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Ursa Major | ER sa MAY jor | Big Bear - Big Dipper | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
� | Alpha A Ursae Majoris Alpha B Ursae Majoris
Dubhe Arabic: "bear" DOO bee Alpha C Ursae Majoris
| 11h 3' 43.6 +61� 45' 3 | 124 | 2.02 4.95
| K0II-III A8V | Orange Giant Blue White Main Seq. | The Big Dipper To find the North Star, imagine a line between the two stars marking the front of the cup - Dubhe and Merak (aka Alpha and Beta) - continue that line up about 5 times its length points right to Polaris This Constellation is known as The Government in Chinese Mythology. These 7 stars are all of similar makeup and relatively close to each other - and to us - likely a common origin. To find the Ecliptic (the orbital plane of the Solar System), the curve of the handle of the Big Dipper "arcs" to Arcturus (Alpha Bootis) - continue the same arc to Spica (Alpha Virginis) - right on the Ecliptic - with Blue Regulus (Alpha Leonis) to the west and Red Antares (Alpha Scorpii) to the east. |
11h 3' 22 +61� 39' 16 | 160 | 7.14 | F | White Dwarf | |||
Merak
Arabic: "flank" Beta Ursae Majoris
| 11h 1' 50.4 +56� 22' 56 | 79 | 2.34 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Phecda
Arabic: "thigh" Gamma Ursae Majoris
| 11h 53' 49.8 +53� 41' 41 | 84 | 2.41 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Megrez
Arabic: "root of the tail" Delta Ursae Majoris
| 12h 15' 25.5 +57� 1' 57 | 81 | 3.32 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Alioth
Arabic: "bull" Epsilon Ursae Majoris
| 12h 54' 1.7 +55� 57' 35 | 62 | 1.76 | A0 | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Mizar
Arabic: "groin" Zeta Ursae Majoris
| 13h 23' 55.5 +54� 55' 31 | 78 | 2.25 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence - Optical Double - Arabs, Native Americans used as test of eyesight - aka: Horse and Rider - | ||
Alcor
aka: Suha
Arabic: "overlooked" 80 Ursae Majoris
| 13h 25' 13.5 +54� 59' 17 | 81 | 3.99 | A5 V | |||
Alkaid or Benetnasch
both from the Arabic: "chief of the mourners" Eta Ursae Majoris
| 13h 47' 32.3 +49� 18' 48 | 101 | 1.85 | B3 V | Blue Main Seq | ||
Theta Ursae Majoris | 9h 32' 51.3 +51� 40' 38 | 44 | 3.17 | F6IV | White Sub Giant | ||
26 Ursae Majoris | 9h 34' 49.4 +52� 3' 5 | 270 | 4.47 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Talitha
Arabic: "third leap" Iota Ursae Majoris
| 8h 59' 12.4 +48� 2' 30 | 48 | 3.12 | A7 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | Third Leap of the Gazelle | |
Kappa Ursae Majoris | 9h 3' 37.5 +47� 9' 24 | 423 | 3.57 | A1V(i+) | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Tania
Borealis "northern second leap" Lambda Ursae Majoris
| 10h 17' 5.7 +42� 54' 52 | 134 | 3.45 | A2IV | Blue White Sub Giant | Second Leap of the Gazelle | |
Tania
Australis "southern second leap" Mu Ursae Majoris
| 10h 22' 19.7 +41� 29' 58 | 250 | 3.06 | M0III | Red Giant | ||
Alula Borealis
"northern second leap" Nu Ursae Majoris
| 11h 18' 28.7 +33� 5' 39 | 420 | 3.49 | K3III | Orange Giant | First Leap of the Gazelle | |
Xi 1 Ursae Majoris
Alula Australis "southern second leap"
Xi 2 Ursae Majoris
| 11h 18' 10.9 +31� 31' 45 | 25.8 | 4.41 4.87 | G0V G0V | Yellow Main Sequence Binary | ||
Muscida
Latin: "muzzle" Omicron Ursae Majoris
| 8h 30' 15.8 +60� 43' 5 | 184 | 3.35 | G4II-III | Yellow Bright Giant | ||
Pi 1 Ursae Majoris | 8h 39' 11.7 +65� 1' 15 | 47 | 5.63 | G1.5V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
Pi 2 Ursae Majoris | 8h 40' 12.9 +64� 19' 41 | 250 | 4.59 | K2III | Orange Giant | ||
Rho Ursae Majoris | 9h 2' 32.7 +67� 37' 47 | 290 | 4.74 | M3III | Red Giant | ||
Sigma 1 Ursae Majoris | 9h 8' 23.5 +66� 52' 24 | 500 | 5.15 | K5III | Orange Giant | ||
Sigma 2A Sigma 2B Ursae Majoris | 9h 10' 23.1 +67� 8' 4 | 67 | 4.92 8.85 | F6IV K | White Sub Giant Orange Dwarf | ||
Tau Ursae Majoris | 9h 10' 55 +63� 30' 49 | 122 | 4.67 | A | Blue White Dwarf | ||
Upsilon Ursae Majoris | 9h 50' 59.3 +59� 2' 19 | 115 | 3.78 | F2IV | White Sub Giant | ||
Phi 1 Ursae Majoris Phi 2 Ursae Majoris | 9h 52' 6.3 +54� 3' 51 | 440 | 5.28 5.39 | A3IV A3IV | Blue White Sub Giant Binary | ||
Chi Ursae Majoris | 11h 46' 3 +47� 46' 46 | 196 | 3.69 | K2III | Orange Giant | ||
Psi Ursae Majoris | 11h 9' 39.7 +44� 29' 54 | 147 | 3.0 | K1III | Orange Giant | ||
Omega Ursae Majoris | 10h 53' 58.7 +43� 11' 24 | 270 | 4.66 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
15 Ursae Majoris | 9h 8' 52.2 +51� 36' 16 | 95 | 4.46 | A | Blue White Dwarf | ||
16 Ursae Majoris | 9h 14' 20.6 +61� 25' 24 | 64 | 5.18 | F9V | White Main Sequence | ||
23 Ursae Majoris | 9h 31' 31.7 +63� 3' 43 | 76 | 3.65 | F0IV | White Sub Giant | ||
36 Ursae Majoris | 10h 30' 37.5 +55� 58' 50 | 42 | 4.82 | F8V | White Main Sequence | ||
37 Ursae Majoris | 10h 35' 9.6 +57� 4' 57 | 86 | 5.16 | F1V | White Main Sequence | ||
61 Ursae Majoris | 11h 41' 2.9 +34� 12' 5 | 31 | 5.31 | G8V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
78A Ursae Majoris 78B Ursae Majoris | 13h 0' 43.7 +56� 21' 59 | 81 | 5.07 8.16 | F2V K | White Main Seq Orange Dwarf | ||
L21185
Ursae Majoris | 11h 3' 20.2 +35� 58' 13 | 8.3 | 7.49 | M2V | Red Main Sequence |
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Ursa Minor | ER sa MY nor | Lesser Bear - Little Dipper | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
� . . '. .�` | Polaris
aka: The Lodestar
Stella Maris, Cynosure and The Star of the Sea The North Star Alpha Ursae Minoris
| 2h 31' 50.5 +89� 15' 51 | 430 | 1.97 9
| F7 Ib-II F3 V | White Supergiant White Main Seq. | Closest to Pole in 2105 Cephid Variable (4 days) - 49th Brightest star - "The Engagement Ring" ring of 7-8 mag stars just south of Polaris |
Kochab
Arabic derv.: "wood" Beta Ursae Minoris
| 14h 50' 42.2 +74� 9' 20 | 126 | 2.07 | K4 III | Orange Giant | front top of the cup of The Little Dipper | |
Pherkad
Arabic: "two calves" Gamma Ursae Minoris
| 15h 20' 43.6 +71� 50' 2 | 480 | 3.0 | A3 II-III | Blue White Bright Giant | front bottom of the cup of The Little Dipper Unrelated Companion | |
11 Ursae Minoris | 15h 17' 5.8 +71� 49' 26 | 390 | 5.02 | K4III | Orange Giant | ||
Yildun
Turkish - "star" Delta Ursae Minoris
| 17h 32' 12.5 +86� 35' 11 | 183 | 4.35 | A1 V | Blue White Main Sequence | adjacent to Polaris in the handle of The Little Dipper | |
Epsilon Ursae Minoris | 16h 45' 57.8 +82� 2' 14 | 345 | 4.21 | G5 III | Yellow Giant | in the handle of The Little Dipper adjacent to the cup | |
Zeta Ursae Minoris | 15h 44' 3.3 +77� 47' 40 | 375 | 4.29 | A3 V | Blue White Main Sequence | where the handle meets the cup of The Little Dipper | |
Theta Ursae Minoris | 15h 31' 24.7 +77� 20' 57 | 830 | 5.0 | K5III | Orange Giant | ||
Eta Ursae Minoris | 16h 17' 30.2 +75� 45' 19 | 97 | 4.95 | F5V | White Main Sequence | - unrelated pair - bottom of the cup underneath the handle of The Little Dipper | |
19 Ursae Minoris | 16h 10' 49.3 +75� 52' 39 | 670 | 5.48 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
5 Ursae Minoris | 14h 27' 31.4 +75� 41' 45 | 345 | 4.25 | K4III | Orange Giant | ||
Lambda Ursae Minoris | 17h 16' 56 +89� 2' 15 | 875 | 5.31 | M1III | Red Giant | ||
PUMA
Pi 1A
Pi 1B
Pi 2 Ursae Minoris
| 15h 29' 15.6 +80� 26' 50 | 72 | 6.57 | G0IV-V G8IV-V | Binary of Yellow Sub Giants | ||
15h 29' 28.3 +80� 26' 55 | 71 | 7.30 | G5 | Yellow Main Sequence | |||
Pi 2 Ursae
Minoris | 15h 39' 38.6 +79� 59' 0 | 380 | 6.89 | F2V+F | Binary of White Main Sequence |
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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 | ||
Giansar Lambda Draconis
| 11h 31' 24.2 +69� 19' 52 | 330 | 3.82 | M0 III | Red Giant | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
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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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 | |
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 | ||||
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 | ||
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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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 | ||
� | 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 | ||
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 | |||||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||
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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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 | ||
| 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 | ||
AR Lacertae | 22h 8' 40.9 +45� 44' 31 | 137 | 6.11 | G2IV K0III | Yellow Sub Giant Orange 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 | ||
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 | ||
Delta A
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |||
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 | |||||
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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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 | ||
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 | ||
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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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 | ||
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 | ||
56 Andromedae
| 1h 56' 9.3" +37� 15' 6" | 320 | 6 + 6 | G8 III | 2 Yellow Giants | ||
GX, GQ Andy
GROOMBRIDGE 34 AB
| 0h 18' 22.9 +44� 1' 23 | 11.63 | . | . | Red Dwarf Binary |
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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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Epsilon Persei | 3h 57' 51.2 +40� 0' 37 | 540 | 2.90 3 + 8
| B0.5V A2V | Blue Main Seq. Blue White MS | ||
* | Atik
"collarbone" Zeta Persei
| 3h 54' 7.9 +31� 53' 1 | 980 | 2.84 9
| B1Ib | Blue Supergiant | faint companion |
* | Eta Persei | 2h 50' 41.8 +55� 53' 44 | 1300 | 3.77 9
| M3Ib-II | Red Supergiant | faint Blue companion |
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 | ||
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 | ||
V468
53 Persei
| 4h 21' 33.1 +46� 29' 56 | 460 | 4.80 | B4IV | Blue Sub 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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Auriga | or EE gah | The Charioteer | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
* | 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 |
� | 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 | ||
*..* | 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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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 | ||
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 |