Bayer 166, 218
Caldwell 186
Cambridge 170, 244, 254, 260
Chinese 12
distance and luminosity values
170
Dreyer 186
Henize 188
Messier 194, 225, 243, 250
New General Catalogue (NGC)
186
Poczobut 236
Ptolemy 166, 223
radial velocities 170
of radio sources 202
Tycho Brahe 13
Star classification
distance and luminosity 172
Harvard system 172
magnitude, classes of 166–7
spectral types 172
types 172
Star maps 210–261
Hevelius 219
Lacaille 260, 261
Stars
A-type 176
accretion disk 180
approaching Earth 171
B-type 256
Bible, mentioned in 250
binary 171, 180, 234, 236
Alpha Centauri 167, 177,
182, 216, 217, 256
Arich (Porrima; Postvarta)
228
Capella 172, 173, 214–5,
252
Castor and Pollux (Heavenly
Twins) 177, 251
eclipsingsee below eclipsing
binary
Plaskett’s Star 172
black dwarf 175
blue stragglers 187, 258
brightness 167
cepheids seeCepheids
circumpolar 169
clusters seeStellar clusters
colour 167, 218
declination 214–5
density 175
diameter, measurement 172
dissolving 207
distance
from Earth 170, 178
measurement 170
double 167, 176–7, 218, 254
changing appearance 177
data listed 177
distance apart 176–7
formation 177
frequency 176
movement 176
position angle (PA) 177
spectral lines 177
see alsobinary above;
eclipsing binary below
eclipsing binary 180, 223, 228,
258
Algol 178, 241
Auriga 252
B Lyrae 232
Delta Librae 178
Mintaka 248
R Arae 256
UW Canis Majoris 248
Zeta Aurigae 178
Zeta Phoenicis 258
egg-shaped 178, 234
exploding 181
extinction 248table 242
faintest visible 166–7
Gamma Cassiopeia variables
222
giant 172, 173
Hertzsprung–Russell (HR)
Diagrams 172
images from the past 167
interstellar travel 208
K-type 176
Diphda 246
‘late’ and ‘early’ 172
L-type (brown dwarf) 172
M-type seered dwarf below
M-type giant 258
magnitude 167, 242
mass and size 167, 172, 223
mass transfer 178
most powerful 172, 179
movement 167
and navigation 220
nearest 34, 167
neutron stars seePulsars
nomenclature 166, 259
non-circumpolar 169
novae seeNovae
nuclear reactions 180
number 166, 208
occulted by Moon 226. See
alsoOccultation
optical pair 244
period-luminosity relationship
258
planet-forming matter 245,
254–5
planetary systems 259, 261
proper motions 170–1
pulsars seePulsars
red dwarf 173, 177
red giant 175, 177
‘runaway’ 252
seasonal maps north 214–5
seasonal maps south 216–75
spectra 173, 177, 218, 258
spectroscopic binary 177, 238
spectroscopy 172–3, 177,
225, 228
SS Cygni type 251
stellar evolution 230, 241
death 182–3
origin 189, 207, 250
theories 173, 174
subdwarf 173
subgiant 173
supergiant 172, 173, 177, 184,
222, 238
Antares 177, 217, 238
Arneb 249
Betelgeux seeBetelgeux
Deneb 189, 217, 232
Jewel Box 167, 186, 257
Rasalgethi 234, 236
supernovae seeSupernovae
surface details detected 172,
248
symbiotic 244
T Tauri stage 175
targets for SETI listed 209
temperature 167, 172
trails 169, 265
twinkling 248
variable seeVariable stars
W and O type 173
W Virginis type 228, 259
white dwarf 155, 172, 173,
175, 179, 180, 243
Wolf-Rayet type 172
Acamar 260
Achernae 260
Acrux 169
Adhara 248
Agena 256Albireo (Beta Cygni) 177
Alcor 176, 218
Alcyone 250
Almaak (Gamma Andromedae)
176, 240
Alnair 258
Alpha Capricorni 176
Alpha Centauri 167, 177
Alphard (Solitary One) 230
Alpheratz 240, 242
Altair 217, 234
Aludra 248
Ankaa 258
Arcturus 169, 217, 224
Barnard’s Star 170, 171, 236
Becklin–Neugebauer Object
(BN) 189
Bellatrix 248
Bellissima 228
Beta Centauri 167, 216, 217
Beta Lyrae 178
Beta Pictoris 208
Betelgeux seeBetelgeux
Blaze Star (T Coronae) 181,
225, 236
Canopus 108, 166, 167, 169,
215, 216, 217, 254
Dubhe 166, 218
Fomalhaut 208, 215, 245
Gamma Crucis 167
Hadar 256
Kappa Crucis 242
Kappa Pavonis 259
Kursa 246
Lambda Tauri 178
Lesath 238
Ludwig’s 218
Main Sequence 172, 173, 174,
175, 178, 179, 189, 216
Miaplacidus 254
Mirach 240
Mizar 176, 218
Octantis (South Polar Star) 261
Plaskett’s Star 172
Polaris 36, 63, 168, 220
Procyon 248
Proxima Centauri 170, 177,
256
R Leporus (Crimson Star) 249
Regor 254
Regulus 167, 226
Rigel 166, 170, 248
Saiph 248
Shaula 238
Sigma Octantis 168
Sirius seeSirius
61 Cygni 170, 178
Spica 217, 228
T Coronae 181, 225, 236
T-type (brown dwarf) 172
Van Maanen’s Star (Wolf 28)
243
Vega 168, 208, 215, 232
Wezea 248
Zaurak 246
Zeta Herculis 177
Zubenelchemale (Northern
Claw) 229
Zubenelgenubi (Southern
Claw) 229
‘Steady-state’ theory 206
Stellar clusters 167, 175, 186–7
globular 196, 199, 219, 230,
234, 235, 237, 239, 244, 249
discovery 239
M13 235, 237
M22 239
M68 230
M79 249
M92 235
NGC104 (47 Tucanae) 258
NGC362 258–9NGC2419 253
NGC6025 256
NGC6352 256
NGC6397 256
NGC6752 259
ˆCentauri 256
IC2602 254
Jewel Box 167, 186, 257
listed 186
NGC2516 254
nomenclature 186
open 238, 248, 251, 252
Hyades 186, 187, 250
M35 251, 252
M41 248
NGC2244 249
NGC2391 254
NGC6067 256
NGC6087 256
Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
186–7, 215, 250
Praesepe 186
types 186
Stellar parallax 220
Stephano (satellite of Uranus)
126, 127
Stonehenge 13
Stromatolites 37
‘Sulci’ 107
Sun 152–63
X-Ray image 162
absolute magnitude 170
apparent movement 168
auroral ovals on Earth 41
and comets 34, 137
composition 154
corona 161, 162
coronal mass ejection 162
data listed 154
and Earth’s axis 168
and Earth’s tides 43
eclipses 160–1
diamond-ring effect 161
ecliptic 168
energy source 154, 155
evolution 155, 175, 185
faculae 154
final state 185
flares 162
flocculi 161
granules 157
gravitation 160
HR Diagram 173
Jupiter compared 94
Kitt Peak Solar Telescope 159
magnetic field 157
magnetic phenomena 162
magnitude 167
Maunder Minimum 156, 157
movement through galaxy 196
nearest star 34, 137
neutrino emissions 155
observing 154, 155, 159
origins 155
photographing 161
photosphere structure 157
position in galaxy 154–5, 196
prominences 160–1, 162–3
ratio of elements 158–9
similar star 246
size 167
solar cycle 156–7
Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory 162
Solar Maximum Mission
(SMM) 162
solar probes 162
solar spectrum 158–9
solar wind 162
spectral classification 172, 173
spicules 162
surface 156–7T Tauri stage 175
zone layers 154
Sunspots 36, 153, 156–7
and Aurora Borealis 162–3
cause 157
cycle 156–7
faculae 157
maxima 156
minima 157
penumbra 153, 156
size 156
temperature 156
umbra 153, 156
Wilson Effect 157
Supergiants seeStars
Super-kamiokande 155
Supernovae 179, 182–3, 199
of 1006 183, 257
of 1054 182, 183, 250
of 1562 (Tycho’s Star) 183
of 1604 183
of 1885 (S Andromedae) 183,
199, 240
of 1987 183, 260
amateur discovery 256
brightest seen 183
Chandrasekhar limit 182
classes 182
evolution 182
formation 175
frequency 183
future 254
galactic 236
gravity 183
layers 182
luminosity 182
mass 183
observation 201
outburst 175
radio radiation 182, 183
Vela remnant 184
Surveyor probe 50
Swift, Jonathan 80
SX Phoenicis (variable star) 258
Sycorax (satellite of Uranus)
126, 127
Synodic period 63T
T Coronae (Blaze Star) 181,
225, 236
Tadpole Galaxy 9
Tarantula (nebula) 193, 199
Taurus (constellation) 250–1
Taygete (satellite of Jupiter) 103
Tektites 148, 149
Telescopes 14–15
X-ray 24
‘active optics’ 18
altazimuth mounting 14, 18
Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)
18
choosing 264, 266–7
compound Schmidt-Cassegrain
266–7
Dobsonian 267
earliest 13, 14
electromagnetic spectrum 20
equatorial mounting 14, 15, 19
eyepieces 266
faintest object ever seen 184
first astronomical 102
first observation of Jupiter 96
home observatories 268–9
infra-red 18
IRAS (Infra-red
Astronomical Satellite)
197, 208, 232, 245, 246
United Kingdom Infra-Red
Telescope (UKIRT) 18, 21
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