Corona Borealis | kor OH nah bore ee AL iss | The Northern Crown | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Gemma aka - Alphecca
Arabic: "The Gem" Alpha Coronae Borealis
| 15h 34' 41.2 +26° 42' 53 | 75 | 2.22v | G5 V A0 V | Yellow and Blue White Main Sequence | Eclipsing Binary 17.3 year orbit - appears green - |
| Nusakan
Arabic: "two lines" Beta Coronae Borealis
| 15h 27' 49.7 +29° 6' 20 | 114 | 3.66 | F0 | White Main Sequence | |
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| Gamma A
Gamma Cor B Gamma B
| 15h 42' 44.5 +26° 17' 44 | 145 | 4.06 | B9 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| 5.62 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | |||||
| Delta Cor B | 15h 49' 35.6 +26° 4' 6 | 165 | 4.59 | G5 III-IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
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| Zeta 1
Zeta Cor B Zeta 2
| 15h 39' 22.1 +36° 38' 12 | 470 | 5.95 | B9V | Blue Main Sequence Wide Orbital Binary | |
| 15h 39' 22.6 +36° 38' 9 | 4.99 | B7V | |||||
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| Eta 1
Eta Coronae Borealis Eta 2
| 15h 23' 12.2 +30° 17' 16 | 61 | 5.73 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence Close Orbital Binary | |
| 6.02 | G3 V | ||||||
| Kappa Cor B | 15h 51' 13.8 +35° 39' 26 | 101 | 4.79 | K0 III-IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Lambda Cor B | 15h 55' 47.6 +37° 56' 49 | 135 | 5.43 | F0 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Rho Cor B | 16h 1' 2.6 +33° 18' 13 | 61 | 5.39 | G2V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Sigma 1
Sigma Cor B Sigma 2
| 16h 14' 40.7 +33° 51' 30 | 71 | 5.71 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence Close Orbital Binary | |
| 6.74 | G1 V | ||||||
| Tau Cor B | 16h 8' 58.2 +36° 29' 27 | 113 | 4.73 | K0 III-IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
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| Corvus | KOR vus | The Crow | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Al Chiba
means: "the tent" Alpha Corvi
| 12h 8' 24.7 -24° 43' 44 | 48 | 4.02 | F0 IV-V | White Sub Giant | |
| Beta Corvi | 12h 34' 23.2 -23° 23' 48 | 140 | 2.65 | G5 II | Yellow White Bright Giant | |
| Gienah
means: "wing" Gamma Corvi
| 12h 15' 48.3 -17° 32' 31 | 165 | 2.58 | B8 III | Blue Giant | |
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| Algorab
means: "raven's wing" Delta Corvi
| 12h 29' 51.8 -16° 30' 56 | 88 | 4.6 2.94 + 8.4
| B9.5 V K2 | Blue and Orange Main Sequence | Double Star Contrasting Colors |
| Minkar Epsilon Corvi
| 12h 10' 7.4 -22° 37' 11 | 300 | 3 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| Eta Corvi | 12h 32' 4.1 -16° 11' 46 | 59 | 4.3 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 3 Corvi HR 4635
| 12h 11' 3.8 -23° 36' 8 | 183 | 5.45 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 6 Corvi HR 4711
| 12h 23' 21.5 -24° 50' 25 | 320 | 5.66 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
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| S1669 A Corvi HR 4821
| 12h 41' 16 -13° 0' 49 | 280 | 5.95 | F3 IV | White Sub Giant | Likely Wide Orbital Binary |
| S1669 B Corvi HR 4822
| 12h 41' 16.2 -13° 0' 54 | 5.95 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |||
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| B28 A Corvi B28 B Corvi | 12h 30' 4.9 -13° 23' 35 | 81 | 6.54 9.59 | G0 V K | Yellow Main Seq Red Dwarf - Binary | |
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| Crater | KRAY ter | The Cup | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alkes
"wine cup"
Alpha Crateris
| 10h 59' 46.4 -18° 17' 56 | 174 | 4.08 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Beta Crateris | 11h 11' 39.4 -22° 49' 33 | 266 | 4.46 | A1 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Gamma Crateris | 11h 24' 52.8 -17° 41' 3 | 84 | 4.06 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Delta Crateris | 11h 19' 20.4 -14° 46' 43 | 194 | 3.56 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Iota Crateris | 11h 38' 40 -13° 12' 7 | 88 | 5.48 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Lambda Crateris | 11h 23' 21.8 -18° 46' 48 | 143 | 5.08 | F3 IV | White Sub Giant | |
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| Crux | KRUX | The Southern Cross | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alpha 1 Crucis Acrux
Alpha 2 Crucis
| 12h 26' 35.9 -63° 5' 56 | 320 | 1.2 | B0.5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | Wide Double 5" apart |
| 12h 26' 36.5 -63° 5' 58 | 1.64 | B1 V | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| Mimosa
means: "actor" Beta Crucis
| 12h 47' 43.3 -59° 41' 19 | 350 | 1.25 | B0.5 III | Blue Giant | Mimosa is also a genus of tropical plants |
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| Gamma A Crucis
Gacrux Gamma B Crucis
| 12h 31' 9.9 -57° 6 47 | 88 | 1.59 | M4 III | Red Giant | Optical Binary |
| 12h 31' 16.7 -57° 4' 51 | 780 | 6.39 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |||
| Delta Crucis | 12h 15' 8.6 -58° 44' 56 | 165 | 2.58 | B8 III | Blue Giant | |
| Epsilon Crucis | 12h 21' 21.5 -60° 24' 4 | 230 | 3.59 | K3/4 III | Orange Giant | |
| Eta Crucis | 12h 6' 52.8 -64° 36' 49 | 64 | 4.14 | F2 III | White Giant | |
| Iota Crucis | 12h 45' 37.8 -60° 58' 52 | 125 | 4.69 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
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| Cygnus | SIG nus | The Swan | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Deneb
deh NEB means: "tail" Alpha Cygni
| 20h 41' 25.8 +45° 16' 49 | 3200 | 1.25 | A2 Ia | Blue White Supergiant | - Summer Triangle - we move toward Deneb at 250 km per second |
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Beta 1A Cygni Beta 1B Cygni
Albireo al BEER ee oh
"Bill of the Swan" Beta 2 Cygni
| 19h 30' 43.2 +27° 57' 35 | 380 | 3.1 3.36 + 5.48
| K3 II B0.5V(i-) | Gold Giant and Blue Main Sequence orbit each other while another Blue Main Sequence orbits the pair - appears green - | Orbital Trinary Very Interesting Triple Star System |
| 19h 30' 45.2 +27° 57' 55 | 5.12 | B8 V | Wide Orbital of 1A and 1B | ||||
| Sadir
aka - Sadr means: "breast" Gamma Cygni
| 20h 22' 13.6 +40° 15' 24 | 1500 | 2.23 | F8 Ib | White Supergiant | |
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| Delta Cygni | 19h 44' 58.4 +45° 7' 51 | 171 | 2.86 6.5
| B9.5III+ | Blue White Giant Close Companion | |
| Gienah
means: "wing" Epsilon Cygni
| 20h 46' 12.6 +33° 58' 13 | 72 | 2.48 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Zeta Cygni | 21h 12' 56.1 +30° 13' 37 | 151 | 3.21 | G8 III | Yellow Bright Giant | |
| Eta Cygni | 19h 56' 18.3 +35° 5' 0 | 139 | 3.89 | K0 III | Orange Bright Giant | Visually near to Black Hole Cygnus X1 |
| Theta Cygni | 19h 36' 26.4 +50° 13' 16 | 61 | 4.49 | F4 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Iota Cygni | 19h 36' 26.4 +50° 13' 16 | 122 | 3.76 | A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Cygni | 19h 17' 6 +53° 22' 7 | 123 | 3.80 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
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| Mu 1
Mu Cygni Mu 2
| 21h 44' 8.5 +28° 44' 34 | 73 | 4.86 | F6 V | White & Yellow Main Sequence Wide Orbital Binary | |
| 21h 44' 8.2 +28° 44' 35 | 6.31 | G2 V | |||||
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| Omicron 1A Cygni | 20h 13' 37.9 +46° 44' 29 | 1350 | 3.80 | K2II+B4V | Orange Giant + Blue Main Seq | Eclipsing Binary 10.5 year orbit |
| Omicron 1B Cygni | 20h 13' 39.2 +46° 42' 42 | 1700 | 7.01 | B9 | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Omicron 2 Cygni | 20h 15' 28.3 +47° 42' 52 | 1100 | 3.96 | K3II + B9V | Orange Bright Giant Blue Main Seq. | |
| Rho Cygni | 21h 33' 58.8 +45° 35' 31 | 124 | 3.98 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Tau Cygni | 21h 14' 47.4 +38° 2' 44 | 68 | 3.74 | F2 IV | White Sub Giant | |
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| Omega 1 Cygni Omega 2 Cygni | 20h 30' 3.4 +48° 57' 6 | 870 | 4.94 | B2.5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| 20h 31' 18.7 +49° 13' 14 | 400 | 5.44 | M2 III | Red Giant | |||
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16 A Cygni
16 Cygni
16 B Cygni
| 19h 41' 48.8 +50° 31' 31 | 70 | 5.99 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence Orbital Binary | |
| 19h 41' 52 +50° 31' 3 | 6.25 | G5 V | |||||
| 17 Cygni | 19h 46' 25.5 +33° 43' 40 | 68 | 5.00 | F5 | White Main Sequence | |
| 27 Cygni | 20h 6' 21.7 +35° 58' 21 | 79 | 5.38 | K0 IV | Orange Giant | |
| V1644 29 Cygni
| 20h 14' 31.9 +36° 48' 23 | 134 | 4.93 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 43 Cygni | 20h 27' 2.2 +49° 23' 1 | 123 | 5.73 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| 61 A Cygni
Oompa & Loompa 61 B Cygni
| 21h 6' 53.7 +38° 44' 57 | 11.4 | 5.20 | K5 V | Wide pair of Orange Dwarfs | One of Closest Star Systems |
| 21h 6' 55.2 +38° 44' 30 | 6.05 | K7 V | |||||
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| Delphinus | del FY nus | The Dolphin | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Sualocin
Nicolaus reversed Alpha Delphini
| 20h 39' 38.2 +15° 54' 43 | 240 | 3.77 | B9 V | Blue Main Sequence |
Latinized and reversed, in 1814, these stars were clandestinely named after Niccolo Cacciatore assistant director for the Palermo Observatory |
| Rotanev
Ventaor reversed Beta Delphini
| 20h 37' 32.9 +14° 35' 43 | 97 | 3.64 | F5 IV | White Giant | |
| Gamma 1 Delphini | 20h 46' 38.6 +16° 7' 28 | 101 | 5.15 | A2 Ia | Blue White Supergiant | Closest Supergiant |
| Gamma 2 Delphini | 20h 46' 39.4 +16° 7' 27 | 101 | 4.27 | K1 IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Delta Delphini | 20h 43' 27.5 +15° 4' 28 | 200 | 4.43 | A7 III | Blue White Giant | |
| Epsilon Delphini | 20h 33' 12.7 +11° 18' 12 | 360 | 4.03 | B6 III | Blue Giant | |
| Zeta Delphini | 20h 35' 18.4 +14° 40' 27 | 200 | 4.64 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Eta Delphini | 20h 33' 56.9 +13° 1' 38 | 173 | 5.39 | A3 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Theta Delphini | 20h 38' 43.8 +13° 18' 54 | 1300 | 5.69 | K3 Ib | Orange Supergiant | |
| Iota Delphini | 20h 37' 49 +11° 22' 40 | 177 | 5.42 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Kappa Delphini | 20h 39' 7.7 +10° 5' 10 | 98 | 5.07 | G5IV + K2IV | Yellow and Orange Sub Giants Binary | |
| 15 Delphini | 20h 49' 37.7 +12° 32' 43 | 96 | 6.01 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Dorado | door AH doh | The Goldfish | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Doradus | 4h 33' 59.8 -55° 2' 42 | 176 | 3.3 | A0 III | Blue White Giant | |
| Beta Doradus | 5h 33' 37.5 -62° 29' 24 | 1040 | 3.76 - 5 | F6 Ia | White Supergiant | Cephid Variable 9.8 day period |
| Gamma Doradus | 4h 16' 1.6 -51° 29' 12 | 66 | 4.26 | F4 III | White Giant | |
| Delta Doradus | 5h 44' 46.5 -65° 44' 8 | 145 | 4.34 | A7 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Doradus | 5h 5' 30.6 -57° 28' 22 | 38 | 4.71 | F7V | White Main Sequence | |
| HR 2102 | 5h 54' 6.2 -63° 5' 23 | 90 | 4.65 | K1III/IV | Orange Giant | |
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| Draco | DRAY ko | The Dragon | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Thuban Alpha Draconis
| 14h 4' 23.2 +64° 22' 33 | 310 | 3.67 | A0 III | Blue White Giant | was our Polestar 4000 years ago |
| Rastaban
"Head of the Dragon" Beta Draconis
| 17h 30' 25.8 +52° 18' 5 | 360 | 2.79 | G2 II | Yellow Bright Giant | |
| Eltanin Gamma Draconis
| 17h 56' 36.3 +51° 29' 20 | 148 | 2.24 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
| Nodus II "Second Knot"
aka - Altais Delta Draconis
| 19h 12' 33.1 +67° 39' 42 | 100 | 3.07 | G9 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Epsilon Draconis | 19h 48' 10.3 +70° 16' 4 | 146 | 3.84 | G7 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Nodus I
"First Knot" Zeta Draconis
| 17h 8' 47.1 +65° 42' 53 | 349 | 3.17 | B6 III | Blue Giant | |
| Eta Draconis | 16h 23' 59.3 +61° 30' 51 | 88 | 2.73 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Theta Draconis | 16h 1' 53.2 +58° 33' 55 | 68 | 4.01 | F8IV-V | White Sub Giant | |
| Iota Draconis | 15h 24' 55.6 +58° 57' 57 | 102 | 3.29 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
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Giansar Lambda Draconis
| 11h 31' 24.2 +69° 19' 52 | 330 | 3.82 | M0 III | Red Giant | |
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| Mu 1 Draconis Arrakis
aka - Alrakis Mu 2 Draconis
| 17h 5' 19.6 +54° 28' 13 | 88 | 5.72 5.81 | F7V F7V | Binary of White Main Sequence | featured in - Dune - by Frank Herbert The Desert Planet |
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| Nu 1 Draconis Nu 2 Draconis | 17h 32' 10.4 +55° 11' 3 | 99 | 4.89 4.86 | A6V A4 | Blue White Main Sequence Likely Wide Orbital Binary | |
| 17h 32' 15.9 +55° 10' 22 | |||||||
| Pi Draconis
| 19h 20' 40.0 +65° 42' 52 | 225 | 4.60 | A2III | Blue White Giant | |
| Sigma
Draconis | 19h 32' 21.5 +69° 39' 40 | 18.8 | 3.55 | K0 V | Orange Main Sequence | |
| Chi
Draconis | 18h 21' 3.2 +72° 43' 58 | 26 | 4.67 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Psi 1A Draconis Psi 1B Draconis | 17h 41' 56.2 +72° 8' 56 | 72 | 4.67 5.87 | F5IV-V G0V | Wide Orbital Binary White + Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 17h 41' 57.8 +72° 9' 25 | |||||||
| Psi 2 Draconis | 17h 55' 10.9 +72° 0' 19 | 720 | 5.43 | F2.5II-III | White Giant | |
| Omega Draconis | 17h 36' 56.9 +68° 45' 29 | 76 | 4.77 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 8 Draconis | 12h 55' 28.4 +65° 26' 18 | 94 | 5.23 | A5 | Blue White | |
| 19 Draconis | 16h 56' 1.6 +65° 8' 5 | 49 | 4.88 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 26 Draconis | 17h 34' 59.4 +61° 52' 30 | 46 | 5.23 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 35 Draconis | 17h 49' 26.8 +76° 57' 46 | 105 | 5.02 | F6 IV-V | White Main Sequence | |
| 36 Draconis | 18h 13' 53.6 +64° 23' 50 | 77 | 4.99 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 59 Draconis | 19h 9' 9.7 +76° 33' 38 | 89 | 5.11 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| HR 5960 | 15h 57' 47.4 +54° 44' 59 | 110 | 4.96 | F0 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| HR 6237 | 16h 45' 17.8 +56° 46' 55 | 87 | 4.84 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Equuleus | eh KWOO lee us | The Little Horse | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Kitalpha Alpha Equulei
| 21h 15' 49.3 +5° 14' 52 | 186 | 3.92 | G0 III A5 V | Yellow Giant + Blue White Main Seq | |
| Beta Equulei | 21h 22' 53.5 +6° 48' 40 | 360 | 5.16 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Gamma Equulei | 21h 10' 20.5 +10° 7' 53 | 115 | 4.7 | F0 | White Dwarf | |
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| Delta Equulei | 21h 14' 28.8 +10° 0' 25 | 60 | 4.47 | F5 V G0 V | White + Yellow Main Sequence | |
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Epsilon A Equulei
Epsilon Equulei
Epsilon B Equulei
| 20h 59' 4.3 +4° 17' 37 | 197 | 6.07 6.42 | F6 IV F | White Main Sequence | |
| Epsilon C Equulei | 20h 59' 5.1 +4° 17' 42 | 150 | 7.37 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 4 Equulei HR 8077
| 21h 5' 26.6 +5° 57' 30 | 120 | 5.94 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Eridanus | eh RID en us | The River | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Achernar
means: "river's end" Alpha Eridani
| 1h 37' 42.9 -57° 14' 12 | 144 | .5 | B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | only visible south of 30° N |
| Cursa
"giant's footstool" Beta Eridani
| 5h 7' 50.9 -5° 5' 11 | 89 | 2.8 | A3 III | Blue White Giant | |
| Zurak
means "boat" Gamma Eridani
| 3h 58' 1.7 -13° 30' 3 | 220 | 3 | M1 III | Red Giant | |
| Rana Delta Eridani
| 3h 43' 14.8 -9° 45' 48 | 29.5 | 3.5 | K0 IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon
Eridani | 3h 32' 55.8 -9° 27' 30 | 10.5 | 3.72 | K2 V | Orange Main Sequence | 9th Closest |
| Zibal
means "ostriches" Zeta Eridani
| 3h 15' 49.9 -8° 49' 11 | 120 | 4.8 | A5 | Blue White | |
| Azha
means "ostrich nest" Eta Eridani
| 2h 56' 25.6 -8° 53' 53 | 133 | 3.89 | K1 III-IV | Orange Giant | |
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| Theta 1 Eridani Acamar
means "River's End" Theta 2 Eridani
| 2h 58' 15.6 -40° 18' 17 | 161 | 3.28 4.36 | A4 III A1 V | Blue White Giant + Main Seq | Wide Orbital Binary System |
| 2h 58' 16.2 -40° 18' 16 | |||||||
| Iota Eridani | 2h 40' 40 -39° 51' 19 | 145 | 4.11 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
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Beid
Omicron 1 Eridani
| 4h 11' 51.9 -6h 50' 16 | 125 | 4.04 | F2 II-III | Blue White Bright Giant | |
| Omicron 2
Eridani | 4h 15' 16.3 -7° 39' 10 | 16.4 | 4.43 | K1V | Orange Main Sequence | One of the Closest Stars |
| Tau 1 Eridani | 2h 45' 6.1 -18° 34' 21 | 46 | 4.47 | F 5/6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Tau 3 Eridani | 3h 2' 23.5 -23° 37' 28 | 86 | 4.08 | A4 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Tau 6 Eridani | 3h 46' 50.8 -23° 14' 59 | 58.4 | 4.22 | F3/5 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Chi Eridani | 1h 55' 57.4 -51° 36' 32 | 57 | 3.69 | G8.5 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 53 Eridani | 4h 38' 10.7 -14° 18' 15 | 109 | 3.86 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| 58 Eridani | 4h 47' 36.2 -16° 56' 4 | 43 | 5.49 | G1 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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82 Eridani e Eridani
| 3h 19' 55.7 -43° 4' 11 | 20 | 4.26 | G8 V | Yellow Main Sequence | One of the Closest Stars |
| p Eridani
| 1h 39' 47.2 -56° 11' 44 | 27 | 5.76 | K0 V | Orange Main Sequence | One of the Closest Stars |
| q1 Eridani | 1h 42' 29.4 -53° 44' 26 | 57 | 5.52 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Fornax | FOR nax | The Furnace | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Alpha Fornacis | 3h 12' 4.2 -28° 59' 14 | 46 | 3 4.04 + 7.19
| F8 V G7 V | White + Yellow Main Seq Binary | |
| Beta Fornacis | 2h 49' 5.4 -32° 24' 22 | 169 | 4.45 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Gamma 1 Fornacis | 2h 49' 50.9 -24° 33' 37 | 360 | 6.14 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
| Gamma 2 Fornacis | 2h 49' 54.1 -27° 56' 31 | 550 | 5.39 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Delta Fornacis | 3h 42' 14.9 -31° 56' 18 | 730 | 4.99 | B5 III | Blue Giant | |
| Epsilon Fornacis | 3h 1' 37.6 -28° 5' 29 | 99 | 5.88 | G8/K0V | Orange Yellow Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Fornacis | 2h 59' 36.1 -25° 16' 27 | 105 | 5.69 | F3V | White Main Sequence | |
| Iota 1 Fornacis | 2h 36' 9.2 -30° 2' 41 | 650 | 5.74 | G8/K0III | Yellow Orange Main Sequence | |
| Iota 2 Fornacis | 2h 38' 18.6 -30° 11' 40 | 116 | 5.84 | F5V | White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Fornacis | 2h 22' 32.5 -23° 48' 59 | 71 | 5.19 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| Lambda 1 Fornacis | 2h 33' 7 -34° 39' 0 | 380 | 5.91 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Lambda 2 Fornacis | 2h 36' 58.5 -34° 34' 42 | 83 | 5.78 | G1 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Gemini | GEM in eye | The Twins | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Castor Alpha 1 Geminorum
Alpha 2 Geminorum Alpha 3 Geminorum | 7h 34' 35.9 +31° 53' 18 | 52 | 1.6 1.93
2.97 9.83v | A2 V A1 V M1 V | 2 pairs of Blue White Sub Giants and 1 pair of Red Dwarfs | Triple Binary Syatem Six stars total - in a complex orbital pattern |
| 7h 34' 37.6 +31° 52' 11 | |||||||
| Pollux Beta Geminorum
| 7h 45' 18.9 +28° 1' 34 | 33.7 | 1.16 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Alhena Gamma Geminorum
| 6h 37' 42.7 +16° 23' 57 | 105 | 1.93 | A0 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
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| Wasat
Delta Geminorum
| 7h 20' 7.3 +21° 58' 56 | 59 | 3.5 8
| F0 IV ?
| White Sub Giant 1 Faint Companion | Pluto discovered near this star, 1930 |
| Mebsuta
Epsilon Geminorum
| 6h 44' 20.4 +25° 07' 25.6 | 900 | 3 | A6-A9 | Blue White | |
| Mekbuda
Zeta Geminorum
| 7h 04' 30.5 +20° 33' 34.8 | 1168 | 4 | G3Ibv | Yellow Supergiant | |
| Propus
Eta Geminorum
| 6h 15' 16.9 +22° 30' 14.8 | 350 | 3.38 | M3 III | Red Giant | |
| Lambda Geminorum | 7h 18' 5.5 +16° 32' 25 | 94 | 3.58 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Xi Geminorum | 6h 45' 17.3 +12° 53' 44 | 57 | 3.35 | F5 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Rho Geminorum | 7h 29' 6.6 +31° 47' 4 | 60 | 4.16 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Geminorum | 7h 43' 18.7 +28° 53' 0 | 122 | 4.23 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
| 37 Geminorum | 6h 55' 18.6 +25° 22' 32 | 56 | 5.74 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 38 Geminorum | 6h 54' 38.6 +13° 10' 40 | 91 | 4.73 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Grus | GROOSE | The Crane | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Al Na'ir
"bright one" Alpha Gruis
| 22h 8' 13.9 -46° 57' 40 | 101 | 1.73 | B7 IV | Blue Sub GIant | Formerly the Tail of the Southern Fish |
| Beta Gruis | 22h 42' 40 -46° 53' 5 | 170 | 2.07 | M5 III | Red Giant | |
| Gamma Gruis Eye of the Crane
| 21h 53' 55.6 -37° 21' 54 | 200 | 3 | B8 III | Blue Giant | |
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| Delta 1 Gruis | 22h 29' 16.1 -43° 29' 45 | 300 | 3.97 | G6/8 III | Yellow Giant | Naked Eye Optical Binary |
| Delta 2 Gruis | 22h 29' 45.4 -43° 44' 58 | 325 | 4.12 | M4.5 III | Red Giant | ||
| Epsilon Gruis | 22h 48' 33.2 -51° 19' 1 | 130 | 3.49 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Gruis | 23h 0' 52.8 -52° 45' 15 | 112 | 4.11 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Theta Gruis | 23h 6' 52.7 -43° 31' 14 | 133 | 4.28 | F5 | White | |
| Iota Gruis | 23h 10' 21.5 -45° 14' 48 | 185 | 3.86 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Omicron Gruis | 23h 26' 36.4 -52° 43' 18 | 104 | 5.53 | F4 V | White Main Sequence | |
| * | Pi 1 Gruis | 22h 22' 43.8 -45° 56' 52 | 500 | 6.62 | S 5,7 | ? | |
| Pi 2 Gruis | 22h 23' 7.9 -45° 55' 42 | 132 | 5.62 | F3III-IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Tau 1 Gruis | 22h 53' 37.8 -48° 35' 53 | 109 | 6.03 | G3 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| Tau 2 Gruis | 22h 56' 16.2 -48° 29' 31 | 152 | 6.67 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Tau 3 Gruis | 22h 56' 47.7 -47° 58' 9 | 272 | 5.72 | A | Blue White | |
| Phi Gruis | 23h 18' 9.8 -40° 49' 29 | 113 | 5.54 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Hercules | HER cue leez | The Strongman | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Alpha 1 Herculis
Ras Algathi "kneeler's head"
Alpha 2a Herculis Alpha 2b Herculis
| 17h 14' 38.8 +14° 23' 25 | 380 | 3 | M5 II | Red Sub Giant | - Sequential Trinary - Red is erratic variable Yellow star appears Green by contrast |
| 17h 14' 39.1 +14° 23' 24 | 5 | G5 III F2 V | Yellow Giant White Main Seq | ||||
| Ruticulis
Kornephoros Beta Herculis
| 16h 30' 13.1 +21° 29' 22 | 162 | 2.78 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Gamma Herculis | 16h 21' 55.1 +19° 9' 11 | 195 | 3.74 | A9 III | Blue White Giant | |
| Delta Herculis | 17h 15' 1.8 +24° 50' 21 | 78 | 3.12 | A3 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon Herculis | 17h 0' 17.3 +30° 55' 35 | 163 | 3.92 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Zeta 1
Zeta Herculis Zeta 2
| 16h 41' 17.1 +31° 36' 10 | 35 | 3.02 5.71
| F9IV G7V | White Sub Giant Yellow Main Seq | |
| Eta Herculis | 16h 42' 53.7 +38° 55' 20 | 112 | 3.48 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Theta Herculis | 17h 56' 15.1 +37° 15' 2 | 670 | 3.86 | K1 II | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Mu Herculis
| 17h 46' 27.5 +27° 43' 15 | 27.4 | 3.42 | G5 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| Xi Herculis | 17h 57' 45.8 +29° 14' 52 | 135 | 3.70 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Chi Herculis | 15h 52' 40.4 +42° 27' 6 | 52 | 4.60 | F9 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 14 Herculis | 16h 10' 24.3 +43° 49' 03 | 59 | 6.61 | K0 V | Orange Main Sequence | |
| 41 Herculis | 16h 44' 59.9 +6° 5' 17 | 155 | 6.55 | G5 | Yellow Dwarf | |
| 53 Herculis | 16h 52' 57.9 +31° 42' 6 | 98 | 5.34 | F0V | White Main Sequence | |
| 72 Herculis | 17h 20' 39.5 +32° 28' 4 | 47 | 5.38 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| 99 A Herculis 99 B Herculis | 18h 7' 1.4 +30° 33' 43 | 51 | 5.19 8.94 | F7 V K | White Main Seq Orange Dwarf | |
| 109 Herculis | 18h 23' 41.8 +21° 46' 11 | 128 | 3.85 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| 110 Herculis | 18h 45' 39.6 +20° 32' 47 | 62 | 4.19 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 111 Herculis | 18h 47' 1.2 +18° 10' 53 | 93 | 4.34 | A5 III | Blue White Giant | |
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| Horologium | hor oh LO gee um | The Clock | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Horologii | 4h 14' 0.1 -42° 17' 40 | 117 | 3.85 | K1 III | Orange Giant | |
| Beta Horologii | 2h 58' 47.8 -64° 4' 16 | 310 | 4.98 | A5 III | Blue White Giant | |
| Gamma Horologii | 2h 45' 27.5 -63° 42' 16 | 179 | 5.73 | G8 III-IV | Yellow Giant | |
| Delta Horologii | 4h 10' 50.5 -41° 59' 37 | 175 | 4.93 | A9 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Horologii | 2h 40' 39.6 -54° 33' 0 | 159 | 5.21 | F4 IV | White Main Sequence | |
| Eta Horologii | 2h 37' 24.2 -52° 32' 36 | 145 | 5.3 | A6 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota Horologii | 2h 42' 33.4 -50° 48' 1 | 56 | 5.4 | G3 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| Lambda Horologii | 2h 24' 53.9 -60° 18' 43 | 160 | 5.36 | F2 III | White Giant | |
| Mu Horologii | 3h 3' 36.8 -59° 44' 16 | 138 | 5.12 | F0 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Nu Horologii | 2h 49' 1.5 -62° 48' 24 | 165 | 5.25 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Hydra | HI dra | The Sea Serpent | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alphard
"the solitary one"
Alpha Hydrae
| 9h 27' 35.2 -8° 39' 31 | 177 | 2 | K3 II-III | Orange Giant | |
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| Beta Hydrae | 11h 52' 54.5 -33° 54' 28 | 365 | 4.3 | A | Blue White Main Sequence 1 Faint Companion | |
| Gamma Hydrae | 13h 18' 55.2 -23° 10' 18 | 132 | 3 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Delta Hydrae | 8h 37' 39.3 +5° 42' 13 | 179 | 4.14 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Epsilon AB
Epsilon Hydrae Epsilon C
| 8h 46' 46.6 +6 25' 8 | 135 | 3.56 5 - 8 - 12
| G0 III+ | Yellow Giant 3 Faint Companions | 6.67 | F5 V | White Main Sequence |
| Zeta Hydrae | 8h 55' 23.6 +5° 56' 44 | 151 | 3.11 | G8 III-IV | Yellow Giant | |
| Eta Hydrae | 8h 43' 13.4 +3° 23' 55 | 470 | 4.3 | B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Theta Hydrae | 9h 14' 21.8 +2° 18' 51 | 129 | 3.89 | B9.5V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Iota Hydrae | 9h 39' 51.3 -1° 8' 34 | 280 | 3.9 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
| Lambda Hydrae | 10h 10' 35.2 -12° 21' 15 | 115 | 3.61 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Mu Hydrae | 10h 26' 5.4 -16° 50' 11 | 250 | 3.83 | K4 III | Orange Giant | |
| Nu Hydrae | 10h 49' 37.4 -16° 11' 37 | 138 | 3.11 | K0/K1 III | Orange Giant | |
| Xi Hydrae | 11h 33' 0.1 -31° 51' 27 | 129 | 3.54 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Pi Hydrae | 14h 6 22.2 -26° 40' 56 | 101 | 3.25 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| Rho Hydrae | 8h 48' 25.9 +5° 50' 16 | 340 | 4.35 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Hydrae | 8h 38' 45.4 +3° 20' 29 | 350 | 4.45 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| Tau 1 Hydrae | 9h 29' 8.8 -2° 46' 8 | 56 | 4.59 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Tau 2 Hydrae | 9h 31' 58.9 -1° 11' 5 | 460 | 4.54 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 1 Hydrae | 8h 24' 35 -3° 45' 4 | 89 | 5.61 | F3 V | White Main Sequence | |
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54 A 54 Hydrae 54 B
| 14h 46' 0 -25° 26' 35 | 99 | 5.18 | F2 III-IV | White Giant | |
| 14h 46' 0.1 -25° 26' 39 | 7.25 | F9 | White | ||||
| N1 Hydrae N2 Hydrae | 11h 32' 16.1 -29° 15' 49 | 87 | 5.76 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 11h 32' 16.4 -29° 15' 40 | 5.84 | ||||||
| 3862 Hydrae | 9h 42' 14.4 -23° 54' 56 | 49 | 4.93 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Hydrus | HI druss | Lesser Water Snake | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Hydri | 1h 58' 46.2 -61° 34' 12 | 71 | 2.86 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Beta Hydri
| 0h 25' 45.3 -77° 15' 16 | 24.4 | 2.82 | G2 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| Gamma Hydri | 3h 47' 14.5 -74° 14' 21 | 214 | 3.26 | M2 III | Red Giant | |
| Delta Hydri | 2h 21' 45.1 -68° 39' 34 | 135 | 4.08 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Epsilon Hydri | 2h 39' 35.5 -68° 16' 1 | 153 | 4.12 | B9 III | Blue Giant | |
| Zeta Hydri | 2h 45' 32.6 -67° 37' 0 | 290 | 4.83 | A2 IV-V | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Iota Hydri | 3h 15' 57.7 -77° 23' 19 | 96 | 5.51 | F4 III | White Giant | |
| Sigma Hydri | 1h 55' 50.4 -78° 20' 55 | 135 | 6.15 | F5-6 IV-V | Blue White Sub Giant | |
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| Indus | IN duss | The Indian | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Indi | 20h 37' 34 -47° 17' 29 | 101 | 3.11 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Beta Indi | 20h 54' 48.5 -58° 27' 15 | 600 | 3.67 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Gamma Indi | 21h 26' 15.4 -54° 39' 38 | 210 | 6.1 | F1 III | White Giant | |
| Delta Indi | 21h 57' 55 -54° 59' 34 | 185 | 4.4 | F0 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon Indi
| 22h 3' 21.3 -56° 47' 10 | 11.8 | 4.69 | K5 V | Orange Main Sequence | One of the Nearest stars to our Sun |
| Eta Indi | 20h 44' 2.2 -51° 55' 16 | 79 | 4.51 | A6 | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Theta Indi | 21h 19' 51.9 -53° 26' 59 | 97 | 4.39 | A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Nu Indi | 22h 24' 36.7 -72° 15' 20 | 94 | 5.28 | A3V + F9V | Blue White and White Main Seq. | |
| Rho Indi | 22h 54' 39.5 -70° 4 26 | 86 | 6.04 | G4 IV-V | Yellow Sub Giant | |
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| Lacerta | la SIR ta | The Lizard | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Lacertae | 22h 31' 17.4 +50° 16' 57 | 102 | 3.76 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Beta Lacertae | 22h 23' 33.5 +52° 13' 45 | 170 | 4.42 | G9 III | Yellow Giant | |
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| 8A Lacertae | 22h 35' 52.2 +39° 38' 4 | 640 | 5.68 | B1V(i-) | Blue Main Sequence | |
| 8B Lacertae | 22h 36' 52.1 +39° 37' 41 | 250 | 6.60 | B2V(i-) | Blue Main Sequence | ||
| 8C Lacertae | 22h 35' 27.5 +39° 35' 9 | 400 | 7.22 | F0V | White Main Sequence | ||
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| AR Lacertae | 22h 8' 40.9 +45° 44' 31 | 137 | 6.11 | G2IV K0III | Yellow Sub Giant Orange Giant | |
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| Leo | LEE oh | The Lion | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Alpha A Leonis Regulus
REG you luss aka - Cor Leonis Alpha B Leonis
| 10h 8' 22.3 +11° 58' 2 | 77 | 1.36 | B7 V | Blue Main Sequence | Among Brightest stars in the sky - Right on Ecliptic - comp contrasts Aqua and adds to twinkle |
| 10h 8' 12.9 +11° 59' 49 | 68 | 8.03 | G | Yellow Dwarf Faint Companion | |||
| Denebola Beta Leonis
| 11h 49' 3.5 +14° 34' 19 | 36 | 2.14 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Gamma 1 Leonis
Algieba "the forehead" Gamma 2 Leonis
| 10h 19' 58.3 +19° 50' 30 | 126 | 2.49 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| 10h 19' 58.6 +19° 50' 25 | 3.64 | G7 III | Yellow Giant | ||||
| Zosma
"the girdle" Delta Leonis
| 11h 14' 6.4 +20° 31' 25 | 58 | 2.56 | A4 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Epsilon Leonis | 9h 45' 51 +23° 46' 27 | 250 | 2.97 | G1II | Yellow Bright Giant | |
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Adhafera
Zeta Leonis
| 10h 16' 41.3 +23° 25' 2 | 260 | 3.43 | F0 III | White Giant | |
| Eta Leonis | 10h 7' 19.9 +16° 45' 45 | 2100 | 3.48 | A0 Ib | Blue White Supergiant | |
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Chertan
Theta Leonis
| 11h 14' 14.3 +15° 25' 46 | 178 | 3.33 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota Leonis | 11h 23' 55.4 +10° 31' 45 | 79 | 4 | F4IV | White Main Seqience | |
| Kappa Leonis | 9h 24' 39.2 +26° 10' 56 | 210 | 4.47 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
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Alterf
Lambda Leonis
| 9h 31' 43.1 +22° 58' 4 | 340 | 4.32 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
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Rasalas
Mu Leonis
| 9h 52' 45.8 +26° 0' 25 | 133 | 3.88 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Nu Leonis | 9h 58' 13.3 +12° 26' 41 | 530 | 5.26 | B9 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Omicron Leonis | 9h 41' 9 +9° 53' 32 | 135 | 3.52 | A5 V+ | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Leonis | 11h 21' 8.1 +6° 1' 46 | 210 | 4.05 | B 9.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Chi Leonis | 11h 5' 1 +7° 20' 10 | 94 | 4.62 | F2 III-IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Omega Leonis | 9h 28' 27.4 +9° 3' 24 | 112 | 5.4 | F9 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 35 Leonis | 10h 16' 32.2 +23° 30' 11 | 99 | 5.95 | G2 IV | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 39 Leonis | 10h 17' 14.5 +23° 6' 22 | 74 | 5.81 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 40 Leonis | 10h 19' 44.1 +19° 28' 15 | 69 | 4.78 | F6 IV | White Sub Giant | |
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| 54 A Leonis 54 B Leonis | 10h 55' 36.7 +24° 44' 59 | 330 | 4.49 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 10h 55' 37.2 +24° 44' 56 | 6.44 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||||
| 55 Leonis | 10h 55' 42.4 +0° 44' 13 | 143 | 5.91 | F2 III | White Giant | |
| 59 Leonis | 11h 0' 44.7 +6° 6' 5 | 151 | 4.98 | A5 III | Blue White Giant | |
| 60 Leonis | 11h 2' 19.7 +20° 10' 47 | 124 | 4.42 | A1 | Blue White | |
| 79 Leonis | 11h 24' 2.2 +1° 24' 28 | 36.5 | 5.39 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| 81 Leonis | 11h 25' 36.3 +16° 27' 23 | 154 | 5.58 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| 83 A Leonis 83 B Leonis | 11h 26' 45.3 +3° 0' 47 | 58 | 6.63 | K0 IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| 11h 26' 46.3 +3° 0' 21 | 7.7 | K2 V | Orange Main Sequence | ||||
| 88 Leonis | 11h 31' 44.4 +14° 22' 7 | 75 | 6.27 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 89 Leonis | 11h 34' 21.9 +3° 3' 37 | 87 | 5.76 | F5 V | White Main Seqience | |
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| Leo Minor | LE oh MY nor | The Lesser Lion | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Beta Leo Minoris | 10h 27' 52.9 +36° 42' 26 | 146 | 4.20 | G8 III-IV | Yellow Giant | |
| 11 Leo Minoris | 9h 35' 39.5 +35° 48' 36 | 36 | 5.40 | G8 IV-V | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 19 Leo Minoris | 9h 57' 41 +41° 3' 20 | 94 | 5.11 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 20 Leo Minoris | 10h 1' 0.6 +31° 55' 25 | 49 | 5.37 | G1 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 21 Leo Minoris | 10h 7' 25.7 +35° 14' 41 | 91 | 4.49 | A7 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 24 Leo Minoris | 10h 16' 28.1 +28° 40' 57 | 104 | 6.46 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 46 Leo Minoris | 10h 53' 18.6 +34° 12' 53 | 98 | 3.79 | K0 III-IV | Orange Giant | |
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| Lepus | LEE pus | The Hare | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Arneb
means: "hare"
Alpha Leporis
| 5h 32' 43.7 -17° 49' 20 | 1280 | 2.58 | F0 Ib | White Supergiant | |
| Nihal
"drinking camels" Beta Leporis
| 5h 28' 14.7 -20° 45' 34 | 159 | 2.81 | G5 II | Yellow Giant | |
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| Gamma A Leporis | 5h 44' 27.8 -22° 26' 54 | 29 | 3.8 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | Wide Orbital Binary |
| Gamma B Leporis | 5h 44' 26.5 -22° 25' 18 | 6.4 | K2 V | Orange Main Sequence | |||
| Delta Leporis | 5h 51' 19.2 -20° 52' 45 | 112 | 3.76 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Epsilon Leporis | 5h 5' 27.6 -22° 22' 16 | 230 | 3.19 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
| Zeta Leporis | 5h 46' 57.3 -14° 49' 19 | 70 | 3.55 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Eta Leporis | 5h 56' 24.2 -14° 10' 4 | 49 | 3.71 | F1 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Theta Leporis | 6h 6' 9.3 -14° 56' 7 | 170 | 4.71 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota Leporis | 5h 12' 17.8 -11° 52' 9 | 184 | 3.29 | B9 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Mu Leporis | 5h 12' 55.8 -16° 12' 20 | 184 | 3.29 | B9 | Blue Main Sequence | |
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Crimson Star
R Leporis
| 4h 59' 36.4 -14° 28' 21 | 820 | ~ 8 5.5 - 10.5
| C7 | Rare Carbon Star - 432 day Variable - | |
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| Libra | LEE bra | The Scales | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alpha 1 Librae
Zubenelgenubi
"southern claw"
Alpha 2 Librae
| 14h 50' 41.1 -15° 59' 50 | 77 | 5.15 | F3 V | White Main Sequence | Possible Wide Orbital Binary - right on Ecliptic - |
| 14h 50' 52.6 -16° 2' 31 | 2.75 | A3 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | ||||
| Zubenelschamali
"northern claw" Beta Librae
| 15h 17' 0.3 -9° 22' 59 | 160 | 2.61 | B8 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Zubenelakrab
"scorpion's claw" Gamma Librae
| 15h 35' 31.5 -14° 47' 22 | 152 | 3.91 | K0 III | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Delta Librae | 15h 0' 58.3 -8° 31' 8 | 300 | 4.91 | B9.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | - Eclipsing Variable - dims by 1 mag for a few hours every 2.33 days |
| Epsilon Librae | 15h 24' 11.8 -10° 19' 20 | 106 | 4.92 | F5 IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Zeta 1 Librae | 15h 28' 15.3 -16° 42' 59 | 910 | 5.64 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
| Zeta 2 Librae | 15h 30' 40.3 -16° 36' 34 | 560 | 5.82 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Zeta 3 Librae | 15h 32' 55.1 -16° 51' 11 | 770 | 5.53 | B2 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Eta Librae | 15h 44' 4.3 -15° 40' 22 | 150 | 5.41 | A6 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Theta Librae | 15h 53' 49.4 -16° 43' 46 | 163 | 4.13 | K0 III | Orange Giant | |
| Iota 1 Librae | 15h 12' 13.2 -19° 47' 30 | 380 | 4.54 | A0 | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota 2 Librae | 15h 13' 19.1 -19° 38' 51 | 220 | 6.07 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Librae | 15h 41' 56.7 -19° 40' 44 | 400 | 4.75 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
| Lambda Librae | 15h 53' 20 -20° 10' 2 | 360 | 5.04 | B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Mu Librae | 14h 49' 19 -14° 8' 56 | 235 | 5.32 | A | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Nu Librae | 15h 6' 37.5 -16° 15' 24 | 770 | 5.19 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
| Xi 1 Librae | 14h 54' 22.8 -11° 53' 54 | 360 | 5.78 | G7 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Xi 2 Librae | 14h 56' 46 -11° 24' 35 | 549 | 5.48 | K4 III | Orange Giant | |
| Omicron Librae | 15h 21' 1.2 -15° 32' 54 | 178 | 6.14 | F2 V | White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Librae | 15h 4' 4.1 -25° 16' 55 | 290 | 3.23 | M3/M4 III | Red Giant | |
| Tau Librae | 15h 38' 39.3 -29° 46' 40 | 440 | 3.66 | B2.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Upsilon Librae | 15h 37' 1.4 -28° 8' 6 | 195 | 3.60 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
| 16 Librae | 14h 57' 10.9 -4° 20' 47 | 91 | 4.47 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 23 Librae | 15h 13' 28.6 -25° 18' 33 | 84 | 6.47 | G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| 37 Librae | 15h 34' 10.6 -10° 3' 53 | 94 | 4.61 | K1 IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| 49 Librae | 16h 0' 19.5 -16° 32' 0 | 107 | 5.47 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Ga Librae Gb Librae | 14h 57' 28 -21° 24' 56 | 19.3 | 5.74 | K4V | Orange Main Sequence | |
| 8.18 | K9V | Orange Main Sequence | |||||
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| Lupus | LOO puss | The Wolf | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Lupi | 14h 41' 55.7 -47° 23' 17 | 550 | 2.30 | B1.5 III | Blue Giant | |
| Beta Lupi | 14h 58' 31.8 -43° 8' 2 | 620 | 2.68 | B2 III | Blue Giant | |
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Gamma 1
Gamma Lupi
Gamma 2
| 15h 35' 8.3 -41° 10' 0 | 570 | 3.39 | B2 IV | Pair of Blue Main Sequence | Orbital Binary |
| 3.51 | B3 V | ||||||
| Delta Lupi | 15h 21' 22.2 -40° 38' 52 | 510 | 3.22 | B1.5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon Lupi | 15h 22' 40.8 -44° 41' 22 | 500 | 3.37 | B2 IV-V | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Zeta Lupi | 15h 12' 17 -52° 5' 57 | 116 | 3.41 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Eta Lupi | 16h 0' 7.2 -38° 23' 49 | 490 | 3.42 | B2.5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Theta Lupi | 16h 6' 35.4 -36° 48' 8 | 410 | 4.22 | B2.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Iota Lupi | 14h 19' 24.1 -46° 3' 28 | 350 | 3.55 | B2.5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Kappa 1 Kappa 2 | 15h 11' 56 -48° 44' 16 | 180 | 3.88 | B9 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| 15h 11' 57.5 -48° 44' 37 | 183 | 5.70 | A3 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |||
| Lambda Lupi | 15h 8 50.5 -45° 16' 47 | 410 | 4.07 | B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Mu Lupi | 15h 18' 31.9 -47° 52' 30 | 290 | 4.27 | B8 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Nu 1 Lupi Nu 2 Lupi | 15h 22' 8.2 -47° 55' 40 | 111 | 4.99 | F8 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 15h 21' 48.1 -48° 19' 3 | 47 | 5.65 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |||
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| Xi 1 Lupi Xi 2 Lupi | 15h 56' 53.4 -33° 57' 59 | 199 | 5.14 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 15h 56' 54.1 -33° 57' 51 | 196 | 5.61 | B9 V | Blue Main Sequence | |||
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| Omicron Lupi | 14h 51' 38.3 -43° 34' 31 | 410 | 4.32 | B5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Pi 1 Lupi Pi 2 Lupi | 15h 5' 7.1 -47° 3' 4 | 500 | 4.56 | B5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| 4.65 | B5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |||||
| g Lupi | 15h 41' 11.3 -44° 39' 40 | 57 | 4.64 | F5IV-V | White Sub Giant | |
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| Lynx | LINKS | The Lynx | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Lyncis | 9h 21' 3.2 +34° 23' 33 | 220 | 3.14 | M0 III | Red Giant | |
| UW Lyncis | 6h 17' 54.9 +61° 30' 55 | 590 | 5.01 | M3 III | Red Giant | |
| UZ Lyncis | 6h 19' 37.3 +59° 0' 39 | 150 | 4.44 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 5 Lyncis | 6h 26' 48.8 +58° 25' 2 | 680 | 5.21 | K4 III | Orange Giant | |
| 12 Lyncis | 6h 46' 14.1 +59° 26' 30 | 230 | 4.86 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 15 Lyncis | 6h 57' 16.5 +58° 25' 21 | 170 | 4.35 | G5 III-IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 16 Lyncis | 6h 57' 37 +45° 5' 39 | 225 | 4.90 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 17 Lyncis | 7h 9 37.7 +60° 47' 32 | 430 | 6.64 | K0 | Orange Dwarf | |
| 18 Lyncis | 7h 15 54.8 +59° 38' 15 | 190 | 5.20 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
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| 19A Lyncis 19B Lyncis | 7h 22' 50.8 +55° 17' 4 | 1300s | 8.94 | B9 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| 7h 22' 52 +55° 16' 53 | 6.96 | B8 V | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| 21 Lyncis | 7h 26' 42.8 +49° 12' 42 | 250 | 4.61 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 22 Lyncis | 7h 29' 55.9 +49° 40' 21 | 65 | 5.35 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 30 Lyncis | 8h 20' 26.1 +57° 44' 35 | 103 | 5.89 | F4 V | White Main Sequence | |
| 31 Lyncis | 8h 22' 50.1 +43° 11' 17 | 390 | 4.25 | K5 III | Orange Giant | |
| 38 Lyncis | 9h 18' 50.6 +36° 48' 9 | 122 | 3.82 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 10 Ursa Majoris | - | 46 | 4 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | Formerly in Ursa Major |
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| Lyra | LEER - ah | The Harp | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Vega
VAY - ga "eagle" or "vulture" Alpha Lyrae
| 18h 36' 56.2 +38° 47' 1 | 25.3 | .03 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | - Summer Triangle - one of closest stars |
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| Sheliak
means "harp" aka - Beta Struve Beta Lyrae
| 18h 50' 4.7 +33° 21' 46 | 880 | 3.52 | B7 V A8 (i+) | Blue and Blue White Main Sequence | Close Orbital Binary in a 12 day orbit gas stream exchange |
| Sulaphat
means "tortoise" Gamma Lyrae
| 18h 58' 56.5 +32° 41' 22 | 630 | 3.25 | B9 III (i+)
| Blue Giant | |
| Delta 1 Lyrae | 18h 53' 43.5 +36° 58' 18 | 1090 | 5.58 | B 2.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Delta 2 Lyrae | 18h 54' 30.1 +36° 53' 56 | 900 | 4.22 | M4 II | Red Bright Giant | |
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Epsilon 1A Lyrae
Epsilon 1B Lyrae Epsilon Lyrae
Epsilon 2A Lyrae
Epsilon 2B Lyrae | 18h 44' 20.3 +39° 40' 12 | 162 | 5.06 6.19 | A4 V F1 V A8 V | White and Blue White Main Seq Binary possibly Wide Orbital | Very Famous and Interesting Double Double Star |
| 18h 44' 20.2 +39° 40' 15 | |||||||
| 18h 44' 22.8 +39° 36' 46 | 160 | 5.3 5.51 | Blue White and White Main Seq Binary | ||||
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| Zeta 1
Zeta Lyrae Zeta 2
| 18h 44' 46.3 +37° 36' 18 | 154 | 4.34 | A | Blue White | |
| 18h 44' 48.1 +37° 35' 40 | 150 | 5.73 | F0 IV | White Sub Giant | |||
| Eta Lyrae | 19h 13' 45.4 +39° 8' 46 | 1040 | 4.43 | B2.5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Theta Lyrae | 19h 16' 22 +38° 8' 1 | 770 | 4.35 | K0 II | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Iota Lyrae | 19h 7' 18 +36° 6' 1 | 830 | 5.25 | B6 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Kappa Lyrae | 18h 19' 51.6 +36° 3' 52 | 240 | 4.33 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| Lambda Lyrae | 19h 0' 0.8 +32° 8 44 | 1540 | 4.94 | K3 III | Orange Giant | |
| Mu Lyrae | 18h 24' 13.7 +39° 30' 26 | 440 | 5.11 | A3 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
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Nu 1
Nu Lyrae
Nu 2
| 18h 49' 52.8 +32° 33' 3 | 240 | 5.22 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 18h 49' 45.8 +32° 48' 46 | 1000 | 5.93 | B3 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |||
| R Lyrae | 18h 55' 20 +43° 56' 46 | 350 | 4.08v | M5 III | Red Giant | Variable Star |
| 16 Lyrae | 19h 1' 26.3 +46° 56' 5 | 130 | 5.0 | A7 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 17 Lyrae | 19h 7' 25.5 +32° 30' 6 | 130 | 5.2 | F0 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Mensa | MEN - sa | The Table Mountain | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Mensae | 6h 10' 14.6 -74° 45' 11 | 33 | 5.08 | G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence | One of the Closest Stars |
| Beta Mensae | 5h 2' 43.2 -71° 18' 50 | 640 | 5.30 | G8 III | Yellow Giant | |
| Gamma Mensae | 5h 31' 53 -76° 20' 28 | 101 | 5.18 | K2 III (i-)
| Orange Giant | |
| Eta Mensae | 4h 55' 11.3 -74° 56' 13 | 710 | 5.47 | K6 III | Orange Giant | |
| Pi Mensae | 5h 37' 8.8 -80° 28' 9 | 59 | 5.64 | G3 V | Yellow Main Sequence | One of the Closest Stars |
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| Microscopium | mike ro SCOPE ee um | The Microscope | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Alpha Microscopii | 20h 49' 58 -33° 46' 48 | 380 | 4.89 10 | G8III | Yellow Giant | Faint Companion |
| Beta Microscopii | 20h 51' 58.7 -33° 10' 38 | 660 | 6.06 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Gamma Microscopii | 21h 1' 17.4 -32° 15' 28 | 220 | 4.67 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |
| Delta Microscopii | 21h 6' 1.0 -30° 7' 31 | 330 | 5.69 | K0/K1III | Orange Giant | |
| Epsilon Microscopii | 21h 17' 56.2 -32° 10' 21 | 165 | 4.71 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Microscopii | 21h 2' 57.8 -38° 37' 54 | 115 | 5.32 | F3V | White Main Seq. | |
| Eta Microscopii | 21h 6' 25.4 -41° 23' 10 | 930 | 5.55 | K3III | Orange Giant | |
| Theta 1 Microscopii | 21h 20' 45.5 -40° 48' 35 | 186 | 4.80 | A2 | Blue White Dwarf | |
| Theta 2 Microscopii | 21h 24' 24.7 -41° 0' 24 | 460 | 5.76 | A0III | Blue White Giant | |
| Iota Microscopii | 20h 48' 29 -43° 59' 19 | 134 | 5.11 | F1IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Nu Microscopii | 20h 33' 55 -44° 30' 58 | 220 | 5.12 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
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| Monoceros | mon O se rose | The Unicorn | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Monocerotis | 7h 41' 14.8 -9° 33' 4 | 280 | 3.94 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
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Monocerotis Beta Mon A
Beta Mon B Beta Mon C Beta Mon D | 6h 28' 48.9 -7° 1' 59 | 690 | 3.8
4.63
4.90 5.38 12 | B3V | Blue Main Sequence | Trinary System with at least one Faint Companion |
| 6h 28' 49.4 -7° 2' 4 | |||||||
| 6h 28' 49.4 -7° 2' 4 | |||||||
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| Gamma Monocerotis | 6h 14' 51.3 -6° 16' 29 | 650 | 3.99 | K3III | Orange Giant | |
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| Delta Monocerotis | 7h 11' 51.8 -0° 29' 34 | 375 | 4.15 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | Wide Unrelated Binocular Double |
| Epsilon 1 Monocerotis | 6h 23' 46 +4° 35' 34 | 128 | 4.39 | A5IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon 2 Monocerotis | 6h 23' 46.5 +4° 35' 44 | 79 | 6.72 | F5V | White Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Monocerotis | 8h 8' 35.6 -2° 59' 2 | 1900 | 4.36 | G2Ib | Yellow Supergiant | |
| V474 1 Monocerotis | 5h 59' 1 -9° 22' 56 | 320 | 6.15 | F2IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 2 Monocerotis | 5h 59' 4.3 -9° 33' 30 | 330 | 5.04 | A6 | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 3 Monocerotis | 6h 1' 50.3 -10° 35' 53 | 980 | 4.92 | B5III | Blue Giant | |
| 13 Monocerotis | 6h 32' 54.2 +7° 19' 58 | 1500 | 4.47 | A0Ib | Blue White Supergiant | |
| S (15) Monocerotis | 6h 40' 58.6 +9° 53' 44 | 1020 | 4.66 | O7 | Blue Main Sequence | brightest member of the star cluster NGC 2264 |
| 18 Monocerotis | 6h 47' 51.6 +2° 24' 44 | 370 | 4.48 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| V637 19 Monocerotis | 7h 2' 54.6 -4° 14' 21 | 1100 | 4.99 | B1V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| 20 Monocerotis | 7h 10' 13.6 -4° 14' 14 | 210 | 4.91 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| V571 21 Monocerotis | 7h 11' 23.5 -0° 18' 7 | 260 | 5.44 | F2V | White Main Sequence | |
| 23 Monocerotis | 7h 13' 18.3 -0° 15' 34 | 11000s | 6.68 | F0 | White Main Sequence | |
| V645 28 Monocerotis | 8h 1' 13.2 -1° 23' 33 | 470 | 4.69 | K4III | Orange Giant | |
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| T Monocerotis | 6h 25' 13 +7° 5' 9 | 4300s | 5.59 | F7Iab K1Iab | White Supergiant Orange Supergiant | |
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| Musca | MUSS ka | The Fly | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Alpha Muscae | 12h 37' 11 -69° 8' 8 | 310 | 2.69 | B2IV-V | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Beta Muscae | 12h 46' 16.9 -68° 6' 29 | 310 | 3.04 3.7
4 | B2V | Blue Main Sequence | Faint Companion |
| Gamma Muscae | 12h 32' 28 -72° 7' 58 | 320 | 3.84 | B5V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Delta Muscae | 13h 2' 16.3 -71° 32' 56 | 91 | 3.61 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
| Epsilon Muscae | 12h 17' 34.2 -67° 57' 38 | 300 | 4.06 | M5III | Red Giant | |
| Zeta 1 Muscae | 12h 22' 7.4 -67° 31' 20 | 340 | 5.15 | A5V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Zeta 2 Muscae | 12h 22' 11.9 -68° 18' 27 | 400 | 5.73 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Eta Muscae | 13h 15' 14.9 -67° 53' 41 | 410 | 4.79 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Theta Muscae | 13h 8' 7 -65° 18' 22 | 4600s | 5.44 5
7 | B0Ia WC5 | Blue Supergiant | Faint Wolf-Rayet Companion |
| Iota 1 Muscae | 13h 25' 7.2 -74° 53' 16 | 225 | 5.04 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Iota 2 Muscae | 13h 27' 18.3 -74° 41' 30 | 500 | 6.62 | B9V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Lambda Muscae | 11h 45' 36.4 -66° 43' 43 | 128 | 3.63 | A7III | Blue White Giant | |
| Mu Muscae | 11h 48' 14.4 -66° 48' 53 | 430 | 4.75 | K4III | Orange Giant | |
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| Norma | NOR ma | The Level | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Gamma 1 Normae
Gamma Normae
Gamma 2 Normae
| 16h 17' 0.8 -50° 4' 5 | 310 | 4.97 | F9Ia(i-) | White Supergiant | Unrelated Pair Binocular Double |
| 16h 19' 50.3 -50° 9' 20 | 127 | 4.01 | G8III | Yellow Giant | ||
| Delta Normae | 16h 6' 29.3 -45° 10' 23 | 123 | 4.73 | A | Blue White | |
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| Epsilon Normae | 16h 27' 11 -47° 33' 18 | 400 | 4.46 8 | B4V | Blue Main Sequence | Pair of Spectroscopic Binaries (4-star system) |
| Zeta Normae | 16h 13' 22.5 -55° 32' 27 | 230 | 5.78 | F2III | White Giant | |
| Eta Normae | 6h 3' 12.7 -49° 13' 47 | 220 | 4.65 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |
| Theta Normae | 16h 15' 15.2 -47° 22' 20 | 290 | 5.13 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Iota 1 Normae | 16h 3' 31.9 -57° 46' 31 | 140 | 4.63 8 | A7IV | Blue White Sub Giant | 1 Faint Companion |
| Iota 2 Normae | 16h 9' 18.4 -57° 56' 3 | 270 | 5.57 | B9V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Normae | 16h 13' 28.6 -54° 37' 50 | 440 | 4.95 | G4III | Yellow Giant | |
| Lambda Normae | 16h 19' 17.6 -42° 40' 26 | 470 | 5.44 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Mu Normae | 16h 34' 4.8 -44° 2' 43 | 300 | 4.20 | B9V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Octans | OCK tans | The Octant | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alpha 1 Octantis
Alpha Octantis
Alpha 2 Octantis
| 21h 4' 42.8 -77° 1 26 | 148 | 5.13 | A7III G2III | Blue White Giant Yellow Giant | |
| Beta Octantis | 22h 46' 3.3 -81° 22' 54 | 147 | 4.13 | A9IV-V | Blue White Sub Giant | |
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Gamma
Octantis Gamma 1
Gamma 2
Gamma 3
| 23h 52' 6.8 -82° 1' 08 | 270 | 5.10 | G7III | Yellow Giant | |
| 23h 57' 32.8 -82° 10' 12 | 310 | 5.72 | K0III | Orange Giant | |||
| 0h 10' 2.3' 82° 13' 27 | 240 | 5.29 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |||
| Delta Octantis | 14h 26' 54.8 -83° 40' 4 | 280 | 4.31 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
| Epsilon Octantis | 22h 20' 1.4 -80° 26' 23 | 270 | 5.09 | M6III | Red Giant | |
| Zeta Octantis | 8h 56' 41.9 -85° 39' 47 | 157 | 5.43 | F0III | White Giant | |
| Theta Octantis | 0h 1' 35.8 -77° 3' 57 | 220 | 4.78 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
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| Lambda Octantis | 21h 50' 54.2 -82° 43' 9 | 440 | 5.27 | G8 K0III | Yellow Dwarf Orange Giant | |
| Nu Octantis | 21h 41' 28.6 -77° 23' 24 | 69 | 3.73 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Sigma Octantis | 21h 8' 44.8 -88° 57' 24 | 270 | 5.45 | F0III | White Giant | Southern Polestar about 1° from the Southern Celestial Pole |
| Tau Octantis | 23h 28' 3.9 -87° 28' 57 | 520 | 5.50 | K2III | Orange Giant | Tau and Chi form a near Equilateral Triangle with the Southern Celestial Pole with Sigma in the center |
| Chi Octantis | 18h 54' 44.3 -87° 36' 21 | 250 | 5.29 | K3III | Orange Giant | |
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| Ophiuchus | oh fee YOU kuss | The Serpent Bearer | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Ras Alhague
means: "Head of the Serpent Collector" Alpha Ophiuchi
| 17h 34' 56 +12° 33' 36 | 47 | 2.08 | A5III | Blue White Giant | |
| Cebelrai
"The Shepherd's Dog" Beta Ophiuchi
| 17h 43' 28.3 +4° 34' 2 | 82 | 2.76 | K2 III | Orange Giant | |
| Gamma Ophiuchi | 17h 47' 53.5 +2° 42' 26 | 95 | 3.75 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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Yed Prior
"The Leading Hand"
Delta Ophiuchi
| 16h 14' 20.6 -3° 41' 40 | 170 | 2.73 | M1III | Red Giant | Hands of the Serpent Bearer - Unrelated Pair - on the border of the constellation |
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Yed Posterior
"The Following Hand"
Epsilon Ophiuchi
| 16h 18' 19.2 -4° 41' 33 | 107 | 3.23 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |
| Zeta Ophiuchi | 16h 37' 9.4 -10° 34' 2 | 460 | 2.54 | 09.5V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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Sabik
Eta Ophiuchi
| 17h 10' 22.6 -15° 43' 29 | 84 | 2.43 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Theta Ophiuchi | 17h 22' 0.5 -24° 59' 58 | 193 | 4.32 | A0/A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota Ophiuchi | 16h 54' 0.4 +10° 9' 55 | 230 | 4.39 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Ophiuchi | 16h 57' 40 +9° 22' 30 | 86 | 3.19 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
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Marfik
Lambda Ophiuchi
Lambda A
Lambda B
| 16h 30' 54.7 +1° 59' 2 | 166 | 4.18 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 5.22 | A4V | Blue White Main Sequence | |||||
| Mu Ophiuchi | 17h 37' 50.6 -8° 7' 8 | 550 | 4.58 | B8II-III | Blue Giant | |
| Nu Ophiuchi | 17h 59' 1.5 -9° 46' 25 | 150 | 3.32 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Xi Ophiuchi | 17h 21' 0.1 -21° 6' 46 | 57 | 4.39 | F2/F3V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Omicron 1 Ophiuchi | 17h 18' 0.6 -24° 17' 13 | 360 | 5.31 | K0II-III | Orange Giant | possible wide Orbital Binary |
| Omicron 2 Ophiuchi | 17h 18' 0.4 -24° 17' 3 | 6.71 | F6IV-V | White Main Sequence | |||
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Rho
Ophiuchi Rho 1
Rho 2
Rho 3
| 16h 25' 35.1 -23° 26' 50 | 400 | 4.57 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | Likely Evolutionary Related |
| 16h 25' 35.2 -23° 24' 19 | 7.27 | B5V(i-) | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| 16h 23' 24.5 -23° 27' 37 | 6.75 | B3/B4V(i-) | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| Sigma Ophiuchi | 17h 26' 30.8 +4° 8' 25 | 1200 | 4.34 | K2II | Orange Bright Giant | |
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Tau 1
Tau Ophiuchi
Tau 2
| 18h 3' 4.8 -8° 10' 50 | 170 | 6.00 | F5V | White Main Sequence | Binary |
| 5.33 | F2V | ||||||
| Upsilon Ophiuchi | 16h 27' 48.1 -8° 22' 18 | 122 | 4.62 | A3 | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Phi Ophiuchi | 16h 31' 8.2 -16° 36' 46 | 210 | 4.29 | G8/K0III | Yellow Giant | |
| Chi Ophiuchi | 16h 27' 1.3 -18° 27' 23 | 490 | 4.22 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Psi Ophiuchi | 16h 24' 6.1 -20° 2' 15 | 178 | 4.48 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Omega Ophiuchi | 16h 32' 8 -21° 27' 59 | 175 | 4.45 | A7 | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 12 Ophiuchi | 16h 36' 21.3 -2° 19' 29 | 32 | 5.77 | K2V | Orange Main Sequence | |
| 26 Ophiuchi | 17h 0' 9.4 -24° 59' 21 | 108 | 5.74 | F4V | White Main Sequence | |
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36 A
36 Ophiuchi
36 B
| 17h 15' 20.9 -26° 36' 10 | 19.5 | 5.22 | K2V | Orange Main Sequence Binary | Among Closest |
| 17h 15' 20.7 -26° 36' 5 | 5.21 | K0V | |||||
| 44 Ophiuchi | 17h 26' 22.1 -24° 10' 31 | 84 | 4.16 | A3IV | Blue White Sub GIant | |
| 45 Ophiuchi | 17h 27' 21.2 -29° 52' 1 | 111 | 4.28 | F3III | White Giant | |
| 58 Ophiuchi | 17h 43' 25.7 -21° 41' 0 | 57 | 4.86 | F6/F7V | White Main Sequence | |
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70 A
70 Ophiuchi
70 B
| 18h 5' 27.2 +2° 29' 58 | 16.6 | 4.33 6.17 | K0V K4V | Orange Main Sequence | Among Closest |
| 72 Ophiuchi | 18h 7' 20.9 +9° 33' 50 | 83 | 3.71 | A4IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| 6493 Ophiuchi | 17h 26' 37.9 -5° 5' 12 | 98 | 4.50 | F3V | White Main Sequence | |
| RS Ophiuchi | ~ 17h 40' ~ -3° | ? | 11 | ? | ? | Rare class of Recurrent Novas |
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Barney
Barnard's Star
| ~ 17h 50' ~ +4° | 6.1 | 9.54 | M4V | Red Main Sequence | 2nd Closest Star Largest Proper Motion 2 planets suspected - likely Gas Giants - |
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| Orion | oh RYE in | The Hunter | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Betelgeuse
BET el jooze
- not "Beetle Juice" "House of the Twins" Alpha Orionis
| 5h 55' 10.3 +7° 24' 55 | 430 | 0.45 | M2Ib | Red Supergiant | Eastern Shoulder Among Brightest Larger in diameter than the orbit of Venus 5 Very Faint Companions |
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| Rigel
Arabic der.: "Foot" Beta Orionis
| 5h 14' 32.3 -8° 12' 6 | 770 | 0.18 | B8Ia | Blue Supergiant | Among Brightest 3 Very Faint Companions |
| Bellatrix
Amazon Warrior's name Gamma Orionis
| 5h 25' 7.8 +6° 20' 59 | 240 | 1.64 | B2III | Blue Giant | Western Shoulder |
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Delta 1 Orionis Mintaka
Arabic "belt" Delta 2 Orionis
| 5h 32' 0.3 -0° 17' 57 | 920 | 2.25 | 09.5II+ | Blue Bright Giant | Double Star Unrelated Spectroscopic Binary Western Star in Orion's Belt |
| 5h 32' 0.4 -0° 17' 4 | 920s | 6.77 | B2V | Blue Main Sequence | |||
| Alnilam
"String of Pearls" Epsilon Orionis
| 5h 36' 12.7 -1° 12' 7 | 1300 | 1.69 | B0Iae | Blue Supergiant | Middle Star in Orion's Belt |
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| Alnitak
Arabic "Belt" Zeta Orionis
| 5h 40' 45.5 -1° 56' 34 | 820 | 1.82 | O9.5Ib | Blue Supergiant | Eastern Star in Orion's Belt |
| 3.95 | B0III | Blue Giant | |||||
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| Eta Orionis | 5h 24' 28.6 -2° 23' 49 | 900 | 3.35 | B1V B2 | Blue Main Sequence | Tight Binary |
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Theta 1A
Theta 1B Theta 1C Theta 1D Theta 1 Orionis
The Trapezium
Theta 2 Orionis
Theta 2A
Theta 2B | 5h 35' 16.4 -5° 23' 23 | 1500s | 4.96 | O6 | Blue Main Sequence | The Trapezium is a multiple star grouping surrounded by the Orion Nebula - M42 and M43 - and outlines the Sword of Orion |
| 5h 36' 16 -5° 23' 7 | 7.49v | B0V A5 | Blue & Blue White Main Sequence | ||||
| 5h 35' 17.2 -5° 23' 13 | 6.35 | B0.5V | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| 5h 35' 15.8 -5° 23' 14 | 7.20 | O7 | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| 5h 35' 22.8 -5° 24' 58 | 1900s | 4.98 | O9.5V | Blue Main Sequence | |||
| 5h 35' 26.3 -5° 24' 58 | 6.02 | B1V | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| Iota Orionis | 5h 35' 25.9 -5° 54' 36 | 1300 | 2.75 | O9III | Blue Giant | |
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Saiph
Kappa Orionis
| 5h 47' 45.3 -9° 40' 11 | 720 | 2.07 | B0.5Ia | Blue Supergiant | |
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Lambda 1
Meissa
Lambda Orionis
Lambda 2
| 5h 35' 8.2 +9° 56' 3 | 1060 | 3.50 | O8 | Blue Main Sequence | |
| 5h 35' 8.4 +9° 56' 6 | 5.45 | B0.5V | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
| Mu Orionis | 6h 2' 23 +9° 38' 51 | 152 | 4.12 | A | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Nu Orionis | 6h 7' 34.3 +14° 46' 6 | 530 | 4.42 | B3V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Xi Orionis | 6h 11' 56.4 +14° 12' 31 | 630 | 4.45 | B3IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Omicron 1 Orionis | 4h 52' 31.9 +14° 15' 2 | 540 | 4.71 | M3 | Red Main Sequence | |
| Omicron 2 Orionis | 4h 56' 22.2 +13° 30' 52 | 169 | 4.06 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
| Pi 1 Orionis | 4h 54' 53.7 +10° 9' 3 | 121 | 4.64 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | marking the Bow of Orion |
| Pi 2 Orionis | 4h 50' 36.7 +8° 54' 1 | 194 | 4.35 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Pi 3 Orionis | 4h 49' 50.3 +6° 57' 41 | 260 | 3.19 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Pi 4 Orionis | 4h 51' 12.3 +5° 36' 18 | 1300 | 3.68 | B2III B2IV | Blue Giant and Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Pi 5 Orionis | 4h 54' 15 +2° 26' 26 | 1340 | 3.71 | B3III B0V | Blue Giant and Blue Main Sequence | |
| Pi 6 Orionis | 4h 58' 32.8 +1° 42' 51 | 950 | 4.47 | K2II | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Rho Orionis | 5h 13' 17.4 +2° 51' 40 | 340 | 4.67 | K3III | Orange Giant | |
| Sigma Orionis | 5h 38' 44.7 -2° 36' 0 | 1150 | 3.77 | O9.5V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Tau Orionis | 5h 17' 36.3 -6° 50' 40 | 550 | 3.59 | B5III | Blue Giant | |
| Upsilon Orionis | 5h 31' 55.8 -7° 18' 6 | 1550 | 4.62 | B0V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Phi 1 Orionis | 5h 34' 49.2 +9° 29' 22 | 1000 | 4.39 | B0IV | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Phi 2 Orionis | 5h 36' 54.3 +9° 17' 26 | 116 | 4.09 | G8III-IV | Yellow Giant | |
| Chi 1 Orionis | 5h 54' 22.9 +20° 16' 34 | 28 | 4.39 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| Chi 2 Orionis | 6h 3' 55.2 +20° 8' 18 | 2300s | 4.64 | B2Ia | Blue Supergiant | |
| Psi 1 Orionis | 5h 24' 44.8 +1° 50' 47 | 1100 | 4.89 | B1V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Psi 2 Orionis | 5h 26' 50.2 +3° 5' 44 | 1400 | 4.59 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Omega Orionis | 5h 39' 11.1 +4° 7' 17 | 1600 | 4.50 | B3III | Blue Giant | |
| 13 Orionis | 5h 7' 38.3 +9° 28' 19 | 92 | 6.15 | G1IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 29 Orionis | 5h 23' 56.8 -7° 48' 29 | 174 | 4.13 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |
| 27 Orionis | 5h 24' 28.9 -0° 53' 29 | 172 | 5.07 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| 71 Orionis | 6h 14' 50.8 +19° 9' 23 | 69 | 5.20 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |
| 74 Orionis | 6h 16' 26.6 +12° 16' 20 | 64 | 5.04 | F5IV-V | White Sub Giant | |
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| Pavo | PAH vo | The Peacock | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Peacock
Alpha Pavonis
| 20h 25' 38.8 -56° 44' 7 | 183 | 1.94 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Beta Pavonis | 20h 44' 57.4 -66° 12' 11 | 137 | 3.42 | A5IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Gamma Pavonis | 21h 26' 26.7 -65° 21' 59 | 30 | 4.21 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |
| Delta Pavonis | 20h 8' 43.2 -66° 10' 56 | 19.9 | 3.55 | G5V-IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon Pavonis | 20h 0' 35.4 -72° 54' 38 | 106 | 3.97 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Pavonis | 18h 43' 2.1 -71° 25' 42 | 210 | 4.01 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
| Eta Pavonis | 17h 45' 43.9 -64° 43' 26 | 370 | 3.61 | K1III | Orange Giant | |
| Theta Pavonis | 18h 48' 37.8 -65° 4' 40 | 230 | 5.71 | A9V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota Pavonis | 18h 10' 26.1 -62° 0' 8 | 58 | 5.47 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Pavonis | 18h 56' 57 -67° 14' 1 | 540 | 3.9 - 4.8 | F5Ib-II | White Supergiant | Pulsating Variable (W Virginis type) 9 days, 1 hr 36 mins |
| Lambda Pavonis | 18h 52' 12.9 -62° 11' 16 | 1800 | 4.22 | B2II-III(i+) | Blue Supergiant | |
| Mu 1 Pavonis | 20h 0' 22.9 -66° 56' 58 | 220 | 5.75 | K0IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Mu 2 Pavonis | 20h 1' 52.3 -66° 56' 39 | 230 | 5.32 | K2IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Nu Pavonis | 18h 31' 22.3 -62° 16' 42 | 480 | 4.63 | B8III | Blue Giant | |
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| Xi Pavonis | 18h 23' 13.5 -61° 29' 38 | 420 | 4.35 9
| M1III | Red Giant | Faint Companion |
| Omicron Pavonis | 21h 13' 20.4 -70° 7' 36 | 890 | 5.06 | M2III | Red Giant | |
| Pi Pavonis | 18h 8' 34.7 -63° 40' 6 | 138 | 4.33 | A7 | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Rho Pavonis | 20h 37' 35.2 -61° 31' 48 | 195 | 4.86 | F | White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Pavonis | 20h 49' 18 -68° 46' 36 | 305 | 5.41 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Tau Pavonis | 19h 16' 28.5 -69° 11' 26 | 620 | 6.25 | A6IV-V | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Upsilon Pavonis | 20h 41' 57.1 -66° 45' 39 | 840 | 5.14 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Phi 1 Pavonis | 20h 35' 34.7 -60° 34' 54 | 90 | 4.75 | F1III | White Giant | |
| Phi 2 Pavonis | 20h 40' 2.4 -60° 32' 56 | 79 | 5.11 | F8V | White Main Sequence | |
| Omega Pavonis | 18h 58' 36.3 -60° 12' 2 | 520 | 5.14 | K1III-IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| 7012 Pavonis | 18h 45' 26.7 -64° 52' 17 | 95 | 4.79 | A7V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Pegasus | PEG a suss | The Winged Horse | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Markab
"horse's shoulder" Alpha Pegasi
| 23h 4' 45.6 15° 12' 19 | 140 | 2.49 ( 2 - 3 )
| B9V | Blue Main Sequence | Irregular Variable SW Corner of The Great Square |
| Scheat
means: "shin" Beta Pegasi
| 23h 3' 46.4 28° 4' 58 | 199 | 2.44 | M2II-III | Red Bright Giant | NW Corner of The Great Square |
| Algenib
Arabic: "the side" Gamma Pegasi
| 0h 13' 14.1 15° 11' 1 | 330 | 2.83 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | SE Corner of The Great Square |
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| Enif
Arabic: "nose" Epsilon Pegasi
| 21h 44' 11.1 9° 52' 30 | 670 | 2.38 8 and 11
| K2Ib | Orange Supergiant | 2 Faint Companions |
| Homam
Arabic: "hero" Zeta Pegasi
| 22h 41' 27.6 10° 49' 53 | 210 | 3.41 | B8.5V | Blue Main Sequence | Middle of the Neck of the Horse |
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| Matar Eta Pegasi
| 22h 43' 0.1 30° 13' 17 | 215 | 2.93 8 + 11
| G2II-III F0V | Yellow Bright Giant 2 White Main Sequence | Middle of the Neck of the Horse 2 Faint Companions |
| Biham
Arabic: "young beasts" Theta Pegasi
| 22h 10' 11.9 6° 11' 52 | 97 | 3.52 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | marks top of the Head of the Horse |
| Iota Pegasi | 22h 7' 0.6 25° 20' 42 | 38 | 3.77 | F5V | White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Pegasi | 21h 44' 38.6 25° 38' 42 | 115 | 4.14 | F5IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Lambda Pegasi | 22h 46' 31.8 23° 33' 56 | 390 | 3.97 | G8II-III | Yellow Bright Giant | |
| Sadalbari
"excelling one" Mu Pegasi
| 22h 50' 0.1 24° 36' 6 | 117 | 3.51 | G8III | Yellow Giant | marks one of the Legs of the Horse |
| Nu Pegasi | 22h 5' 40.7 5° 3' 31 | 263 | 4.86 | K4III | Orange Giant | |
| Xi Pegasi | 22h 46' 41.5 12° 10' 22 | 53 | 4.20 | F7V | White Main Sequence | |
| Omicron Pegasi | 22h 41' 45.3 29° 18' 27 | 305 | 4.80 | A1IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Pi 1 Pegasi | 22h 9' 59.2 33° 10' 42 | 250 | 4.28 | F5III | White Giant | |
| Pi 2 Pegasi | 22h 9' 13.5 33° 10' 21 | 280 | 5.58 | G6III | Yellow Giant | |
| Rho Pegasi | 22h 55' 13.6 8° 48' 58 | 280 | 4.91 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Pegasi | 22h 52' 24 9° 50' 9 | 88 | 5.16 | F7IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Tau Pegasi | 23h 20' 38.2 23° 44' 25 | 167 | 4.58 | A5V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Upsilon Pegasi | 23h 25' 22.7 23° 24' 15 | 173 | 4.42 | F8IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Phi Pegasi | 23h 52' 29.2 19° 7' 13 | 440 | 5.06 | M2III | Red Giant | |
| Chi Pegasi | 0h 14' 36.1 20° 12' 24 | 330 | 4.79 | M2III | Red Giant | |
| Psi Pegasi | 23h 57' 45.5 25° 8' 29 | 430 | 4.63 | M3III | Red Giant | |
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| 1 Pegasi | 21h 22' 5.1 19° 48' 16 | 154 | 4.08 9
| K1III | Orange Giant | Faint Companion |
| 2 Pegasi | 21h 29' 56.8 23° 38 20 | 440 | 4.52 | M1III | Red Giant | |
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| 13 A
13 Pegasi 13 B
| 21h 50' 8.6 17° 17' 8 | 109 | 5.73 6.94 | F2III(i-) F9V | White Giant White Main Sequence | |
| 15 Pegasi | 21h 52' 29.8 28° 47' 36 | 90 | 5.52 | F6IV | White Sub Giant | |
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| 37 A
37 Pegasi 37 B
| 22h 29' 57.9 4° 25' 54 | 172 | 5.83 7.37 | F5IV F8V | White Sub Giant White Main Sequence | |
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51 Peg
51 Pegasi
| 22h 57' 27.9 20° 46' 8 | 50 | 5.45 | G5V | Yellow Main Sequence | Very similar to our own sun first Extrasolar Planets Discovered |
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| 52 A
52 Pegasi 52 B
| 22h 59' 11.7 11° 43' 44 | 270 | 6.09 7.53 | A8V F6V | Blue White and White Main Sequence Binary | |
| 85 Pegasi | 0h 2' 10.1 27° 4' 56 | 40 | 5.80 | G2V | Yellow Main Sequence | Extremely similar to our own sun |
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| Perseus | PER see us | The Champion | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Mirfak Alpha Persei
Algenib "the side"
| 3h 24' 19.3 +49° 51' 41 | 590 | 1.79 | F5Ib | White Supergiant | part of the Alpha Persei Group attractive star cluster |
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| Algol
"demon head"
aka "Demon Star" or "The Ghoul" Beta Persei
| 3h 8' 10.1 +40° 57' 21 | 93 | 2.09 | B8V G5IV | Blue Main Seq. Yellow Sub Giant | prototype for Eclipsing Binary class of variable stars every 2 days, 21 hours dims to 3.3 for 10 hrs |
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Gamma
Persei | 3h 4' 47.7 +53° 30' 23 | 260 | 2.91 | G8III A2V | Yellow Giant Blue White MS | |
| Delta Persei | 3h 42' 55.4 +47° 47' 15 | 530 | 3.01 | B5III | Blue Giant | part of the Alpha Persei Group attractive star cluster |
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| Epsilon Persei | 3h 57' 51.2 +40° 0' 37 | 540 | 2.90 3 + 8
| B0.5V A2V | Blue Main Seq. Blue White MS | |
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| Atik
"collarbone" Zeta Persei
| 3h 54' 7.9 +31° 53' 1 | 980 | 2.84 9
| B1Ib | Blue Supergiant | faint companion |
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| Eta Persei | 2h 50' 41.8 +55° 53' 44 | 1300 | 3.77 9
| M3Ib-II | Red Supergiant | faint Blue companion |
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Theta A
Theta Persei
Theta B
| 2h 44' 11.9 +49° 13' 43 | 36.6 | 4.10 | F8V | White MS | |
| 9.87 | M1V | Red Main Sequence | |||||
| Iota Persei | 3h 9' 4 +49° 36' 48 | 34.3 | 4.05 | G0V | Yellow MS | |
| Kappa Persei | 3h 9 29.7 +44° 51' 27 | 112 | 3.79 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Lambda Persei | 4h 6' 35 +50° 21' 5 | 350 | 4.29 | A0IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Mu Persei | 4h 14' 53.8 +48° 24' 34 | 720 | 4.12 | G0Ib | Yellow Supergiant | |
| Nu Persei | 3h 45' 11.6 +42° 34' 43 | 556 | 3.77 | F5II | White Bright Giant | |
| Menkib
Arabic: "shoulder" Xi Persei
| 3h 58' 57.8 +35° 47' 28 | 1770 | 3.98 | O7.5Iab | Blue Supergiant | |
| Omicron Persei | 3h 44' 19.1 +32° 17' 18 | 1500 | 3.84 | B1III | Blue Giant | |
| Pi Persei | 2h 58' 45.6 +39° 39' 46 | 330 | 4.68 | A2V | Blue White MS | |
| Rho Persei | 3h 5' 10.5 +38° 50' 25 | 330 | 3.32v | M3III | Red Giant | variable |
| Sigma Persei | 3h 30' 34.4 +47° 59' 43 | 350 | 4.36 | K3III | Orange Giant | part of the Alpha Persei Group attractive star cluster |
| Tau Persei | 2h 54' 15.4 +52° 45' 45 | 250 | 3.93 | G4III | Yellow Giant | |
| Phi Persei | 1h 43' 39.6 +50° 41' 20 | 720 | 4.01 | B2V | Blue MS | |
| Psi Persei | 3h 36' 29.3 +48° 11' 34 | 700 | 4.32 | B5V | Blue MS | part of the Alpha Persei Group attractive star cluster |
| Omega Persei | 3h 11' 17.3 +39° 36' 42 | 300 | 4.61 | K1III | Orange Giant | |
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V436
1 Persei
| 1h 51' 59.3 +55° 8' 51 | 1030 | 5.53 | B1.5V | Blue MS | |
| 12 Persei | 2h 42' 14.9 +40° 11' 38 | 80 | 4.91 | F9V | White MS | |
| 16 Persei | 2h 50' 34.9 +38° 19' 7 | 128 | 4.22 | F2III | White Giant | |
| 32 Persei | 3h 21' 26.5 +43° 19' 47 | 155 | 4.96 | A3V | Blue White MS | |
| 36 Persei | 3h 32' 26.2 +46° 3' 26 | 119 | 5.30 | F4III | White Giant | |
| V467 42 Persei
| 3h 49' 32.6 +33° 5' 29 | 300 | 5.14 | A3V | Blue White MS | |
| 43 Persei | 3h 56' 36.4 +50° 41' 43 | 133 | 5.28 | F5IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 49 Persei | 4h 8' 15.2 +37° 43' 40 | 144 | 6.07 | K1III | Orange Giant | |
| 50 Persei | 4h 8' 36.5 +38° 2' 23 | 70 | 5.52 | F7V | White MS | |
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V468
53 Persei
| 4h 21' 33.1 +46° 29' 56 | 460 | 4.80 | B4IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Phoenix | FEE nix | The Resurrected | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Ankaa Alpha Phoenicis
Nair Al Zaurak "bright one of the boat"
| 0h 26' 17 -42° 18' 22 | 77 | 2.4 | K0III | Orange Giant | Once associated with Eridanus "The River" |
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| Beta Phoenicis | 1h 6' 5 -46° 43' 8 | 198 | 3.32 | G8III | Yellow Giant | Double Star tight yellow binary |
| Gamma Phoenicis | 1h 28' 21.9 -43° 19' 6 | 230 | 4.41 | K5II-III | Orange Bright Giant | |
| Delta Phoenicis | 1h 31' 15 -49° 4' 22 | 147 | 3.93 | K0III-IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Epsilon Phoenicis | 0h 9' 24.6 -45° 44' 51 | 140 | 3.88 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Zeta Phoenicis | 1h 8' 23 -55° 14' 45 | 280 | 3.94 | B6V +B0V(i-) | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Eta Phoenicis | 0h 43' 21.2 -57° 27' 47 | 240 | 4.36 | A0IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
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| Theta Phoenicis | 23h 39' 27.9 -46° 38' 16 | 280 | 6.07 | A8V +F0V | Blue White & White Main Sequence | |
| Iota Phoenicis | 23h 35' 4.5 -42° 36' 55 | 270 | 4.69 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Phoenicis | 0h 26' 12.1 -43° 40' 48 | 77 | 3.93 | A7V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Lambda 1 Phoenicis | 0h 31' 24.9 -48° 48' 13 | 172 | 4.76 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Lambda 2 Phoenicis | 0h 35' 41 -48° 0' 4 | 118 | 5.51 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |
| Mu Phoenicis | 0h 41' 19.5 -46° 5' 6 | 250 | 4.59 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |
| Nu Phoenicis | 1h 15' 11.1 -45° 31' 54 | 49 | 4.97 | F8V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Pictor | PICK tor | The Easel | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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The Captain
Kapteyn's Star
| - | 12.7 | 9 | M | Red Dwarf | 2nd Largest Proper Motion 414 years per 1° |
| Alpha Pictoris | 6h 48' 11.4 -61° 56' 29 | 99 | 3.24 | A7IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Beta Pictoris | 5h 47' 17.1 -51° 3' 59 | 63 | 3.85 | A5V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Gamma Pictoris | 5h 49' 49.6 -56° 10' 0 | 174 | 4.50 | K1III | Orange Giant | |
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| Delta Pictoris | 6h 10' 17.9 -54° 58' 7 | 1650 | 4.72 | B3III +O9V | Blue Giant & Main Sequence | |
| Zeta Pictoris | 5h 19' 22 -50° 36' 22 | 118 | 5.44 | F7III-IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Eta 1 Pictoris | 5h 2' 48.6 -49° 9' 5 | 85 | 5.37 | F2V | White Main Sequence | |
| Eta 2 Pictoris | 5h 4' 57.9 -49° 34' 41 | 470 | 5.05 | M2III | Red Giant | |
| Theta Pictoris | 5h 24' 46.1 -52° 18' 59 | 530 | 6.26 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Iota 1 Pictoris | 4h 50' 55.1 -53° 27' 41 | 121 | 5.58 | F0IV | White Sub Giant | |
| Iota 2 Pictoris | 4h 50' 56.3 -53° 27' 35 | 121 | 6.42 | F4V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Pictoris | 5h 22' 22.2 -56° 8' 4 | 750 | 6.1 | B8/9V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Lambda Pictoris | 4h 42' 46.3 -50° 28' 52 | 340 | 5.3 | K0/K1III | Red Giant | |
| Mu Pictoris | 6h 31' 58.4 -58° 45' 15 | 720 | 5.69 | B9V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Nu Pictoris | 6h 22' 55.8 -56° 22' 12 | 164 | 5.61 | A | White Main Sequence | |
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| Pisces | PIE sees | The Fishes | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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Alpha 1 Piscium
Alrisha
aka: Alrescha, Al Rischa
"the knot" - "the cord" Alpha 2 Piscium
| 2h 2' 2.7 +2° 45' 49 | 139 | 4.16 5.28 | A0 A3 | Blue White Dwarf Binary | ties the 2 fish together - pair is currently closing together |
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Fum al
Samakah Beta Piscium
| 23h 3' 52.5 +3° 49' 12 | 490 | 4.48 | B6V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Gamma Piscium | 23h 17' 9.9 +3° 16' 56 | 131 | 3.70 | G7III | Yellow Giant | |
| Delta Piscium | 0h 48' 40.9 +7° 35' 6 | 305 | 4.44 | K5III | Orange Giant | |
| Epsilon Piscium | 1h 2' 56.5 +7° 53' 24 | 190 | 4.27 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
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| Zeta 1 Zeta Piscium Zeta 2 | 1h 13' 43.8 +7° 34' 31 | 148 | 5.28 | A7IV | Blue White Sub Giant |
these stars are roughly as close to each other as our Sun and Sirius |
| 1h 13' 45.2 +7° 34' 42 | 6.43 | F7V | White Main Sequence | ||||
| Eta Piscium | 1h 31' 28.9 +15° 20' 45 | 290 | 3.62 | G8III | Yellow Giant | |
| Theta Piscium | 23h 27' 58 +6° 22' 44 | 159 | 4.27 | K1III | Orange Giant | |
| Iota Piscium | 23h 39' 57.0 +5° 37' 35 | 45 | 4.13 | F7V | White Main Sequence | |
| Kappa Piscium | 23' 26' 55.9 +1° 15' 20 | 162 | 4.95 | A0 | Blue White Dwarf | |
| Lambda Piscium | 23h 42' 2.7 +1° 46' 48 | 101 | 4.49 | A7V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Mu Piscium | 1h 30' 11.1 +6° 8' 38 | 360 | 4.84 | K4III | Orange Giant | |
| Nu Piscium | 1h 41' 25.8 +5° 29' 15 | 370 | 4.45 | K3IIIb | Orange Giant | |
| Xi Piscium | 1h 53' 33.3 +3° 11' 15 | 191 | 4.61 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
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Torcularis
Omicron Piscium
Septentrionalis | 1h 45' 23.6 +9° 9' 28 | 260 | 4.26 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Pi Piscium | 1h 37' 5.9 +12° 8' 30 | 110 | 5.54 | F0V | White Main Sequence | |
| Rho Piscium | 1h 26' 15.2 +19° 10' 20 | 85 | 5.35 | F2V | White Main Sequence | |
| Sigma Piscium | 1h 2' 49.0 +31° 48' 16 | 410 | 5.50 | B9.5V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Tau Piscium | 1h 11' 39.6 +30° 5' 23 | 160 | 4.51 | K0III-IV | Orange Sub Giant | |
| Upsilon Piscium | 1h 19' 27.9 +27° 15' 51 | 310 | 4.74 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Phi Piscium | 1h 13' 44.8 +24° 35' 1 | 380 | 4.67 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Chi Piscium | 1h 11' 27.1 +21° 2' 5 | 440 | 4.66 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
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| Psi 1A Piscium Psi 1B Piscium | 1h 5' 40.9 +21° 28' 24 | 240 | 5.33 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence |
these stars are roughly as close to each other as our Sun and Sirius |
| 1h 5' 41.6 +21° 27' 56 | 5.52 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||||
| Psi 2 Piscium | 1h 7' 57.1 +20° 44' 21 | 161 | 5.56 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| Psi 3 Piscium | 1h 9' 49.1 +19° 39' 31 | 400 | 5.57 | G0III | Yellow Giant | |
| Omega Piscium | 23h 59' 18.6 +6° 51' 48 | 106 | 4.03 | F4IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 12 Piscium | 23h 29' 30.3 -1° 2' 9 | 130 | 6.88 | G0 | Yellow Dwarf | |
| 16 Piscium | 23h 36' 23.3 +2° 6' 8 | 101 | 5.68 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |
| TX (19) Piscium | 23h 46' 23.4 +3° 29' 13 | 760 | 4.95 | C5II | - variable - | |
| 22 Piscium | 23h 51' 57.7 +2° 55' 49 | 1180 | 5.59 | K4II | Orange Bright Giant | |
| YY Piscium 30 Piscium | 0h 1' 57.5 -6° 0' 51 | 415 | 4.37 | M3III | Red Giant | |
| 32 Piscium | 0h 2' 29.6 +8° 29' 8 | 123 | 5.70 | F0V | White Main Sequence | |
| 33 Piscium | 0h 5' 20.1 -5° 42' 27 | 128 | 4.61 | K1III | Orange Giant | |
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| 35A uu (35) Piscium 35B | 0h 14' 58.7 +8° 49' 15 | 260 | 6.10 7.72 | F0IV A7 | White Sub Giant Blue White Dwarf | |
| 47 Piscium | 0h 28' 2.9 +17° 53' 36 | 490 | 5.01 | M3III | Red Giant | |
| 48 Piscium | 0h 28' 12.6 +16° 26' 42 | 1100 | 6.05 | K5III | Orange Giant | |
| 54 Piscium | 0h 39' 21.7 +21° 15' 2 | 36 | 5.88 | K0V | Orange Main Sequence | |
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| 55A 55 Piscium 55B | 0h 39' 55.5 +21° 26' 18 | 410 | 5.61 8.66 | K0III F3V | Orange Giant White Main Sequence | |
| 61 Piscium | 0h 47' 54.7 +20° 55' 31 | 187 | 6.51 | F8V | White Main Sequence | |
| 64 Piscium | 0h 48' 58.6 +16° 56' 26 | 78 | 5.07 | F8V | White Main Sequence | |
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| 65A 65 Piscium 65B | 0h 49' 53.1 +27° 42' 37 | 350 | 6.40 | F4III | White Giants |
these stars are roughly as close to each other as our Sun and Sirius |
| 0h 49' 53.5 +27° 42' 35 | 6.40 | F5III | |||||
| 70 Piscium | 1h 2' 6.9 +7° 56' 26 | 720 | 7.55 | G5 | Yellow Dwarf | |
| 73 Piscium | 1h 4' 52.5 +5° 39' 23 | 720 | 6.03 | K5III | Orange Giant | |
| 72 Piscium | 1h 5' 5.3 +14° 56' 46 | 178 | 5.64 | F4II-III | White Bright Giant | |
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| 77A 77 Piscium 77B | 1h 5' 49.1 +4° 54' 30 | 149 | 6.35 | F3V | White Main Sequence |
these stars are roughly as close to each other as our Sun and Alpha Centauri |
| 1h 5' 51.3 +4° 54' 34 | 144 | 7.26 | F6V | White Main Sequence | |||
| 78 Piscium | 1h 8' 1.3 +32° 0' 43 | 137 | 6.23 | F5IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 80 Piscium | 1h 8' 22.1 +5° 38' 59 | 117 | 5.51 | F0III-IV | White Sub Giant | |
| 92 Piscium | 1h 23' 50.9 +17° 49' 6 | 160 | 6.59 | F0 | White Dwarf | |
| VX (97) Piscium | 1h 29' 52.8 +18° 21' 21 | 380 | 6.01 | A4IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| 101 Piscium | 1h 35' 46.4 +14° 39' 41 | 2300 | 6.23 | B9.5III | Blue Giant | |
| 107 Piscium | 1h 42' 29.7 +20° 16' 7 | 24 | 5.24 | K1V | Orange Main Sequence |
one of the closest stars to our Sun |
| 109 Piscium | 1h 44' 55.8 +20° 4' 59 | 106 | 6.27 | G5IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
| 112 Piscium | 2h 0' 9.1 +3° 5' 50 | 101 | 5.89 | G2IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
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BD+04 123 HR 222 Wolf 25 | 0h 48' 23 +5° 16' 50.2 | 24.3 | 5.24 | K1-2 Ve | Red Dwarf |
one of the closest stars to our Sun |
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