SPACEDOG
ALL THE COOL STARS
... for those of us who would
peek our heads above the clouds
and have a good look around .....

if it has a name or is very close
(under 25 light years away)
chances are it's listed here 

- p r i n t a b l e   v e r s i o n -



Constellation Pronunciation Mythology
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
SOL
The Sun
- 0 -27 G2 V Yellow
Main Sequence 		Hey, it's Ours !
Wolf 359 - 7.7 13.5 M6 V Red
Main Sequence 		3rd Closest Star
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
Adhil
Xi Andromedae
1h 22' 20.3
+45° 31' 44 		195 4.87 K0 III-IV Orange
Sub Giant
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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 - The 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
Aludra
means: "virginity"
Tail of the Dog
Eta Canis Majoris
7h 24' 6
-29° 18' 11 		3200 2.4 B5 Ia Blue
Supergiant
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
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
Carina car EE nah The Keel
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
Canopus
can OH puss
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
MEE ah PLA sid us
Beta Carinae
9h 13' 12.1
-69 43' 2 		111 1.67 A2 IV Blue-White
Sub Giant
Avior
AY vee or
Epsilon Carinae
8h 22' 30.8
-59° 30' 34 		630 1.86 K3 III
B2 V 		Orange Giant
Blue Main Seq
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
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
Mu
Cassiopeiae 		1h 8' 16.3
+54° 55' 14 		24.6 5.17 G5 V Yellow
Main Sequence 		One of the
Nearest Stars
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
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
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
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
Kappa 1
Ceti 		3h 19' 21.6
+3° 22' 13 		30 4.84 G5 V Yellow
Main Sequence
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
Gienah
means: "wing"
Epsilon Cygni
20h 46' 12.6
+33° 58' 13 		72 2.48 K0 III Orange
Giant
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
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
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
Nodus I
"First Knot"
Zeta Draconis
17h 8' 47.1
+65° 42' 53 		349 3.17 B6 III Blue Giant
Giansar
Lambda Draconis
11h 31' 24.2
+69° 19' 52 		330 3.82 M0 III Red 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
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
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
Omicron 2
Eridani
4h 15' 16.3
-7° 39' 10 		16.4 4.43 K1V Orange
Main Sequence 		One of the
Closest Stars
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
Gemini GEM in eye The Twins
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.


Castor
Alpha 1 Geminorum
Alpha 2 Geminorum
Alpha 3 Geminorum
7h 34' 35.9
+31° 53' 18 		52 1.6
1.93
2.97
9.83v
A2 V
A1 V
M1 V 		2 pairs of
Blue White
Sub Giants
and 1 pair of
Red Dwarfs 		Triple Binary Syatem
Six stars total
- in a complex
orbital pattern
7h 34' 37.6
+31° 52' 11
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
Grus GROOSE The Crane
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
Al Nair
means: "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
Hercules HER cue leez The Strongman
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.

Alpha 1 Herculis
Ras Algathi
means: "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
aka - Kornephoros
Beta Herculis
16h 30' 13.1
+21° 29' 22 		162 2.78 G8 III Yellow
Giant
Mu Herculis
17h 46' 27.5
+27° 43' 15 		27.4 3.42 G5 IV Yellow
Sub Giant
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
Hydrus HI druss Lesser Water Snake
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
Beta Hydra
0h 25' 45.3
-77° 15' 16 		24.4 2.82 G2 IV Yellow
Sub Giant
Indus IN duss The Indian
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
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
Leo LEE oh The Lion
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
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Alpha A Leonis
Regulus
REG you luss
aka - Cor Leonis
Alpha B Leonis
10h 8' 22.3
+11° 58' 2 		77 1.36 B7 V Blue
Main Sequence 		Among Brightest
stars in the sky
- Right on Ecliptic -
comp contrasts Aqua
and adds to twinkle
10h 8' 12.9
+11° 59' 49 		68 8.03 G Yellow Dwarf
Faint Companion
Denebola
Beta Leonis
11h 49' 3.5
+14° 34' 19 		36 2.14 A3 V Blue White
Main Sequence

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
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
Crimson Star
R Leporis
4h 59' 36.4
-14° 28' 21 		820 ~ 8
5.5 - 10.5
C7 Rare Carbon Star
- 432 day Variable -
Libra LEE bra The Scales
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.

Alpha 1 Librae
Zubenelgenubi
"southern claw"
Alpha 2 Librae
14h 50' 41.1
-15° 59' 50 		77 5.15 F3 V White
Main Sequence 		Possible Wide
Orbital Binary
- right on Ecliptic -
14h 50' 52.6
-16° 2' 31 		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
Ga Librae
Gb Librae 		14h 57' 28
-21° 24' 56 		19.3 5.74 K4V Orange
Main Sequence
8.18 K9V Orange
Main Sequence
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
Monoceros mon O se rose The Unicorn
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.

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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
- backyard favorite -
6h 28' 49.4
-7° 2' 4
6h 28' 49.4
-7° 2' 4
-
Octans OCK tans The Octant
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
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
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
Sabik
Eta Ophiuchi
17h 10' 22.6
-15° 43' 29 		84 2.43 A2V Blue White
Main Sequence
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
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
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
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 -
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 O