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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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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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
* | 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 | ||
� | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 |
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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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Bootes | bo OH teez | The Herdsman | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
15h 24' 31 +37� 20' 51 | 122 | 7.1 7.7 | G1 V G2 V | Yellow Binary Main Sequence | |||
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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 |
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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. | |
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 |
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 | ||
Mu Canis Majoris | 6h 56' 6 -14� 2' 37 | 910 | 5 | G5III A2 | Yellow Giant Blue White MS | ||
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. | |
� | 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. | |
� |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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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Centaurus | sen TAR us | The Centaur | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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 | |
� | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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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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 | ||
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 | ||
Epsilon Ceti | 2h 39' 33.7 -11� 52' 20 | 88 | 4.83 | F5 V F6 V | Binary White Main Sequence | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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. | |
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 | ||
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. | |
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. | |
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 | ||
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 | ||||
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 | ||
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. | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
� | 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. | |
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. | |
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 | |
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 | ||
� | 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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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 | ||
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 | ||
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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Equuleus | eh KWOO lee us | The Little Horse | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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 | ||
Delta Equulei | 21h 14' 28.8 +10� 0' 25 | 60 | 4.47 | F5 V G0 V | White + Yellow Main Sequence | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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. | |
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 | ||
� | 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 | ||
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. | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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. | |
Alphard
"the solitary one"
Alpha Hydrae
| 9h 27' 35.2 -8� 39' 31 | 177 | 2 | K3 II-III | Orange Giant | ||
� | 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 | ||
** | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
| 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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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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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. | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Omicron Lupi | 14h 51' 38.3 -43� 34' 31 | 410 | 4.32 | B5 IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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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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. | |
� | 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 | ||
� | Beta
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 | ||
� | 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 | ||
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 | ||
� | 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 | ||
� | 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. | |
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 | ||
� | 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 | ||
* | 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. | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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. | |
*..*. | 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 |
. .. | 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |||||
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 | ||
Saiph
Kappa Orionis
| 5h 47' 45.3 -9� 40' 11 | 720 | 2.07 | B0.5Ia | Blue Supergiant | ||
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 | ||
Pi 4 Orionis | 4h 51' 12.3 +5� 36' 18 | 1300 | 3.68 | B2III B2IV | Blue Giant and Blue Main Sequence | ||
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. | |
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 | ||
* | 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 | |
* � | 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 | |
* * | 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 | ||
* | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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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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" | |
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 | ||
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. | |
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 | ||
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. | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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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Pisces Austrinus | PIE sees awes TREE nuss | The Southern Fish | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Fomalhaut
"fish's mouth" Alpha Pisces Austrini
| 22h 57' 39.0 -29� 37' 20 | 25 | 1.17 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | - among brightest -
only 1st mag star in this part of the sky | |
Beta Pisces Austrini | 22h 31' 30.3 -32� 20' 46 | 148 | 4.29 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Gamma Pisces Austrini | 22h 52' 31.5 -32� 52' 32 | 220 | 4.46 | A0III | Blue White Giant | ||
Delta Pisces Austrini | 22h 55' 56.8 -32� 32' 23 | 170 | 4.20 | G8III | Yellow Giant | ||
Epsilon Pisces Austrini | 22h 40' 39.3 -27� 2' 37 | 740 | 4.18 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Zeta Pisces Austrini | 22h 30' 53.6 -26� 4' 25 | 400 | 6.43 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Eta Pisces Austrini | 22h 0' 50.1 -28� 27' 13 | 1000 | 5.43 | B8/B9V+ | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Theta Pisces Austrini | 21h 47' 44.1 -30� 53' 54 | 340 | 5.02 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Iota Pisces Austrini | 21h 44' 56.7 -33� 1' 33 | 200 | 4.35 | B9.5V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Lambda Pisces Austrini | 22h 14' 18.7 -27� 46' 1 | 510 | 5.45 | B7V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Mu Pisces Austrini | 22h 8' 22.9 -32� 59' 19 | 130 | 4.50 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Pi Pisces Austrini | 23h 3' 29.7 -34� 44' 58 | 93 | 5.12 | F0V F3V | Binary White Main Sequence | ||
Tau Pisces Austrini | 22h 10' 8.7 -32� 32' 55 | 61 | 4.94 | F6V | White Main Sequence | ||
Upsilon Pisces Austrini | 22h 8' 25.9 -34� 2' 38 | 530 | 4.99 | K4III | Orange Giant |
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Puppis | PUP iss | The Stern, or Poop Deck | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Naos
Greek: "ship" Zeta Puppis
| 8h 3' 35 -40� 0' 11 | 1400 | 2.21 | O5I | Blue Supergiant |
one of the hottest and most luminous stars in the Milky Way galaxy - 60,000 times the sun - | |
Nu Puppis | 6h 37' 45.6 -43� 11' 45 | 420 | 3.17 | B8III | Blue Giant | ||
Xi Puppis | 7h 49' 17.6 -24� 51' 35 | 1350 | 3.34 | G6Ib | Yellow Supergiant | ||
Omicron Puppis | 7h 48' 5.1 -25� 56' 14 | 2500 | 4.40 | B1IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Pi Puppis | 7h 17' 8.5 -37� 5' 51 | 1100 | 2.71 | K3Ib | Orange Supergiant | ||
Tureis
Arabic: "little shield" Rho Puppis
| 8h 7' 32.6 -24� 18' 15 | 63 | 2.83 | F6II | White Bright Giant | ||
Sigma Puppis | 7h 29' 13.8 -43� 18' 5 | 184 | 3.25 | K5III | Orange Giant | ||
Tau Puppis | 6h 49' 56.1 -50� 36' 53 | 183 | 2.94 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
2A Puppis
PU Puppies
2B Puppis
| 7h 45' 29 -14� 41' 27 | 400 | 6.10 6.97 | A2V A8V | Blue White Main Sequence Binary | ||
7h 45' 28.6 -14� 41' 10 | |||||||
5 Puppis | 7h 47' 56.6 -12� 11' 35 | 99 | 5.48 | F5V | White Main Sequence | ||
9 Puppis | 7h 51' 46.2 -13� 53' 53 | 54 | 5.16 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
18 Puppis | 8h 10' 39.8 -13� 47' 57 | 73 | 5.53 | F7V | White Main Sequence | ||
n1 Puppis n2 Puppis | 7h 34' 18.6 -23� 28' 25 | 95 | 5.89 5.94 | F4V F6V | White Main Sequence Binary | ||
7h 34' 19.1 -23� 28' 29 | |||||||
q Puppis | 8h 18' 33.3 -36� 39' 34 | 93 | 4.44 | A4 | Blue White Dwarf |
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Pyxis | PIX iss | The Compass | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Pyxidis | 8h 43' 35.5 -33� 11' 11 | 840 | 3.68 | B1.5III | Blue Giant | ||
Beta Pyxidis | 8h 40' 6.2 -35� 18' 29 | 390 | 3.97 | G5II-III | Yellow Bright Giant | ||
Gamma Pyxidis | 8h 50' 31.9 -27� 42' 36 | 210 | 4.02 | K3III | Orange Giant | ||
Delta Pyxidis | 8h 55' 31.5 -27� 40' 55 | 230 | 4.87 | A3IV | Blue White Sub Siant | ||
Epsilon Pyxidis | 9h 9' 56.4 -30� 21' 55 | 210 | 5.59 | A4IV | Blue White Sub Siant | ||
Zeta Pyxidis | 8h 39' 42.5 -29� 33' 40 | 240 | 4.86 | G5III | Yellow Giant | ||
Eta Pyxidis | 8h 37' 52.1 -26� 15' 18 | 240 | 5.24 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Theta Pyxidis | 9h 21' 29.6 -25� 57' 56 | 520 | 4.71 | M0III | Red Giant | ||
Kappa Pyxidis | 9h 8' 2.8 -25� 51' 30 | 490 | 4.62 | K4/K5III | Orange Giant | ||
Lambda Pyxidis | 9h 23' 12.1 -28� 50' 2 | 182 | 4.71 | G8III | Yellow Giant |
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Reticulum | reh TICK you lum | The Net | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Reticuli | 4h 14' 25.5 -62� 28' 26 | 163 | 3.33 | G7III | Yellow Giant | ||
Beta Reticuli | 3h 44' 12 -64� 48' 26 | 100 | 3.84 | K0IV | Orange Sub Giant | ||
Gamma Reticuli | 4h 0' 53.8 -62� 9' 34 | 490 | 4.48 | M4III | Red Giant | ||
Delta Reticuli | 3h 58' 44.7 -61� 24' 1 | 530 | 4.56 | M2III | Red Giant | ||
Epsilon Reticuli | 4h 16' 28.9 -59� 18' 7 | 59 | 4.44 | K2IV | Orange Sub Giant | ||
Zeta 1 Reticuli
Zeta Reticuli
Zeta 2 Reticuli
| 3h 17' 46.1 -62� 34' 32 | 40 39 | 5.53 5.24 | G2V G2V | Yellow Main Sequence Wide Binary | Home of the Grays | |
3h 18' 12.8 -62� 30' 23 | |||||||
Eta Reticuli | 4h 21' 53.4 -63� 23' 11 | 380 | 5.24 | G7III | Yellow Giant | ||
Theta Reticuli | 4h 17' 39.7 -63� 15' 19 | 460 | 5.88 | B+ | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Iota Reticuli | 4h 1' 18.2 -61� 4 44 | 330 | 4.97 | K4III | Orange Giant | ||
Kappa Reticuli | 3h 29' 22.6 -62� 56' 16 | 70 | 4.71 | F5IV-V | White Sub Giant |
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Sagitta | SA jit ah | The Arrow | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Sagittae | 19h 40' 5.7 +18� 0' 50 | 470 | 4.39 | G0II | Yellow Bright Giant | ||
Beta Sagittae | 19h 41' 2.9 +17� 28' 33 | 470 | 4.39 | G8II | Yellow Bright Giant | ||
Gamma Sagittae | 19h 58' 45.3 +19� 29' 32 | 270 | 3.51 | K5III | Orange Giant | ||
Delta Sagittae | 19h 47' 23.2 +18� 32' 3 | 450 | 3.68 | M2II A0V | Red Bright Giant Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Epsilon Sagittae | 19h 37' 17.3 +16� 27' 46 | 470 | 5.67 | G8III | Yellow Giant | ||
Zeta Sagittae | 19h 48' 58.6 +19� 8' 31 | 330 | 5.01 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Eta Sagittae | 20h 5' 9.4 +19� 59' 28 | 162 | 5.09 | K2III | Orange Giant | ||
Theta Sagittae | 20h 9' 52.2 +20� 53' 48 | 147 | 6.51 | F5IV | White Sub Giant | ||
15 Sagittae | 20h 4' 6.1 +17� 4' 12 | 58 | 5.80 | G1V | Yellow Main Sequence |
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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 | ||||||
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 | ||
19h 59' 51.2 -34� 41' 53 | 157 | 5.30 | |||||
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 | ||
20h 23' 53.1 -42� 25' 23 | 370 | ||||||
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 | ||
18h 55' 7 -22� 40' 17 | 270 | ||||||
Xi 1 Sagittarii Xi 2 Sagittarii | 18h 57' 20.4 -20� 39' 23 | 5000 | 5.02 | B9.5Ib | Blue Supergiant | ||
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 | ||
19h 21' 50.8 -18� 18' 30 | 360 | 5.84 | |||||
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 | ||
19h 25' 29.6 -23� 57' 44 | |||||||
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 |
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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 | |
5.4 | B3V | ||||||
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 | 4.92 | ||||||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 |
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Sculptor | SKULP tor | The Sculptor | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Sculptoris | 0h 58' 36.3 -29� 21' 28 | 670 | 4.30 | B7III | Blue Giant | ||
Beta Sculptoris | 23h 32' 58.2 -37� 49' 7 | 178 | 4.38 | B9.5IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Gamma Sculptoris | 23h 18' 49.4 -32� 31' 55 | 179 | 4.41 | K1III | Orange Giant | ||
Delta Sculptoris | 23h 48' 55.5 -28� 7' 49 | 143 | 4.59 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Epsilon Sculptoris | 1h 45' 38.7 -25� 3' 10 | 89 | 5.29 | F2IV | White Sub Giant | ||
Zeta Sculptoris | 0h 2' 19.9 -29� 43' 15 | 510 | 5.04 | B4V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Eta Sculptoris | 0h 27' 55.7 -33� 0' 26 | 550 | 4.86 | M2/M3III | Red Giant | ||
Theta Sculptoris | 0h 11' 43.9 -35� 7' 59 | 71 | 5.24 | F3/F5V | White Main Sequence |
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Scutum | SCOOT um | The Shield | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Scuti | 18h 35' 12.3 -8� 14' 39 | 174 | 3.85 | K2III | Orange Giant | ||
Beta Scuti | 18h 47' 10.4 -4� 44' 53 | 690 | 4.22 | G5II | Yellow Bright Giant | ||
Gamma Scuti | 18h 29' 11.7 -14� 33' 57 | 290 | 4.67 | A1IV-V | Blue White Sub Giant | ||
Delta Scuti | 18h 42' 16.3 -9� 3' 9 | 187 | 4.7 v | F2III | White Giant | 4.6 to 4.7 - 4 hrs 40 min prototype for rare class of variable stars, pulsing slightly every few hours | |
Epsilon Scuti | 18h 43' 31.2 -8� 16' 31 | 520 | 4.88 | G8II | Yellow Bright Giant | ||
Zeta Scuti | 18h 23' 39.4 -8� 56' 4 | 191 | 4.66 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Eta Scuti | 18h 57' 3.6 -5� 50' 46 | 210 | 4.83 | K1III | Orange Giant | ||
R Scuti | 18h 47' 28.9 -5� 42' 18 | 1500 | 4.45 | K0Ib | Red Supergiant | RV Tauri Variable 5-8m semi-regularly | |
S Scuti | 18h 50' 19.9 -7� 54' 27 | 1300 | 6.70 | C5II | Orange Bright Giant |
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Serpens | SIR penz | The Snake | |||||
Unukalhai
"serpent's neck"
Alpha Serpentis
| 15h 44' 16 +6� 25' 32 | 73 | 2.63 | K2 III | Orange Giant | ||
Beta Serpentis | 15h 46' 11.2 +15� 25' 18 | 153 | 3.65 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Gamma Serpentis | 15h 56' 27.1 +15� 39' 42 | 36 | 3.85 | F6 V | White Main Sequence | ||
Delta 1 Serpentis
Delta Serpentis Delta 2 Serpentis
| 15h 34' 48.1 +10� 32' 21 | 210 | 4.22 | F0IV | Binary of White Sub Giants | Double Star on serpent's neck | |
15h 34' 48 +10� 32' 15 | 5.26 | F8IV | |||||
Epsilon Serpentis | 15h 50' 48.9 +4� 28' 40 | 70 | 3.71 | A2 | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Zeta Serpentis | 18h 0' 28.8 -3� 41' 25 | 76 | 4.62 | F3V | White Main Sequence | ||
Eta Serpentis | 18h 21' 18.5 -2� 53' 56 | 62 | 3.23 | K2III | Orange Giant | ||
Theta 1 Serpentis
Alya means: "tail" Theta 2 Serpentis
| 18h 56' 13.1 +4� 12' 13 | 132 | 4.62 | A5 V | Blue White Main Sequence Binary | ||
18h 56' 14.5 +4� 12' 7 | 4.98 | A5 V | |||||
Iota Serpentis | 15h 41' 3 +19� 40' 13 | 192 | 4.51 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Kappa Serpentis | 15h 48' 44.3 +18� 8' 29 | 350 | 4.09 | M1III | Red Giant | ||
Lambda Serpentis | 15h 46' 26.5 +7� 21' 11 | 38 | 4.42 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
Mu Serpentis | 15h 49' 37.1 -3� 25' 49 | 156 | 3.54 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Nu Serpentis | 17h 20' 49.5 -12� 50' 48 | 193 | 4.32 | A0/A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Xi Serpentis | 17h 37' 35.1 -15� 23' 55 | 105 | 3.54 | F0III | White Giant | ||
Omicron Serpentis | 17h 41' 24.8 -12� 52' 31 | 168 | 4.24 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Pi Serpentis | 16h 2' 17.7 +22� 48' 16 | 177 | 4.82 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Rho Serpentis | 15h 51' 15.8 +20� 58' 40 | 390 | 4.74 | K5III | Orange Giant | ||
Sigma Serpentis | 16h 22' 4.3 +1� 1' 45 | 89 | 4.82 | F0V | White Main Sequence | ||
5 Serpentis | 15h 19' 18.7 +1� 45' 55 | 81 | 5.04 | F8III-IV | White Sub Giant |
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Sextans | SEX tanz | The Sextant | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Sextantis | 10h 7' 56.2 -0� 22' 18 | 290 | 4.49 | A0III | Blue White Giant | ||
Beta Sextantis | 10h 30' 17.4 -0� 38' 13 | 340 | 5.08 | B6V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Gamma Sextantis | 9h 52' 30.4 -8� 6' 18 | 260 | 5.07 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Delta Sextantis | 10h 29' 28.6 -2� 44' 21 | 300 | 5.19 | B9.5V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Epsilon Sextantis | 10h 17' 37.7 -8� 4' 8 | 183 | 5.25 | F2III | White Giant | ||
17 Sextantis | 10h 10' 7.5 -8� 24' 30 | 530 | 5.91 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | Binocular Double | |
18 Sextantis | 10h 10' 55.7 -8� 25' 6 | 470 | 5.64 | K2III | Orange Giant | ||
33 Sextantis | 10h 41' 24.1 -1� 44' 29 | 112 | 6.25 | K1IV | Orange Sub Giant | ||
35A Sextantis 35B Sextantis | 10h 43' 20.9 +4� 44' 52 | 700 | 6.28 7.34 | K3III K0III | Binary of Orange Giants |
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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 | ||
Sigma 1 Tauri Sigma 1 Tauri | 4h 39' 9.2 +15� 47' 59 | 152 | 5.08 | A4 | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
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 |
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Telescopium | TELL uh SCOPE ee um | The Telescope | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Telescopii | 18h 26' 58.3 -45� 58' 6 | 250 | 3.49 | B3IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Delta 1 Telescopii | 18h 31' 45.3 -45� 54' 54 | 800 | 4.92 | B6IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Delta 2 Telescopii | 18h 32' 1.9 -45� 45' 26 | 1100 | 5.07 | B3III | Blue Giant | ||
Epsilon Telescopii | 18h 11' 13.7 -45� 57' 15 | 410 | 4.52 | G5III | Yellow Giant | ||
Zeta Telescopii | 18h 28' 49.8 -49� 4' 15 | 127 | 4.10 | G8/K0III | Yellow Orange Giant |
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Triangulum | try ANG you lum | The Triangle | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Mothallah
Alpha Trianguli Caput Trianguli
| 1h 53' 4.8 +29� 34' 44 | 65 | 3.42 | F6IV | White Sub Giant | ||
Beta Trianguli | 2h 9' 32.5 +34� 59' 14 | 124 | 3.0 | A5III | Blue White Giant | ||
Gamma Trianguli | 2h 17' 18.8 +33� 50' 50 | 118 | 4.03 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Delta Trianguli | 2h 17' 3.2 +34� 13' 28 | 35 | 4.84 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
Epsilon Trianguli | 2h 2' 57.9 +33� 17' 3 | 370 | 5.50 | A2V | Blue White | ||
Iota 1 Trianguli | 2h 12' 22.2 +30� 18' 11 | 305 | 5.32 | G8III | Yellow Giant | ||
Iota 2 Trianguli | 6.83 | F6V | White Main Sequence | ||||
13 Trianguli | 2h 28' 48.4 +29� 55' 55 | 100 | 5.89 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence |
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Triangulum Australe | tri ANG u lum os TRAL us | The Southern Triangle | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Atria
"Alpha" + "Trianguli"
Alpha Trianguli Australus | 16h 48' 39.9 -69� 1' 40 | 420 | 1.91 | K2II-III | Orange Bright Giant | ||
Beta Trianguli Australus | 15h 55' 8.4 -63� 25' 50 | 40 | 2.83 | F2III | White Giant | ||
Gamma Trianguli Australus | 15h 18' 54.6 -68� 40' 46 | 183 | 2.87 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Delta Trianguli Australus | 16h 15' 26.2 -63� 41' 8 | 620 | 3.86 | G5II | Yellow Bright Giant | ||
Epsilon Trianguli Australus | 15h 36' 43.1 -66� 19' 2 | 220 | 4.11 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Zeta Trianguli Australus | 16h 28' 28.1 -70� 5' 4 | 39 | 4.9 | F9V | White Main Sequence |
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Tucana | two CAN ah | The Parrot | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Tucanae | 22h 18' 30.1 -60� 15' 35 | 199 | 2.87 | K3III | Orange Giant | ||
Beta 1 Tucanae Beta 2 Tucanae Beta 3 Tucanae | 0h 31' 32.7 -62� 57' 30 | 140 | 4.36 | B9V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
0h 31' 33.6 -62� 57' 57 | 172 | 4.53 | A2V A7V | Blue White Main Sequence Binary | |||
0h 32' 43.8 -63� 1' 53 | 151 | 5.07 | A0V+ | Blue White Main Sequence | |||
Gamma Tucanae | 23h 17' 25.7 -58� 14' 8 | 72 | 3.99 | F1III | White Giant | ||
* | Delta Tucanae | 22h 27' 20 -64� 58' 0 | 270 | 4.51 9
| B8V | Blue Main Sequence | Faint Companion |
Epsilon Tucanae | 23h 59' 55 -65� 34' 38 | 370 | 4.49 | B9IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Zeta Tucanae | 0h 20' 4.2 -64� 52' 30 | 28 | 4.23 | F9V | White Main Sequence | ||
Eta Tucanae | 23h 57' 35.2 -64� 17' 55 | 169 | 5.00 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Theta Tucanae | 0h 33' 23.4 -71� 16' 0 | 490 | 6.11 | A7IV | Blue White Sub Giant | ||
Iota Tucanae | 1h 7' 18.7 -61� 46' 31 | 280 | 5.37 | G5III | Orange Giant | ||
Kappa 1 Tucanae Kappa 2 Tucanae | 1h 15' 46.2 -68� 52' 34 | 67 | 5.05 7.74 | F6IV K0V | White Sub Giant Orange Main Seq. | ||
Lambda 1A Tucanae
Lambda 1 Tucanae Lambda 1B Tucanae
| 0h 52' 24.4 -69� 30' 16 | 200 | 6.84 7.62 | F7IV-V F8V | White Sub Giant White Main Sequence | ||
Lambda 2 Tucanae | 0h 55' 0.3 -69� 31 38 | 210 | 5.45 | G7III | Yellow Giant |
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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 | ||
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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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Vela | VAY lah | The Sail | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Regor "Roger" backwards
Gamma 1 Velorum Gamma 2 Velorum
| 11h 1' 50.4 +56� 22' 56 | 1400s | 1.8 | A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | - quintuple system - one is a Wolf Rayet star (very hot and very bright) |
Delta 1 Velorum
Delta Velorum Delta 2 Velorum
| 8h 44' 42.2 -54� 42' 30 | 80 | 1.99 5.57
| A1V F6V | Blue White Main Sequence and White Dwarf Binary | ||
Kappa Velorum | 9h 22' 6.8 -55� 0' 38 | 540 | 2.47 | B2IV | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Lambda Velorum | 9h 7' 59.7 -43� 25' 57 | 570 | 2.23 | K4Ib-II | Orange Supergiant | ||
Mu Velorum | 10h 46� 46.1 -49� 25' 12 | 116 | 2.69 | G5III G2V | Binary Yellow Giant and Main Sequence | ||
Omicron Velorum | 8h 40' 17.6 -52� 55' 19 | 490 | 3.62 | B3IV | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Phi Velorum | 9h 56' 51.7 -54� 34' 4 | 1900 | 3.52 | B5Ib | Blue Supergiant | ||
Psi 1 Velorum
Psi Velorum Psi 2 Velorum
| 9h 30' 41.9 -40� 28' 0 | 60 | 3.96 5.18
| F3IV F0IV | White Sub Giant Binary | ||
4134 Velorum | 10h 31' 21.9 -53� 42' 56 | 71 | 4.89 | F6V | White Main Sequence |
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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 |
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Volans | VO lanz | The Flying Fish | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Volantis | 9h 2' 26.9 -66� 23' 46 | 124 | 4.0 | A | Blue White Dwarf | ||
Beta Volantis | 8h 25' 44.3 -66� 8' 13 | 108 | 3.77 | K1III | Orange Giant | ||
Gamma 1 Volantis | 7h 8' 42.2 -70� 29' 50 | 147 | 5.68 | F2V | White Main Seq. | ||
Gamma 2 Volantis | 7h 8' 45 -70� 29' 57 | 142 | 3.78 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Delta Volantis | 7h 16' 49.8 -67� 57' 27 | 660 | 3.97 | F6II | White Bright Giant | ||
Epsilon Volantis | 8h 7' 55.9 -68� 37' 2 | 640 | 4.35 | B6IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Zeta Volantis | 7h 41' 49.3 -72� 36' 22 | 134 | 3.93 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Eta Volantis | 8h 22' 4.7 -73� 24' 1 | 360 | 5.28 | A0/A1IV-V | Blue White Sub Giant | ||
Theta Volantis | 8h 39' 5.3 -70� 23' 13 | 240 | 5.19 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequencce | ||
Iota Volantis | 6h 51' 27 -70� 57' 49 | 560 | 5.41 | B7IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Kappa 1 Volantis Kappa 2 Volantis | 8h 19' 49.2 -71� 30' 54 | 390 400 | 5.33 5.63 | B9III-IV A0 | Blue Giant Blue White Dwarf | ||
8h 20' 0.8 -71� 30' 19 |
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Vulpecula | vul PECK you la | The Fox | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Alpha Vulpeculae | 19h 28' 42.2 +24� 39' 54 | 300 | 4.44 | M0III | Red Giant | ||
1 Vulpeculae | 19h 16' 12.9 +21� 23' 26 | 900 | 4.76 | B4IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
ES (2) Vulpeculae | 19h 17' 43.5 +23� 1' 32 | 1900 | 5.46 | B0.5IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
13 Vulpeculae | 19h 53' 27.6 +24� 4' 47 | 360 | 4.57 | B9.5III | Blue Giant | ||
| The Coathanger
4 Vulpeculae
5 Vulpeculae 7 Vulpeculae - plus many others -
| 19h 25' 28.5 +19� 47' 55 | 240 | 5.14 | K0III | Orange Giant | A straight line of stars - plus 3 that form a hook - on the border with Sagitta (The Arrow), this Fox is destined to be a stole. |
19h 26' 13.1 +20� 5' 52 | 220 | 5.60 | A0V | Blue White Main Seq. | |||
19h 29' 20.8 +20� 16' 47 | 760 | 6.34 | B5V | Blue Main Seq. |