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