List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2059

Rho2 Cephei (ρ2 Cep / ρ2 Cephei) is a star in the constellation Cepheus. It has the traditional name Al Kalb al Rai. Rho2 Cephei is an optical double star […]

Mu Crucis (μ Cru μ Crucis) the 7th brightest starin the constellation Crux or Southern Cross. It is awide binary of spectral class B stars each of magnitude 4.0 and […]

Kappa Leonis (κ Leonis κ Leo) is a 4th-magnitude double star in the constellation Leo. It was known as Minchir el-asad on Bode’s large star atlas Uranographia. This name is […]

Alpha Hydri (α Hyi α Hydri) is the second brightest star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Hydrus. It is readily visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual […]

Alpha Coronae Australis (α CrA α Coronae Australis) is a star in the constellation Corona Australis. It is the only star in the constellation with a proper name Alphekka Meridiana […]

Beta Cephei (β Cep β Cephei) is a third magnitude star in the constellation Cepheus. It has the traditional name Alfirk (Arabic الفرقة al-firqah) meaning The Flock (referring to a […]

Upsilon2 Eridani (Upsilon2 Eri υ2 Eridani υ2 Eri) is a G-type giant star in the constellation of Eridanus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 3.817 and is approximately […]

HR 8832 is a main sequence star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is smaller and less luminous than our Sun with a spectral class of K3V which makes it […]

Gamma Gruis (Gamma Gru γ Gruis γ Gru) is a star in the southern constellation of Grus. It is known as Al Dhanab the Tail (of the constellation of the […]

Beta Canum Venaticorum (β CVn β Canum Venaticorum) is a G-type main-sequence star in the northern constellation Canes Venatici. At an apparent visual magnitude of 4.26 it is the second-brightest […]