CONSTELLATIONS AND STARS
- Orion
- Begelgeuse; 3000K; red supergiant; 490 LY
- Bellatrix
- Rigel: 815 LY
- Saiph
- Great Nebula
- Lepus
- Eridanus
- Taurus
- Aldebaran: "The Follower": 52 LY
- El Nath: "The Butting One"; northern horn; shared with Auriga
- Tien Kwan: "The Gate of Heaven:near the Crab Nebula
- Hyades; 130 light years
- Pleiades; 410 light years
- Perseus
- Algol:"The Demon Star" ; eclipsing binary: P = 2 days 20 hrs
- Double Cluster: H and Chi Persei
- Andromeda
- Galaxy: M31
- Canis Major
- Sirius A and B ;8.8 LY
- Murzum
- Canis Minor
- Procyon A and B: "After the Dog"; winter triangle: Procyon,
- Betelgeuse, Sirius
- 11.4 LY
- Gemini
- Castor: 39 LY
- Pollux: north-south line with Procyon
- Auriga
- Capella:north south line with Rigel: 45 LY
- Cancer
- Leo
- Regulus
- Denebola
- Hydra
- Alphard"The Solitary One"
- Crater
- Corvus
- Virgo
- Spica; 260 LY
- Virgo Cluster
- Coma Berenices
- Ursa Major
- Alcor
- Mizar
- Ursa Minor
- Kochab
- Draco
- Thuban: pole star, 2900 B.C.
- Cassiopeia
- Bootes
- Arcturus; 36 LY
J. McKim (Kim) Malville
Professor, Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences
Director, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
University of Colorado at Boulder
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