28 Major Constellations Named Stars The Nick Strobel's Tutorial Tables

25 Lesser Constellations Southern Sky Messier Tables

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Andromeda   Aquila   Aries   Auriga   Bootes   Cancer   Canis Major   Canis Minor   Cassiopeia   Cepheus   Cetus   Coma B.   Corona B.   Cygnus   Draco   Gemini   Leo   Lyra   Ophiucus   Orion   Pegasus   Perseus   Sagittarius   Scorpius   Taurus   Ursa Major   Ursa Minor   Virgo

Name	Abbr.	sq.deg.	brightest star	magn.	type	temp.°K.	class
Virgo	Vir	1294	Spica	0.98	B1	25.600	Giant (III)
Ursa Major	UMa	1280	Alioth	1.77	A0	10.000	Main sequence (V)
Cetus	Cet	1231	Deneb Kaitos	2.04	G9	4.940	Giant (III)
Pegasus	Peg	1121	Enif	2.39	K2	4.560	Supergiant (I)
Draco	Dra	1083	Eltanin	2.23	K5	4.200	Giant (III)
Ophiucus	Oph	948	Ras Alhague	2.08	A5	8.400	Giant (III)
Leo	Leo	947	Regulus	1.35	B7	13.600	Main sequence (V)
Bootes	Boo	907	Arcturus	-0.04	K1	4.680	Giant (III)
Sagittarius	Sgr	867	Kaus Australis	1.85	B9	11.200	Giant (III)
Cygnus	Cyg	804	Deneb	1.25	A2	9.360	Supergiant (I)
Taurus	Tau	797	Aldebaran	0.85	K5	4.200	Giant (III)
Andromeda	And	722	Alpheratz	2.06	B8	12.400	Subgiant (IV)
Auriga	Aur	657	Capella	0.08	G5	5.500	Giant (III)
Aquila	Aql	652	Altair	0.77	A7	8.000	Main sequence (V)
Perseus	Per	615	Mirphak	1.79	F7	6.360	Supergiant (I)
Cassiopeia	Cas	598	Shedir	2.23	K0	4.800	Giant (III)
Orion	Ori	594	Rigel	0.12	B8	12.400	Supergiant (I)
Cepheus	Cep	588	Alderamin	2.44	A7	8.000	Main sequence (V)
Gemini	Gem	514	Pollux	1.14	K0	4.800	Giant (III)
Cancer	Cnc	506	Altarf	3.52	K4	4.320	Giant (III)
Scorpius	Sco	497	Antares	0.96	M1	3.280	Supergiant (I)
Aries	Ari	441	Hamal	2.00	K2	4.560	Giant (III)
Coma Berenices	Com	386	Diadem	5.22	F5	6.600	Main sequence (V)
Canis Major	CMa	380	Sirius	-1.46	A1	9.680	Main sequence (V)
Lyra	Lyr	286	Vega	0.03	A0	10.000	Main sequence (V)
Ursa Minor	UMi	256	Polaris	2.02	F7	6.360	Supergiant (I)
Canis Minor	CMi	183	Procyon	0.38	F5	6.600	Subgiant (IV)
Corona Borealis	CrB	179	Alphekka	2.23	A0	10.000	Main Seq. (V)

Constellation pictures are modified screen displaies of Voyager II™ version 2.0 for the Macintosh™, the Astronomy Program of Carina Software, 12919 Alcosta Blvd Suite #7, San Ramon, CA 94583

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