List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2183

Kappa Scorpii (κ Sco κ Scorpii) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Scorpius. It has the traditional name Girtab which is the Sumerian word for ‘scorpion’ […]

Epsilon Scorpii (ε Sco ε Scorpii) is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius. Patrick Moore introduced the name Wei but this seems to be a misreading; Wěi […]

Mu Cephei (μ Cep μ Cephei) also known as Herschel’s Garnet Star is a red supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus. It is one of the largest and most luminous […]

Mu Geminorum (μ Gem μ Geminorum) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Gemini. It has the traditional name Tejat Posterior which means back foot […]

Epsilon Carinae (ε Car ε Carinae) is a star in the southern constellation of Carina. It is also known by the name Avior. At apparent magnitude +1.86 it is one […]

Delta Herculis (δ Her δ Herculis) is a fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Hercules. It has the traditional name Sarin.

Delta Aquarii (δ Aqr δ Aquarii) is the third-brightest star in the constellation Aquarius. It has the traditional name Skat which has also been used for Beta Pegasi. The apparent […]

Pi Sagittarii (Pi Sgr π Sagittarii π Sgr) is a triple star system in the zodiac constellation Sagittarius. It has the traditional name Albaldah.Albaldah has an apparent visual magnitude of […]

Beta Virginis (β Vir β Virginis) is a star in the constellation Virgo. It has the traditional names Zavijava (also Zavijah) and Alaraph.

Electra also cataloged as 17 Tauri is a blue-white giant star in the constellation of Taurus. The star is one of the nine brightest stars in the Pleiades open cluster. […]