SPACEDOG - The Zodiac

The Zodiac

SPACEDOG - Aries


	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
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
Botein Delta Arietis	3h 11' 37.7 +19� 43' 36	168	4.35	K2III	Orange Giant
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
S 326 A S 326 B	2h 55' 39 +26� 52' 25	75	7.5 10	K2 V K7 V	2 Orange Main Sequences

SPACEDOG - Taurus


		Taurus				TOR us	The Bull
	Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
*	Aldebaran al DEB er on "the follower" Alpha Tauri	4h 35' 55.2 +16� 30' 33	65	0.87 13	K5 III	Orange Red Giant 1 Faint Companion	Adjacent to but not part of The Hyades
	El Nath "the butting one" Beta Tauri	5h 26' 17.5 +28� 36' 27	131	1.65	B7 III	Blue Giant	Often Considered part of Auriga Tip of Northern Horn
	Zeta Tauri	5h 37' 38.6 +21� 8' 33	420	2.97	B4III	Blue Giant	Tip of Southern Horn
	Lambda Tauri	4h 0' 40.8 +12� 29' 25	370	3.41	B3V A4IV	Blue Main Seq Blue White Sub Giant
	Mu Tauri	4h 15' 32 +8� 53' 32	430	4.27	B3IV	Blue Sub Giant
	Nu Tauri	4h 3' 9.3 +5� 59' 22	129	3.01	A1V	Blue White Main Sequence
	Psi Tauri	4h 7' 0.4 +29� 0' 5	90	5.21	F1V	White Main Sequence
	5 Tauri	3h 30' 52.3 +12� 56' 12	360	4.14	K0II-III	Orange Bright Giant
	10 Tauri	3h 36' 52.3 +0� 24' 6	45	4.29	F9V	White Main Sequence
	39 Tauri	4h 5' 20.2 +22� 0' 32	55	5.90	G5V	Yellow Main Sequence
	104 Tauri	5h 7' 27 +18� 38' 42	52	4.91	G4V	Yellow Main Sequence
	111 Tauri	5h 24' 25.4 +17� 23' 0	48	5.0	F8V	White Main Sequence
		The Hyades				HIGH uh deez	The Nymphs
	Gamma Tauri	4h 19' 47.5 +15� 37' 39	154	3.65	G8III	Yellow Giant	Vertex of the V of the Hyades
	Dela 1 Tauri Dela 2 Tauri Dela 3 Tauri	4h 22' 56 +17� 32' 33	153	3.77	G8III	Yellow Giant
		4h 24' 5.7 +17� 26' 38	148	4.80	A7V	Blue White Main Sequence
		4h 25' 29.3 +17� 55' 41	148	4.30	A2IV	Blue White Sub Giant
	Ain "bull's eye" Epsilon Tauri	4h 28' 36.9 +19� 10' 49	155	3.53	K0 III	Orange Giant	Opposite Aldebaran in the V of Hyades
	Theta 1 Tauri	4h 28' 34.4 +15� 57' 44	158	3.84	G7III	Yellow Giant	possible wide orbital binary
	Theta 2 Tauri	4h 28' 39.7 +15� 52' 15	149	3.40	A7III	Blue White Giant	possible wide orbital binary
	Sigma 1 Tauri Sigma 1 Tauri	4h 39' 9.2 +15� 47' 59	152	5.08	A4	Blue White Main Sequence
	Sigma 1 Tauri Sigma 1 Tauri	4h 39' 16.4 +15� 55' 5	159	4.67	A5V	Blue White Main Sequence
	Pi Tauri	4h 26' 36.4 +14� 42' 49	450	4.69	G7III	Yellow Giant
		The Pleiades				PLEE uh deez	The 7 Sisters
	Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
	Alcyone Eta Tauri	3h 47' 29 +24� 6' 18	370	2.85	B7III	Blue Giant	Brightest star of the Pleiades
	Celaeno 16 Tauri	3h 44' 48.1 +24� 17' 22	370	5.45	B7IV	Blue Sub Giant	M 45 Stellar Nursery about 415 ly away an excellent example of how some stars are likely formed and one of the most beautiful naked eye objects in the sky. Appearing as a Tiny Dipper, most people can make out five or six, but it actually contains hundreds of baby stars 9 of which are named - the Seven Sisters and their parents - from Greek Mythology. The entire cluster is enveloped in a faint blue nebulosity, the remains of the cloud from which they formed.
	Electra 17 Tauri	3h 44' 52.5 +24� 6' 48	330	3.72	B6III	Blue Giant
	18 Tauri	3h 45' 9.7 +24� 50' 21	370	5.66	B8V	Blue Main Sequence
	Taygeta 19 Tauri	3h 45' 12.4 +24� 28' 2	370	4.30	B6V	Blue Main Sequence
	Maia 20 Tauri	3h 45' 49.5 +24� 22' 4	360	3.87	B8III	Blue Giant
	Asterope 21 Tauri	3h 45' 54.3 +24� 33' 17	390	5.76	B8V	Blue Main Sequence
	22 Tauri	3h 46' 2.8 +24� 31' 41	350	6.43	A0V	Blue Main Sequence
	Merope 23 Tauri	3h 46' 19.5 +23� 56' 54	360	4.18	B6IV	Blue Sub Giant
	Atlas The Father 27 Tauri	3h 49' 9.7 +24� 3' 12	380	3.62	B8III	Blue Giant
	Pleione The Mother BU (28) Tauri	3h 49' 11.1 +24' 8' 12	390	5.05	B8V	Blue Main Sequence

SPACEDOG - Gemini


		Gemini				GEM in eye	The Twins
	Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
	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	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
	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
�	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

SPACEDOG - Cancer


	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
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
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
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
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

SPACEDOG - Leo


		Leo				LEE oh	The Lion
	Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
�	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
	Gamma 1 Leonis Algieba "the forehead" Gamma 2 Leonis	10h 19' 58.3 +19� 50' 30	126	2.49	K0 III	Orange Giant
	Gamma 1 Leonis Algieba "the forehead" Gamma 2 Leonis	10h 19' 58.6 +19� 50' 25	126	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
	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
	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
	Alterf Lambda Leonis	9h 31' 43.1 +22� 58' 4	340	4.32	K5 III	Orange Giant
	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
	54 A Leonis 54 B Leonis	10h 55' 36.7 +24� 44' 59	330	4.49	A1V	Blue White Main Sequence
	54 A Leonis 54 B Leonis	10h 55' 37.2 +24� 44' 56	330	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
	83 A Leonis 83 B Leonis	11h 26' 45.3 +3� 0' 47	58	6.63	K0 IV	Orange Sub Giant
	83 A Leonis 83 B Leonis	11h 26' 46.3 +3� 0' 21	58	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

SPACEDOG - Libra


	Libra				LEE bra	The Scales
Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
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	77	2.75	A3 IV	Blue White Sub Giant	Possible Wide Orbital Binary - right on Ecliptic -
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
Ga Librae Gb Librae	14h 57' 28 -21� 24' 56	19.3	5.74	K4V	Orange Main Sequence
Ga Librae Gb Librae	14h 57' 28 -21� 24' 56	19.3	8.18	K9V	Orange Main Sequence

SPACEDOG - Virgo


	Virgo				VIR go	The Maiden
Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
Spica Latin: "ear of wheat" Alpha Virginis	13h 25' 11.5 -11� 9' 41	260	0.98v	B1III-IV B2V	Binary of Blue Giant and Blue Main Seq	almost exactly on the Ecliptic
Zavijava Arabic: "angle" Beta Virginis	11h 50' 41.6 +1� 45' 53	36	3.59	F9 V	White Main Sequence
Porrima named after the Roman Goddess of Prophecy Gamma 1 Virginis Gamma 2 Virginis	12h 41' 39.5 -1� 26' 58	39	2.8 3.55 + 3.6	F0V F0V	White Main Sequence Binary	Close Orbital Binary 172 year cycle
Delta Virginis	12h 55' 36.1 +3� 23' 51	200	3.39	M3 III	Red Giant
Vindemiatrix Latin: "grape gatherer" Epsilon Virginis	13h 2' 10.5 +10� 57' 33	102	2.85	G8 III	Yellow Giant
Zeta Virginis	13h 34' 41.5 -0� 35' 46	73	3.38	A3V	Blue Main Sequence
Zaniah Arabic: "angle" Eta Virginis	12h 19' 54.3 -0� 40' 0	250	3.89	A2IV	Blue White Sub Giant
Theta Virginis	13h 9' 56.9 -5� 32' 20	410	4.38	A1IVs Am	Blue White Sub Giant Main Sequence
Syrma Greek: "train of a dress" Iota Virginis	14h 16' 0.8 -6� 0' 2	70	4.07	F7V	White Main Sequence
Mu Virginis	14h 43' 3.5 -5� 39' 30	61	3.87	F2III	White Giant
17 Virginis	12h 22' 32 +5� 18' 20	97	6.40	F8V	White Main Sequence
48A Virginis 48B Virginis	13h 3' 54.3 -3� 39' 48	106	7.25 7.61	F0V F4V	Binary of White Main Sequence
59 Virginis	13h 16' 46.4 +9� 25' 27	59	5.19	G0V	Yellow Main Sequence
61 Virginis	13h 18' 24.2 -18� 18' 41	27.8	4.74	G6V	Yellow Main Sequence
66 Virginis	13h 24' 33.2 -5� 9' 50	98	5.76	F3V	White Main Sequence
70 Virginis	13h 28' 25.7 +13� 46' 43	59	4.97	G5V	Yellow Main Sequence

SPACEDOG - Scorpius


	Scorpius				SCORE pee us	The Scorpion
Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
Alpha 1 Scorpii Antares "rival of Mars" Alpha 2 Scorpii	16h 29' 24.4 -26� 25' 55	600	1.06	M1.5Iab-Ib	Red Supergiant Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary	faint Blue Alpha 2 appears green in contrast to bright Red Alpha 1
Alpha 1 Scorpii Antares "rival of Mars" Alpha 2 Scorpii	16h 29' 24.4 -26� 25' 55	600	5.4	B3V	Red Supergiant Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary
Graffias "claws" Beta 1 Scorpii Beta 2 Scorpii Acrab "scorpion"	16h 5' 26.1 -19� 48' 19	530	2.59	B1V B2V	Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary
	16h 5' 26.4 -19� 48' 7	530	4.92	B1V B2V	Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary
Dschubba Arabic: "forehead" Delta Scorpii	16h 0' 19.9 -22� 37' 18	400	2.29	B2IV	Blue Sub Giant	marks the head of the Scorpion
Epsilon Scorpii	16h 50' 9.7 -34� 17' 36	65	2.28	K2III	Orange Giant
Zeta 1 Scorpii Zeta 2 Scorpii	16h 53' 59.6 -42� 21' 43	2150s	4.70	B1Ia	Blue Supergiant
Zeta 1 Scorpii Zeta 2 Scorpii	16h 54' 34.9 -42� 21' 41	150	3.62	K4III	Orange Giant
Eta Scorpii	17h 12' 9.1 -43� 14' 21	72	3.32	F3IV	White Sub Giant
Sargas Theta Scorpii Girtab "scorpion" both Sumerian	17h 37' 19 -42� 59' 52	270	1.86	F1II	White Bright Giant
Iota 1 Scorpii Iota 2 Scorpii	17h 47' 35 -40� 7' 37	1800	2.99	F2Ia	White Supergiant
Iota 1 Scorpii Iota 2 Scorpii	17h 50' 11 -40� 5' 26	3700	4.81	A6Ib	Blue White Supergiant
Kappa Scorpii	17h 42' 29.1 -39� 1' 48	460	2.39	B1.5III	Blue Giant
Shaula Arabic: "the stinger" Lambda Scorpii	17h 33' 36.4 -37� 6' 13	700	1.62	B1.5IV	Blue Sub Giant	"The Spot" named for blurry area formed by Shaula and Lesath (Upsilon and Lambda) together mark the tail of the Scorpion
Lesath Latin x Arabic: "spot" Upsilon Scorpii	17h 30' 45.7 -37� 17' 45	520	2.70	B2IV	Blue Sub Giant
Al Niyat Arabic: "arteries" Sigma Scorpii	16h 21' 11.2 -25� 35' 34	730	2.90	B2III O9.5V	Blue Giant & Blue Main Seq	The name Al Niyat originally applied to both Sigma and Tau - on either side of Antares, "the heart"
Tau Scorpii	16h 35' 52.9 -28� 12' 58	430	2.82	B0V	Blue Main Sequence
Mu 1 Scorpii Mu 2 Scorpii	16h 51' 52.1 -38� 2 51	820	3.0	B1.5V B6.5V	Blue Main Seq. Binary
Mu 1 Scorpii Mu 2 Scorpii	16h 52' 20 -38� 1' 3	520	3.56	B2IV	Blue Sub Giant
Nu 1 Scorpii Nu 2 Scorpii	16h 11' 59.6 -19� 27' 38	440	4.00	B3V	Blue Main Sequence
Nu 1 Scorpii Nu 2 Scorpii	16h 11' 58.5 -19� 26' 59	920s	6.55	B8V B9V	Binary of Blue Main Sequence
Xi 1 Scorpii Xi 2 Scorpii	16h 4' 22 -11� 22' 23	91	4.8 5.1	F4IV F6IV	Binary of White Sub Giants
Omicron Scorpii	16h 20' 38.1 -24� 10' 10	1200	4.55	A5II	Blue White Bright Giant
Pi Scorpii	15h 58' 51 -26� 6' 51	460	2.89	B1V B2V	Binary of Blue Main Sequence
Rho Scorpii	15h 56' 53 -29� 12' 50	410	3.87	B2IV-V	Blue Sub Giant
Chi Scorpii	16h 13' 50.7 -11� 50' 16	440	5.24	K3III	Orange Giant
Psi Scorpii	16h 11' 59.9 -10� 3' 51	165	4.93	A3IV	Blue White Sub Giant
Omega 1 Scorpii	16h 6' 48.3 -20� 40' 9	420	3.93	B1V	Blue Main Sequence
Omega 2 Scorpii	16h 7' 24.2 -20� 52' 7	260	4.31	G6/G8III	Yellow Giant
V927 Scorpii	15h 54' 39.4 -25� 14 37	460	5.87	B8III/IV	Blue Sub Giant
18 Scorpii	16h 15' 37.1 -8� 22' 11	46	5.49	G1V	Yellow Main Sequence
G Scorpii	17h 49' 51.5 -37� 2' 36	127	3.19	K0/K1III	Orange Giant
Q Scorpii	17h 36' 32.8 -38� 38' 7	144	4.26	G8/K0III-IV	Yellow Orange Sub Giant
d Scorpii	16h 18' 17.9 -28� 36' 51	140	4.80	A0V	Blue Main Sequence

SPACEDOG - Sagittarius


	Sagittarius				SA jit TARE ee uss	The Archer
Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
Rukbat RUKE bot Arabic: "knee" Alpha Sagittarii	19h 23' 53 -40� 36' 58	170	3.96	B8V	Blue Main Sequence	featured in the Dragonriders of Pern series of sci-fi books
Beta 1 Sagittarii Arkab Arabic: "Achilles tendon" Beta 2 Sagittarii	19h 22' 38.2 -44� 27' 32	380	3.96 4.27	B9V F2III	Blue Main Seq White Giant
	19h 23' 13.1 -44� 47' 59	139	3.96 4.27	B9V F2III	Blue Main Seq White Giant
Alnasl Arabic: "the point" Gamma Sagittarii	18h 5' 48.4 -30� 25' 27	96	2.98	K0III	Orange Giant
Kaus Media aka Kaus Meridionalis Arb. "bow" + Lat. "middle" Delta Sagittarii	18h 20' 59.6 -29� 49' 41	310	2.72	K3III	Orange Giant
Kaus Australis "southern star of the bow" Epsilon Sagittarii	18h 24' 10.3 -34� 23' 5	145	1.79	B9.5III	Blue Giant
Zeta 1 Sagittarii Ascella Zeta 2 Sagittarii	19h 2' 36.6 -29� 52' 49	89	3.27 3.48	A2III A4IV	Blue White Giant Blue White Sub Giant
Eta Sagittarii	18h 17' 37.5 -36� 45' 42	149	3.10	M2III	Red Giant
Theta 1 Sagittarii Theta 2 Sagittarii	19h 59' 44.1 -35� 16' 35	620	4.37	B2.5IV A4/A5IV	Blue Sub Giant Blue White Sub Giant
Theta 1 Sagittarii Theta 2 Sagittarii	19h 59' 51.2 -34� 41' 53	157	5.30	B2.5IV A4/A5IV	Blue Sub Giant Blue White Sub Giant
Alshain Iota Sagittarii	19h 55' 15.5 -41� 52' 6	189	4.12	K0III	Orange Giant
Kappa 1 Sagittarii Kappa 2 Sagittarii	20h 22' 27.4 -42� 2' 59	240	5.60 5.64	A0V A3V	Blue White Main Sequence Optical Binary
Kappa 1 Sagittarii Kappa 2 Sagittarii	20h 23' 53.1 -42� 25' 23	370	5.60 5.64	A0V A3V	Blue White Main Sequence Optical Binary
Kaus Borealis "northern star of the bow" Lambda Sagittarii	18h 27' 58.1 -25� 25' 18	77	2.82	K1III	Orange Giant
Mu Sagittarii	18h 13' 45.7 -21� 3' 32	3200s	3.84	B8Ia	Blue Supergiant
Nu 1 Sagittarii Nu 2 Sagittarii	18h 54' 10.1 -22� 44' 42	1850	4.86 5.00	K2II K2Ib-II(i-)	Orange Bright Giant Orange Supergiant
Nu 1 Sagittarii Nu 2 Sagittarii	18h 55' 7 -22� 40' 17	270	4.86 5.00	K2II K2Ib-II(i-)	Orange Bright Giant Orange Supergiant
Xi 1 Sagittarii Xi 2 Sagittarii	18h 57' 20.4 -20� 39' 23	5000	5.02	B9.5Ib	Blue Supergiant
Xi 1 Sagittarii Xi 2 Sagittarii	18h 57' 43.7 -21� 6' 24	370	3.52	G8/K0II-III	Orange Yellow Bright Giant
Omicron Sagittarii	19h 4' 40.9 -21� 44' 30	139	3.76	K0III	Orange Giant
Pi Sagittarii	19h 9' 45.7 -21� 1' 25	440	2.88	F2II-III	White Bright Giant
Rho 1 Sagittarii Rho 2 Sagittarii	19h 21' 40.3 -17� 50' 50	122	3.92	F0III-IV K0III	White Sub Giant Orange Giant
Rho 1 Sagittarii Rho 2 Sagittarii	19h 21' 50.8 -18� 18' 30	360	5.84	F0III-IV K0III	White Sub Giant Orange Giant
Nunki Babylonian proper name Sigma Sagittarii	18h 55' 15.8 -26� 17' 48	220	2.05	B2.5V	Blue Main Sequence	thought by Babylonians to be heavenly counterpart to their city, Eridu sacred to the god Ea
Tau Sagittarii	19h 6' 56.3 -27� 40' 14	120	3.32	K1/K2III	Orange Giant
Upsilon Sagittarii	19h 21' 43.5 -15� 57' 18	1670	4.52	A2Ia B2V	Blue White Supergiant Blue Main Seq
Phi Sagittarii	18h 45' 39.3 -26� 59' 27	230	3.17	B8III	Blue Giant
Chi 1 Sagittarii Chi 2 Sagittarii	19h 25' 16.4 -24� 30' 31	220 510	5.02 5.45	A K3III	Blue White Dwarf Orange Giant
Chi 1 Sagittarii Chi 2 Sagittarii	19h 25' 29.6 -23� 57' 44	220 510	5.02 5.45	A K3III	Blue White Dwarf Orange Giant
Psi Sagittarii	19h 15' 32.3 -25� 15' 24	330	4.86	K0/K1III A2V	Orange Giant Blue White Main Seq
Omega Sagittarii	19h 55' 50.3 -26� 17' 58	78	4.70	G3/G5III(i-)	Yellow Giant
X Sagittarii	17h 47' 33.5 -27� 49' 51	1080	4.22	F7II	White Supergiant	Cephid Variable ( 4.3 - 5.0 ) 7 days, 14 hrs
W Sagittarii	18h 5' 1.3 -29� 34' 48	2100	4.28	G0Ib-II	Yellow Bright Giant	Cephid Variable ( 4.3 - 4.9 ) 7 days

SPACEDOG - Capricorn


		Capricorn				cap ri CORN us	The Sea Goat
	Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
�	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
�		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
		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
	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
	Omicron 1 Cap Omicron 2 Cap	20h 29' 52.4 -18� 35' 12	240	7	A7 V	Blue White Main Sequence Orbital Binary
	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
	42 Capricorni	21h 41' 32.8 14� 2' 51	106	5.16	G1 V G0 V	Yellow Binary Main Sequence

SPACEDOG - Aquarius


	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
Zeta 1 Zeta Aquarii Zeta 2	22h 28' 50 -0� 1' 13	103	3	F3 III	White Giant
Zeta 1 Zeta Aquarii Zeta 2	22h 28' 50 -0� 1' 12	103	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
53 A 53 Aquarii 53 B	22h 26' 34 -16� 44' 29	65	6	G3 V	Yellow Main Sequence
53 A 53 Aquarii 53 B	22h 26 35 -16� 44' 33	65	6	G2 V	Yellow Main Sequence
94 Aquarii	23h 19' 7 -13� 27' 32	68	5	G5 IV	Yellow Sub Giant
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"

SPACEDOG - Pisces


	Pisces				PIE sees	The Fishes
Star Name	Coords.	Dist.(ly)	Mag.	Spect.	Type of Star	Features, etc.
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
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
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
Zeta 1 Zeta Piscium Zeta 2	1h 13' 45.2 +7� 34' 42	148	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
Torcularis Septentrionalis Omicron Piscium	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
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
Psi 1A Piscium Psi 1B Piscium	1h 5' 41.6 +21� 27' 56	240	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
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
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
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
65A 65 Piscium 65B	0h 49' 53.5 +27� 42' 35	350	6.40	F5III	White Giants
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
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
77A 77 Piscium 77B	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
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