Delta Scuti
Delta Scuti (δ Sct) is a yellow-white giant located 201 light years away in the constellation Scutum. The star serves as the prototype for a class of variable stars known as the Delta Scuti variables.| Star Facts
Delta Scuti (δ Sct) is a yellow-white giant located 201 light years away in the constellation Scutum. The star serves as the prototype for a class of variable stars known as the Delta Scuti variables.| Star Facts
Aldhibah (ζ Dra) is a binary star system located approximately 330 light-years away in the constellation Draco. Shining at magnitude 3.17, it is the fifth brightest star in Draco.| Star Facts
Messier 93 (M93) is an open star cluster located in the constellation Puppis. It lies at a distance of 3,600 light years from Earth. Messier 93 has the designation NGC 2447 in the New General Catalogue. The cluster has an apparent diameter of 22 arc minutes, roughly two thirds the size of the full Moon.… Read More »Messier 93| Messier Objects
Messier 47 (M47) is a bright open star cluster located in the southern constellation Puppis. The cluster lies at a distance of 1,600 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 4.2. It has the designation NGC 2422 in the New General Catalogue. Messier 47 occupies an area of 30 arc minutes of… Read More »Messier 47| Messier Objects
Messier 46 (M46) is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Puppis, the Stern. It occupies an area of 27 arc minutes of apparent sky, almost the size of the full Moon, and has a spatial diameter of 30 light years. Messier 46 is a relatively bright, large cluster containing about 500 stars.… Read More »Messier 46| Messier Objects
Argo Navis (the Ship Argo) is an obsolete constellation located in the southern sky. It was divided into three smaller constellations – Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern) and Vela (the Sails) in the 18th century.| www.constellation-guide.com
Pyxis is a small constellation in the southern sky. Created in the 18th century, it represents a mariner's compass.| www.constellation-guide.com
Piscis Austrinus is a small constellation in the southern sky. It represents the Southern Fish. It is home to Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the sky.| www.constellation-guide.com
Pictor is a small, faint constellation located in the far southern sky. It was created in the 18th century. It represents a painter's easel.| www.constellation-guide.com
Monoceros is a relatively faint northern constellation located between Canis Major and Canis Minor. It is home to the famous variable star V838 Monocerotis, the open cluster Messier 50, and the Rosette Nebula.| www.constellation-guide.com
Equuleus is the smallest constellation in the northern sky. It represents a little horse or foal and lies near the larger horse, Pegasus. The constellation is home to the yellow giant Kitalpha and the spiral galaxy NGC 7015.| www.constellation-guide.com
Delphinus is one of the smallest northern constellations. Recognizable for its distinctive quadrilateral shape, the constellation is home to the Blue Flash Nebula (NGC 6905) and the globular clusters NGC 6934 and NGC 7006.| www.constellation-guide.com
Columba is a faint constellation located in the southern sky. It represents the dove. The constellation is home to the runaway star Mu Columbae, the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1808, and the globular cluster NGC 1851.| www.constellation-guide.com
Naos, Zeta Puppis (ζ Pup) is a hot blue supergiant located at a distance of 1,080 light years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. It is the constellation's brightest star.| Star Facts
Hydra is the largest constellation in the sky. Located in the southern celestial hemisphere, the constellation contains the open cluster Messier 48, the Porpoise Galaxy (NGC 2936), and the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83).| www.constellation-guide.com
Aspidiske, Iota Carinae (ι Car) is a white supergiant star located 690 light years away in the southern constellation Carina. It is one of the four bright stars that form the False Cross.| Star Facts
Alsephina, Delta Velorum Aa (δ Vel Aa), is the primary component in a triple star system located 80.6 ly away in the constellation Vela. It is one of the four stars that form the False Cross.| Star Facts
The False Cross is an asterism formed by four bright stars in the constellations Vela and Carina. Located in the far southern sky, the diamond-shaped pattern is often confused for the brighter Southern Cross.| www.constellation-guide.com
Carina is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents the keel of the ship Argo. It is home to Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky, and Eta Carinae, a massive star illuminating the Carina Nebula.| www.constellation-guide.com
Gamma Centauri (γ Cen) is a binary star system located 130 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. The system has the traditional name Muhlifain. It is the fourth brightest point of light in Centaurus.| Star Facts
Canopus, Alpha Carinae (α Car), is a white bright giant star located at a distance of 310 light years from Earth in the constellation Carina. It is the second brightest star in the sky.| Star Facts
Vela is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents the sails of Argo Navis, the mythical ship of Jason and the Argonauts. The constellation contains the Vela Supernova Remnant, the Eight-Burst Nebula, and the Omicron Velorum Cluster| www.constellation-guide.com
Markeb, Kappa Velorum (κ Vel), is a spectroscopic binary star located 570 light years away in the constellation Vela. It is one of the four bright stars that form the False Cross.| Star Facts
Regor, Gamma Velorum (γ Vel), is a multiple star system located at a distance of 1,095 light years in the constellation Vela. It contains one of the nearest supernova candidates to Earth.| Star Facts
Rigel (β Ori) is a blue-whlue-white supergiant star located 848 light-years away in the constellation Orion. It is the most luminous star within 1,000 ly of Earth.| Star Facts
The Vela Supernova Remnant (Vela SNR) is the remnant of a supernova that occurred around 11,000 years ago in the southern constellation Vela. The remnant lies approximately 936 light-years away. It is one of the nearest supernova remnants to the Sun.| www.constellation-guide.com
The Gum Nebula is a large emission nebula located approximately 1,470 light-years away in the southern constellations Puppis and Vela. It covers an area of 36 degrees, which is equivalent to 72 full Moons.| www.constellation-guide.com
Eta Carinae (η Car) is a massive binary star system located approximately 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina. The system consists of two exceptionally massive stars that will end their lives as supernovae.| Star Facts
The Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080) is an emission nebula located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The star-forming region appears near the larger Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus).| www.constellation-guide.com
Orion, the Hunter, is one of the best known constellations in the sky. Home to Orion's Belt, the Orion Nebula, and the bright stars Rigel and Betelgeuse, the constellation lies north of the celestial equator and is visible from both hemispheres.| www.constellation-guide.com
Canis Major is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents the bigger dog following Orion, the Hunter. The constellation is home to Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, and the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy.| www.constellation-guide.com
Eridanus is one of the largest constellations in the sky. It represents the celestial river. It is home to Achernar, one of the brightest stars in the sky, the nearby star Epsilon Eridani, and the Witch Head Nebula (IC 2118).| www.constellation-guide.com
Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris (α CMa), is the brightest star in the sky. The Sirius star system lies at a distance of 8.6 ly from Earth in the constellation Canis Major. It can be found using the stars of Orion's Belt.| Star Facts
AG Carinae (HD 94910) is a luminous blue variable (LBV) located 17,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel). It is one of the most luminous stars known in the Milky Way.| Star Facts
Carina Nebula (NGC 3372, Caldwell 92) is a large region of bright and dark nebulosity located 8,500 light-years in the constellation Carina. It hosts Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and luminous stars known.| www.constellation-guide.com
Procyon, Alpha Canis Minoris (α CMi), is the eighth brightest star in the sky. It is the primary component in a binary star system located 11.46 light-years away in the constellation Canis Minor.| Star Facts
The Winter Triangle, or the Great Southern Triangle, is an asterism formed by the bright stars Betelgeuse in Orion, Procyon in Canis Minor and Sirius in Canis Major constellation.| www.constellation-guide.com
Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is a fast-spinning white main sequence star located 25.04 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. Shining at magnitude 0.026, it is the fifth brightest star in the sky. It forms the Summer Triangle with Altair and Deneb.| Star Facts
Altair, Alpha Aquilae (α Aql), is a white main sequence star located 16.73 ly from Earth in the constellation Aquila. It forms the Summer Triangle with Vega and Deneb.| Star Facts
