STARS
STARS
Welcome! STARS presents a comprehensive suite of pages
that tell the stories of stars and their constellations. Please
explore and enjoy. The stars listed below have all appeared as a
Star of the Week on
Skylights. The first two tables list the stars
alphabetically by proper name (where
available, otherwise by Greek
letter name, catalogue
number, or variable star
designation). Stars known principally by Flamsteed number are listed in
the third table. The fourth table then arranges the stars by
Greek letter name within their parent constellations, which are linked to
labelled photographs that show the stars' locations.
STARS now contains:
| Skylights presents the weekly sky and a photo of the week. | Stars arranged by spectral class and variable star class using proper names. | Stars arranged by spectral class and variable star class using Greek letter names. |
| The Natures of the Stars provides a linked introduction to stars and star lives. | SPECTRA provides a linked and illustrated introduction to the spectra of the stars. | The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram presents the different kinds of stars and an introduction to star lives. |
| The Constellations presents a complete linked list along locations and brightest stars. | Constellation Maps shows the locations of the constellations on six charts. | Tour the Milky Way as seen from the northern hemisphere. |
| The 152 Brightest Stars, through magnitude 2.90. | The Planet Project shows stars with orbiting planets. | Visit The Planetary Nebulae, with images from the past and present. |
| See prominent star clusters and enjoy Poor Blue Straggler. | Take a trip to the Galaxy's Anticenter, its variables and clusters. | Compare with the Milky Way at the Galaxy's Center. |
| See a deep photo and naked-eye polar stars in the Polar Project. | Look at pages from classical star atlases. | Read more on stars in Stellar Stories. |
| See Measuring the Sky to learn about the celestial sphere. | Read a brief discussion of Star Names. | Know the Greek alphabet, used in naming stars. |
| See planets move against the background stars. | Find out what happened in astronomy 1989-2008 on the Astronomy Update Pages. | Skylights has an Archive and Photo Gallery back to September 25, 1998. |
| See sunsets, rainbows, the Moon and planets, and other sky phenomena in Sunlight. | Go from Day Into Night, with 83 linked illustrations. | The Aurora has an explanation and images. |
| See aspects of the Moon at Moon Light. | Love the stars? The StarGazer may be playing in a planetarium near you. | The History and Philosophy of the site. |
| Take a ride aboard Asteroid 17581 Kaler (1998 JK). | Examine a variety of Jim Kaler's books about stars. |
Support
science literacy by joining the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific, an international organization that is
among the world's premier providers of astro education. Get
Mercury and a variety of other benefits; see some excerpts. | Presenting three audio courses with 70-100 page study guides, narrated and written by Jim Kaler. | ||
| Heavens Above: Stars, Constellations, and the Sky from Recorded Books. | Astronomy: Earth, Sky, and Planets, is available from Recorded Books. | Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe, is also now available from Recorded Books. |
| Astronomy: Earth, Sky, and Planets is published as Vault of the Heavens: Exploring the Solar System's Place in the Universe by Barnes and Noble. | ||
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