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Lists and Charts of Autostar Named Stars APPENDIX A Lists and Charts of Autostar Named Stars Table A.I provides a list of named stars that are stored in the Autostar database. Following the list, there are constellation charts which show where the stars are located. The names are in alphabetical orderalong with their Latin designation (see Appendix B for complete list ofconstellations). Names in brackets 0 in the table denote a different spelling to one that is known in the list. The star's co-ordinates are set to the same as accuracy as the Autostar co-ordinates i.e. the RA or Dec 'sec' values are omitted. Autostar option: Select Item: Object --+ Star --+ Named 215 216 Appendix A Table A.1. Autostar Named Star List RA Dec Named Star Fig. Ref. latin Designation Hr Min Deg Min Mag Acamar A5 Theta Eridanus 2 58 .2 - 40 18 3.2 Achernar A5 Alpha Eridanus 1 37.6 - 57 14 0.4 Acrux A4 Alpha Crucis 12 26.5 - 63 05 1.3 Adara A2 EpsilonCanis Majoris 6 58.6 - 28 58 1.5 Albireo A4 BetaCygni 19 30.6 ++27 57 3.0 Alcor Al0 80 Ursae Majoris 13 25.2 + 54 59 4.0 Alcyone A9 EtaTauri 3 47.4 + 24 06 2.8 Aldebaran A9 Alpha Tauri 4 35.8 + 16 30 0.8 Alderamin A3 Alpha Cephei 21 18.5 + 62 35 2.4 Algenib A7 Gamma Pegasi 0 13.2 + 15 11 2.8 Algieba (Algeiba) A6 Gamma leonis 10 19.9 + 19 50 2.6 Algol A8 Beta Persei 3 8.1 + 40 57 2.1 Alhena A5 Gamma Geminorum 6 37.6 + 16 23 1.9 Alioth Al0 EpsilonUrsae Majoris 12 54.0 + 55 57 1.7 Alkaid Al0 Eta Ursae Majoris 13 47.5 + 49 18 1.8 Almaak (Almach) Al Gamma Andromedae 2 3.8 + 42 19 2.2 Alnair A6 Alpha Gruis 22 8.2 - 46 57 1.7 Alnath (Elnath) A9 BetaTauri 5 26.2 + 28 36 1.6 Alnilam A7 EpsilonOrionis 5 36.2 - 0 1 12 1.7 Alnitak A7 Zeta Orion is 5 40.7 - 0 1 56 2.0 Alphard A6 Alpha Hydrae 9 27.5 - 08 39 1.9 Alphekka A4 Alpha Coronae Borealis 15 34.6 + 26 42 2.2 Alpheratz Al Alpha Andromedae 0 8.3 + 29 05 2.0 Aishain Al BetaAquilae 19 55 .2 + 06 24 3.7 Altair Al Alpha Aquilae 19 50.7 + 08 52 0.7 Ankaa A8 Alpha Phoenicis 0 26.2 - 42 18 2.3 Antares A9 Alpha Scorpii 16 29.4 - 26 25 1.0 Arcturus A2 Alpha Bootis 14 15.6 + 19 10 0.1 Arneb A7 Alpha leporis 5 32.7 - 17 49 2.5 Bellatrix A7 Gamma Orionis 5 25.1 + 06 20 1.6 Betelgeuse A7 Alpha Orionis 5 55.1 + 07 24 0.5 Canopus A3 Alpha Carinae 6 23.9 - 52 41 - 0.6 Capella A2 Alpha Aurigae 5 16.6 + 45 59 0.0 Castor A5 Alpha Geminorum 7 34.6 + 31 53 1.5 Cor Caroli A2 Alpha Canum Venaticorum 12 56 .0 + 38 19 2.8 Deneb A4 Alpha Cygni 20 41.4 + 45 16 1.3 Denebola A6 Betaleonis 11 49.0 + 14 34 2.1 Diphda A4 BetaCeti 0 43.5 - 17 59 2.0 Dubhe Al0 Alpha Ursae Majoris 11 3.7 + 61 45 1.8 Enif A7 Epsilon Pegasi 21 44.1 + 09 52 2.3 Etamin A5 Gamma Draconis 17 56 .6 + 51 29 2.2 Fomalhaut A8 Alpha Piscis Austrini 22 57 .6 - 29 37 1.2 Hadar A3 BetaCentauri 14 3.8 - 60 22 0.6 Hamal Al Alpha Arietis 2 7.1 + 23 27 2.0 Izar A2 Epsilon Bootis 14 44.9 + 27 04 2.5 (continued) Appendix A 21Z Table A.l. (Continued) RA Dec Named Star Fig. Ref. Latin Designation Hr Min Deg Min Mag Kaus Austral is A8 Epsilon Sagittarii 18 24.1 - 34 23 1.8 Kocab (Kochab) A10 Beta Ursae Minoris 14 50.7 +74 09 2.0 Markab A7 Alpha Pegasi 23 4.7 + 15 12 2.4 Megrez A10 Delta UrsaeMajoris 12 15.4 +57 01 3.3 Menkar A4 Alpha Ceti 3 2.2 +04 05 2.5 Merck A10 Beta UrsaeMajoris 11 1.8 +56 22 2.3 Mintaka A7 Delta Orionis 5 32.0 - 00 17 2.2 Mira A4 Omicron Ceti 2 19.3 - 02 58 6.5 Mirach A1 Beta Andromedae 1 9.7 + 35 37 2.0 Mirphak A8 Alpha Persei 3 24.3 +49 51 1.8 Mizar A10 Zeta UrsaeMajoris 13 23.9 +54 55 2.2 Nihal A7 Beta Leporis 5 28.2 - 20 45 2.8 Nunki A8 SigmaSagittarii 18 55.2 - 26 17 2.0 phad A10 Gamma UrsaeMajoris 11 53.8 +53 41 2.4 Polaris A10 Alpha UrsaeMinoris 2 31.8 + 89 15 2.0 Pollux A5 Beta Geminorum 7 45.3 + 28 01 1.2 Procyon A2 Alpha Canis Minoris 7 39.3 +05 13 0.4 Rasalgethi A6 Alpha Herculis 17 14.6 + 14 23 3.4 Rasalhague A7 Alpha Ophiuchi 17 34.9 + 12 33 2.0 Regulus A6 Alpha Leonis 10 8.3 + 11 58 1.4 Rigel A6 Beta Orionis 5 14.5 - 08 12 0.2 Sadalmelik A1 AlphaAquarii 22 5.7 - 00 19 2.9 Saiph A7 Kappa Orionis 5 47.7 - 09 40 2.0 Scheet A7 Beta Pegasi 23 3.7 + 28 04 2.4 Shaula A9 Lambda Scorpii 17 33.6 - 37 06 1.6 Shedir[Shedor] A3 Alpha Cassiopeiae 0 40.5 + 56 32 2.2 Sirius A2 Alpha Canis Majoris 6 45.1 - 16 42 - 1.4 Spica A10 Alpha Viriginis 13 25.1 - 11 09 1.0 Iorczed A1 Gamma Aquilae 19 46.2 + 10 36 2.7 Thuban A5 Alpha Drcconis 14 4.3 +64 22 3.6 Unukalhai A9 Alpha Serpentis 15 44.2 +06 25 2.6 Vega A7 Alpha Lyrce 18 36.9 + 38 47 0.0 Vindemiatrix A10 Epsilon Virginis 13 2.1 + 10 57 2.8 (Starcharts to followl 199 Appendix A YAlmaak pMirach aAlpheratz Andromeda a Sadalmelik Aquarius YTarazed PAlshain o Aquila Aries Figure A.t. Andromeda to Aries. Image courtesy of Alan M arriott. Appendix A 219. ...--__..a Capella etzar Auriga Bootes ----------------------------~-------------------------- aSirius EAdhara Canis Major ----------------------------,-------------------------- •a Procyon Canes Venatici Canis Minor Figure A.2. Auriga to Ca nis M inor. Image courtesy ofAlan M arriott. 220 Appendix A x o aCanopus Carina 11- Cassiopeia u Schedar a ~Hadar Centaurus Cepheus Figure A.3. Carina to Ce pheus. Image courtesy of Alan M arriott. Appendix A 221 Mira Cetus -...---<11--__UAlphecca 1) y u Acrux Crux Australis Corona Borealis ___ __ ______ __ ____ __ ____ __ _ __L _ Cygnus Figure A.4. Cetus to Cyg nus. Image courtesy ofAlan M arriott. 222 Appendix A ~ C u rs a {) £ 1; Azha aThuban YEltamin a Achernar Eridanus Draco r ~__----,YAlhena Gemini Figure A.5. Eridanus to Gemini. Image courtesy ofAlan M arriott. Appendix A 223 y aAINair y ~ Grus Hercules a Rasalgethi ----- -------------- --- --~-- ----------------- ------- ---- y Hydra ~ ~_----.,YAlgieba aRegulu5 Leo Figure A.6. G rus to Leo. Image courtesy of Alan M arriott. 224 Appendix A K a Vega ~__J-'Nihal Lepus Lyra ---------------------------,-----~--------------------- a Rasalhague a Betelgeuse YBellatrix L-_---..~Rigel e x Saiph Ophiuchus Orion a ~Scheat YAlgenib ~~£Enif Pegasus Figure A.7. Lepus to Pegasus. Image courtesy of Alan Marriott. Appendix A 225 a Ankaa ----------Perseus------------~-------------------------Phoenix Pisces Australis Sagittarius Figure A.S. Perseus to Sag ittarius. Image cou rtesy of Alan Marriott. 199 Appendix A Scorpius Serpens I ----------------------------~------------------- Taurus Figure A.9. Scorpius to Taurus. Image courtesy of Alan Marriott. Appendix A 199 pMerak 'YPhecda u.Dubhe llAikaid Aloor Ursa Major pKochab t a Polaris 1') Ursa Minor 1') Virgo aSpica Figure A.10. Ursa Major to Virgo. Image courtesy ofAlan Marriott. APPE NDIXB Object Lists B1. Autostar Constellation List Autostar option: Select Item: Object -+ Constellation Table B.1. Autostar Constellation List. Constellation Abbreviation Latin Genitive Andromeda And Andromedae Antlia Ant Antliae Apus Aps Apodis Aquarius Aqr Aquarii Aquila Aql Aquilae Ara Ara Arae Aries Ari Arietis Auriga Aur Aurigae Bootes Boo BoOtis Caelum Cae Caeli Camelopa rdalis Cam Cameloparda lis Cancer Cnc Cancri Canes Venatici CVn Canum Venaticorum Canis Major CMa Canis Majoris Canis Minor CMi Canis Minoris (continued) 22~ 230 Appendix B Table B.l. (Continued) Constellation Abbreviation Latin Genitive Capricornus Cap Capricorni Carina Car Carinae Cassiopeia Cas Cassiopeiae Centaurus Cen Centauri Cepheus Cep Cephei Cetus Cet Ceti Chamaeleon Cha Chamaeleontis Circinus Cir Circini Columba Col Columbae Coma Berenices Com Comae Berenices Corona Australis CrA Coronae Australis Corona Borealis CrB Coronae Boreolis Corvus Crv Corvi Crater Crt Crateris Crux Cru Crucis Cygnus Cyg Cygni Delphinus Del Delphini Dorado Dor Doradus Draco Dra Draconis Equuleus Equ Equulei Eridanus Eri Eridani Fornax For Fornacis Gemini Gem Geminorum Grus Gru Gruis Hercules Her Herculis Horologium Hor Horologii Hydra Hya Hydrae Hydrus Hyi Hydri Indus Ind Indi Lacerta Lac Lacertae Leo Lea Leanis Leo Minor LMi Leonis Minoris Lepus Lep Leporis Libra Lib Librae Lupus Lup Lupi Lynx Lyn Lyncis Lyra Lyr Lyrae Mensa Men Mensae Microscopium Mic Microscopii Monoceros Mon Monocerotis Musca Mus Muscae Norma Nor Normae Octans Oct Octantis Ophiuchus Oph Ophiuchi Orion Ori Orionis (continued) Appendix B 199 Table B.l. (Continued) Constellation Abbreviation Latin Genitive Pavo Pav Pavonis Pegasus Peg Pegasi Perseus Per Persei Phoenix Phe Phoenicis Pietor Pic Pietoris Pisces Psc Piscium PiscisAustrinus PsA Piscis Austrini Puppis Pup Puppis Pyxis Pyx Pyxidis Reticulum Ret Reticuli Sagitta Sge Sagittae Sagittarius Sgr Sagittarii Scorpius Sco Scorpii Sculptor Sci Sculptoris Scutum Set Scuti Serpens Ser Serpentis Sextons Sex Sextantis Taurus Tau Tauri Telescopium Tel Telescopii Triangulum Tri Trianguli TriangulumAustrale TrA Trianguli Australis Tucana Tuc Tucanae Ursa Major UMa Ursae Majoris Ursa Major UMi Ursae Minoris Vela Vel Velorum Virgo Vir Virginis Volans Vol Volantis Vulpecula-----------Vul Vulpeculae 82.
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