Names of stars
•Proper
names mostly from
Arabic
•Astronomers
use
(a, b, d, e, ... ) + Constellation
in approximate order of brightness
(a, b, d, e, ... ) + Constellation
in approximate order of brightness
•Alpha
Orionis = Betelgeuse
•Beta Orionis = Rigel
•Alpha
Tauri = Aldebaran
•Numbers
and other schemes
for fainter stars. (About 6000 stars are visible to naked eye.)
Orion
(From our Text: Horizons, by Seeds)