Bayer objects Bayer objects 41 Arietis is a star in the constellation Aries. It also has the traditional name Bharani. It does not possess a Greek letter Bayer designation, since this star was added in former times to the now-obsolete constellation Musca Borealis, but is sometimes designated c Arietis. ...more on Wikipedia about "41 Arietis"
47 Tucanae ( NGC 104) or just 47 Tuc is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It is about 13,400 light years away from Earth, and can be seen with the naked eye, being bright enough to have been given a Flamsteed number with a visual magnitude of 4.0. ...more on Wikipedia about "47 Tucanae"
55 Cancri (abbreviated 55 Cnc; Bayer designation ρ1 Cancri, Rho-1 Cancri) is a nearby 6th magnitude star in the constellation Cancer. The star is a binary system. The primary component is, like our Sun, a yellow dwarf, but slightly less massive and luminous. Secondary is a distant dim red dwarf. Distance to the system is 41 light years. The brighter component is visible through binoculars or to the naked eye under very dark skies. ...more on Wikipedia about "55 Cancri"
:The Bayer designations A Velorum and a Velorum are distinct. Due to technical limitations, both designations link here. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Velorum"
Achernar (α Eri / α Eridani / Alpha Eridani) is the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus and the ninth brightest star in the nighttime sky. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achernar"
Acrux (α Cru / α Crucis / Alpha Crucis) is the brightest star in constellation Crux (the Southern Cross) and the thirteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky, at visual magnitude 0.77. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acrux"
Albireo (β Cyg / β Cygni / Beta Cygni) is the third brightest star in the constellation Cygnus. Although it has the Bayer designation "beta", it is actually fainter than Gamma Cygni. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albireo"
Alcyone (η Tau / η Tauri / Eta Tauri) is a star system in the constellation Taurus. It is the brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster. Alcyone is approximately 440 light years from Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alcyone (star)"
Aldebaran, (α Tau / α Tauri / Alpha Tauri), is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. Because of its location in the head of Taurus, it has historically been called the Bull's Eye. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aldebaran"
:ALGOL is also a computer programming language; see ALGOL. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algol"
Alpha Andromedae (α And / α Andromedae) is the brightest star in the Andromeda constellation, which is located immediately northwest of Pegasus. It also has the traditional names Alpheratz and Sirrah (or Sirah). As a connecting star to Pegasus, it is also known as Delta Pegasi, though this name is no longer used (another such doubly-named connecting star is Beta Tauri). It is located 97 light years from Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Andromedae"
Alpha Antliae (α Ant / α Antliae) is the brightest star in the constellation Antlia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Antliae"
Alpha Apodis (α Aps / α Apodis) is a star in the constellation Apus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Apodis"
Alpha Aquarii (α Aqr / α Aquarii) is a star in the constellation Aquarius. It also has the traditional names Sadalmelik, which derives from an Arabic expression سعد الملك sacd al-malik/mulk meaning "Luck of the king/kinghood", as well as Rucbah, which it shares with Delta Cassiopeiae. It is only one of two stars with ancient proper names to lie within a degree of the celestial equator. The origin of the Arabic name is quite lost to history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Aquarii"
Alpha Arae (α Ara / α Arae) is the second brightest star in the constellation Ara. It also has the traditional name Tchou or Choo from the Mandarin 杵 chǔ meaning " pestle". ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Arae"
Alpha Arietis (α Ari / α Arietis) is the brightest star in the constellation Aries. It also has the traditional names Hamal and El Nath. Its Flamsteed designation is 13 Arietis, but this is very rarely used because it is a bright star with a Bayer designation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Arietis"
Alpha Cancri (α Cnc / α Cancri) is a star in the constellation Cancer. It also has the traditional name Acubens, derived from an Arabic word that means "the claw", as in the claw of Cancer (e.g. the Crab). ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Cancri"
Alpha Capricorni (α Cap / α Capricorni). It also has the traditional names Algiedi or Al Giedi or Algedi or Giedi; however, Giedi is sometimes also associated with β Capricorni. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Capricorni"
Alpha Cassiopeiae (α Cas / α Cassiopeiae ) is the second-brightest star in the constellation Cassiopeia ( magnitude 2.25). It also has the traditional name Schedar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Cassiopeiae"
Alpha Centauri (α Cen / α Centauri) is the brightest star system (a triple star system) in the southern constellation of Centaurus, and contains the fourth brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of −0.01. It is famous in the Southern Hemisphere as the outermost “pointer” to the Southern Cross, but it is too far south to be visible in most of the northern hemisphere. To the naked eye, the two brightest components of the system are too close for the eye to be able to resolve them as separate stars, so it is perceived as a single source of light with a total visual magnitude of about −0.27, which is brighter than Arcturus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Centauri"
Alpha Cephei (α Cep / α Cephei) is a star in the constellation of Cepheus. It also has the traditional name Alderamin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Cephei"
Alpha Ceti (α Cet / α Ceti) is a star in the constellation of Cetus. It also has the traditional name Menkar or Menkab. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Ceti"
Alpha Columbae (α Col / α Columbae) is a star in the constellation Columba. It also has the traditional name Phact. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Columbae"
Alpha Comae Berenices (α Com / α Comae Berenices) is a star in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). Although it has the Bayer designation "alpha", at magnitude 4.32 it is actually fainter than Beta Comae Berenices. It also has the traditional name Diadem. It is said to represent the crown worn by Queen Berenice. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Comae Berenices"
Alpha Coronae Australis (α CrA / α Coronae Australis) is a star in the constellation Corona Australis. It also has the traditional name Alfecca Meridiana. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Coronae Australis"
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