Spacedog
Spacedog
The North Pole

SPACEDOG - Ursa Major
Ursa Major ER sa MAY jor Big Bear - Big Dipper
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
•
Alpha A Ursae Majoris
Alpha B Ursae Majoris
Dubhe
Arabic: "bear"
DOO bee
Alpha C Ursae Majoris
11h 3' 43.6
+61° 45' 3 		124 2.02
4.95
K0II-III
A8V 		Orange Giant
Blue White Main Seq. 		The Big Dipper

To find the North Star,
imagine a line between
the two stars marking
the front of the cup
- Dubhe and Merak
(aka Alpha and Beta)
- continue that line up
about 5 times its length
points right to Polaris

This Constellation
is known as
The Government
in Chinese Mythology.

These 7 stars are
all of similar makeup
and relatively close to
each other - and to us
- likely a common origin.

To find the Ecliptic
(the orbital plane
of the Solar System),
the curve of the handle
of the Big Dipper "arcs" to
Arcturus (Alpha Bootis) -
continue the same arc to
Spica (Alpha Virginis)
- right on the Ecliptic -
with Blue Regulus
(Alpha Leonis)
to the west
and Red Antares
(Alpha Scorpii)
to the east.
11h 3' 22
+61° 39' 16 		160 7.14 F White
Dwarf
Merak
Arabic: "flank"
Beta Ursae Majoris
11h 1' 50.4
+56° 22' 56 		79 2.34 A1V Blue White
Main Sequence
Phecda
Arabic: "thigh"
Gamma Ursae Majoris
11h 53' 49.8
+53° 41' 41 		84 2.41 A0V Blue White
Main Sequence
Megrez
Arabic: "root of the tail"
Delta Ursae Majoris
12h 15' 25.5
+57° 1' 57 		81 3.32 A3V Blue White
Main Sequence
Alioth
Arabic: "bull"
Epsilon Ursae Majoris
12h 54' 1.7
+55° 57' 35 		62 1.76 A0 Blue White
Main Sequence
Mizar
Arabic: "groin"
Zeta Ursae Majoris
13h 23' 55.5
+54° 55' 31 		78 2.25 A2 V Blue White
Main Sequence
- Optical Double -

Arabs, Native Americans
used as test of eyesight
- aka: Horse and Rider -
Alcor
aka: Suha
Arabic: "overlooked"
80 Ursae Majoris
13h 25' 13.5
+54° 59' 17 		81 3.99 A5 V
Alkaid
or Benetnasch
both from the Arabic:
"chief of the mourners"
Eta Ursae Majoris
13h 47' 32.3
+49° 18' 48 		101 1.85 B3 V Blue Main Seq
Theta
Ursae Majoris 		9h 32' 51.3
+51° 40' 38 		44 3.17 F6IV White
Sub Giant
26 Ursae Majoris 9h 34' 49.4
+52° 3' 5 		270 4.47 A2V Blue White
Main Sequence
Talitha
Arabic: "third leap"
Iota Ursae Majoris
8h 59' 12.4
+48° 2' 30 		48 3.12 A7 IV Blue White
Sub Giant 		Third Leap
of the Gazelle
Kappa
Ursae Majoris 		9h 3' 37.5
+47° 9' 24 		423 3.57 A1V(i+) Blue White
Main Sequence
Tania
Borealis
"northern second leap"
Lambda Ursae Majoris
10h 17' 5.7
+42° 54' 52 		134 3.45 A2IV Blue White
Sub Giant 		Second Leap
of the Gazelle
Tania
Australis
"southern second leap"
Mu Ursae Majoris
10h 22' 19.7
+41° 29' 58 		250 3.06 M0III Red
Giant
Alula Borealis
"northern second leap"
Nu Ursae Majoris
11h 18' 28.7
+33° 5' 39 		420 3.49 K3III Orange
Giant 		First Leap
of the Gazelle
Xi 1 Ursae Majoris
Alula Australis
"southern second leap"
Xi 2 Ursae Majoris
11h 18' 10.9
+31° 31' 45 		25.8 4.41
4.87 		G0V
G0V 		Yellow
Main Sequence
Binary
Muscida
Latin: "muzzle"
Omicron Ursae Majoris
8h 30' 15.8
+60° 43' 5 		184 3.35 G4II-III Yellow
Bright Giant
Pi 1 Ursae Majoris 8h 39' 11.7
+65° 1' 15 		47 5.63 G1.5V Yellow
Main Sequence
Pi 2 Ursae Majoris 8h 40' 12.9
+64° 19' 41 		250 4.59 K2III Orange
Giant
Rho Ursae Majoris 9h 2' 32.7
+67° 37' 47 		290 4.74 M3III Red
Giant
Sigma 1
Ursae Majoris 		9h 8' 23.5
+66° 52' 24 		500 5.15 K5III Orange
Giant
Sigma 2A
Sigma 2B
Ursae Majoris 		9h 10' 23.1
+67° 8' 4 		67 4.92
8.85 		F6IV
K 		White Sub Giant
Orange Dwarf
Tau Ursae Majoris 9h 10' 55
+63° 30' 49 		122 4.67 A Blue White
Dwarf
Upsilon
Ursae Majoris 		9h 50' 59.3
+59° 2' 19 		115 3.78 F2IV White
Sub Giant
Phi 1 Ursae Majoris
Phi 2 Ursae Majoris 		9h 52' 6.3
+54° 3' 51 		440 5.28
5.39 		A3IV
A3IV 		Blue White
Sub Giant
Binary
Chi
Ursae Majoris 		11h 46' 3
+47° 46' 46 		196 3.69 K2III Orange
Giant
Psi
Ursae Majoris 		11h 9' 39.7
+44° 29' 54 		147 3.0 K1III Orange
Giant
Omega
Ursae Majoris 		10h 53' 58.7
+43° 11' 24 		270 4.66 A1V Blue White
Main Sequence
15 Ursae Majoris 9h 8' 52.2
+51° 36' 16 		95 4.46 A Blue White
Dwarf
16 Ursae Majoris 9h 14' 20.6
+61° 25' 24 		64 5.18 F9V White
Main Sequence
23 Ursae Majoris 9h 31' 31.7
+63° 3' 43 		76 3.65 F0IV White
Sub Giant
36 Ursae Majoris 10h 30' 37.5
+55° 58' 50 		42 4.82 F8V White
Main Sequence
37 Ursae Majoris 10h 35' 9.6
+57° 4' 57 		86 5.16 F1V White
Main Sequence
61 Ursae Majoris 11h 41' 2.9
+34° 12' 5 		31 5.31 G8V Yellow
Main Sequence
78A Ursae Majoris
78B Ursae Majoris 		13h 0' 43.7
+56° 21' 59 		81 5.07
8.16 		F2V
K 		White Main Seq
Orange Dwarf
L21185
Ursae Majoris
11h 3' 20.2
+35° 58' 13 		8.3 7.49 M2V Red
Main Sequence




SPACEDOG - Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor ER sa MY nor Lesser Bear - Little Dipper
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
•

. .
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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




SPACEDOG - Draco
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




SPACEDOG - Lyra
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

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
F0 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




SPACEDOG - Cygnus
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
• 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




SPACEDOG - Lacerta
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




SPACEDOG - Cepheus
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




SPACEDOG - Cassiopeia
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




SPACEDOG - Andromeda
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




SPACEDOG - Perseus
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




SPACEDOG - Camelopardalis
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




SPACEDOG - Auriga
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




SPACEDOG - Lynx
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