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Alcor (star in Big Dipper) 14,78,82. Alcyone (star in Pleiades) 14 ... Alnitak (star in Orion's belt) 4,8 ... Bellatrix (star in Orion) 9,107. Berenice 70.

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Index
21-centimeter radiation 206
57 Cygni 140
61 Cygni 139,142
3C 9 (quasar) 180
3C 48 (quasar) 90
3C 273 (quasar) 89-90
absorption spectrum 25
Acadia 78
Achernar 67-68,162,217
Acubens (star in Cancer) 39
Adhara (star in Canis Major) 22,67
Aesculapius 115
Age of Aquarius 161
age of clusters 186
age of stars 114
Age of the Fish 196
Al Rischa (star in Pisces) 196
Al Tarf (star in Cancer) 39
Al- (prefix in star names) 4
Albireo (star in Cygnus) 144
Alcmene 52,112
Alcor (star in Big Dipper) 14,78,82
Alcyone (star in Pleiades) 14
Aldebaran 11,15,22,24
Alderamin (star in Cepheus) 154
Alexandria 7
Alfirk (star in Cepheus) 154
Algedi (star in Capricornus) 159
Algeiba (star in Leo) 59,61
Algenib (star in Pegasus) 167
Algol (star in Perseus) 204-205,210
Alhena (star in Gemini) 32
Alioth (star in Big Dipper) 78
Alkaid (star in Big Dipper) 78,80
Almagest 39
Almak (star in Andromeda) 189
Alnair (star in Grus) 97
Alnilam (star in Orion’s belt) 4
Alnitak (star in Orion’s belt) 4,8
Alpha Centauri 23,64-67,95,98,162,176
Alpha Centaurians 66
Alpha Crucis 162
Alpha Lyncis 51
Alphard (star in Hydra) 37-38,52-53
Alpheratz (star in Andromeda) 189
Alshain (star in Aquila) 148
Altair 129,148
altitude 171,223
ancient astronauts 96
Andromeda 167,182-184,188-190
Andromeda Galaxy (M 31) 190-193
Andromeda Galaxy, distance to 157
angular measurement 5
antarctic circle 103,175
Antares 104,106-107
Anubis 28
Apollo 53,119,130,136
apparent magnitude 7,156-157,177,223
Aquarius 146,160-161,164
Aquila 128,131,146-149
Arcas 78
Archer 119
arctic circle 103,175,212
Arcturus 17,79,93-96,98-100
Ariadne 101
Aries 167,183,196,217
Arrow 149
Ascella (star in Sagittarius) 120
asterisms 130
astrology 161,196
Atlantis 140
Atlas 14
Auriga 17
autumnal equinox 174,223
azimuth 171,223
Bacchus 101
Barnard’s Star 64-65,116
Barnard, E. 116
barred spiral galaxies 179
Bayer, Johan 125
Becvar, A. 221
Beehive (M 44) 42-43,45,50
Bellatrix (star in Orion) 9,107
Berenice 70
Bessel, Friedrich W. 27,142
Beta Cassiopeia 169
Beta Centauri 162,176
Beta Crucis 162
Beta Lyrae 132-133
Betelgeuse 10,22,24
big bang 89,180,184
Big Dipper 74-81,125
Big Dog 21
binary stars 17,46,132-133,143-144,
155,223
binary, eclipsing 205
binoculars 177-178
birds among constellations 136
birth of stars 8-9
black dwarf 48
black hole 18,121,143,184,223
Blaze Star 102
boomerang 101
Bootes 92-93
borders of constellations 151
boundaries of constellations 41
brightness of stars 7,22,156-157,177
broken dish 101
Brown, S. 221
Burnham, Robert x,221
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cepheid variables 155-157,168,190-191,

  • 21-centimeter radiation
  • 57 Cygni
  • 61 Cygni 139,
  • 3C 9 (quasar)
  • 3C 48 (quasar)
  • 3C 273 (quasar) 89-
  • absorption spectrum
  • Acadia
  • Achernar 67-68,162,
  • Acubens (star in Cancer)
  • Adhara (star in Canis Major) 22,
  • Aesculapius
  • Age of Aquarius
  • age of clusters
  • age of stars
  • Age of the Fish
  • Al Rischa (star in Pisces)
  • Al Tarf (star in Cancer)
  • Al- (prefix in star names)
  • Albireo (star in Cygnus)
  • Alcmene 52,
  • Alcor (star in Big Dipper) 14,78,
  • Alcyone (star in Pleiades)
  • Aldebaran 11,15,22,
  • Alderamin (star in Cepheus)
  • Alexandria
  • Alfirk (star in Cepheus)
  • Algedi (star in Capricornus)
  • Algeiba (star in Leo) 59,
  • Algenib (star in Pegasus)
  • Algol (star in Perseus) 204-205,
  • Alhena (star in Gemini)
  • Alioth (star in Big Dipper)
  • Alkaid (star in Big Dipper) 78,
  • Almagest
  • Almak (star in Andromeda)
  • Alnair (star in Grus)
  • Alnilam (star in Orion’s belt)
  • Alnitak (star in Orion’s belt) 4,
  • Alpha Centauri 23,64-67,95,98,162,
  • Alpha Centaurians
  • Alpha Crucis
  • Alpha Lyncis
  • Alphard (star in Hydra) 37-38,52-
  • Alpheratz (star in Andromeda)
  • Alshain (star in Aquila)
  • Altair 129,
  • altitude 171,
  • ancient astronauts
  • Andromeda 167,182-184,188-
  • Andromeda Galaxy (M 31) 190-
  • Andromeda Galaxy, distance to
  • angular measurement
  • antarctic circle 103,
    • Antares 104,106-
    • Anubis
    • Apollo 53,119,130,
    • apparent magnitude 7,156-157,177,
    • Aquarius 146,160-161,
    • Aquila 128,131,146-
    • Arcas
    • Archer
    • arctic circle 103,175,
    • Arcturus 17,79,93-96,98-
    • Ariadne
    • Aries 167,183,196,
    • Arrow
    • Ascella (star in Sagittarius)
    • asterisms
    • astrology 161,
    • Atlantis
    • Atlas
    • Auriga
    • autumnal equinox 174,
    • azimuth 171,
    • Bacchus
    • Barnard’s Star 64-65,
    • Barnard, E.
    • barred spiral galaxies
    • Bayer, Johan
    • Becvar, A.
    • Beehive (M 44) 42-43,45,
    • Bellatrix (star in Orion) 9,
    • Berenice
    • Bessel, Friedrich W. 27,
    • Beta Cassiopeia
    • Beta Centauri 162,
    • Beta Crucis
    • Beta Lyrae 132-
    • Betelgeuse 10,22,
    • big bang 89,180,
    • Big Dipper 74-81,
    • Big Dog
      • 155, binary stars 17,46,132-133,143-144,
    • binary, eclipsing
    • binoculars 177-
    • birds among constellations
    • birth of stars 8-
    • black dwarf
    • black hole 18,121,143,184,
    • Blaze Star
    • boomerang
    • Bootes 92-
    • borders of constellations
    • boundaries of constellations
    • brightness of stars 7,22,156-157,
    • broken dish
    • Brown, S.
    • Burnham, Robert x,
  • California Nebula
  • Callisto
  • Camelopardalis 202,211-
  • Camelopardus
  • Cancer 36-37,39,52,
  • Canes Venatici 56,
  • Canis Major 20-
  • Canis Minor 20-21,28-
  • Canopus 67-68,162,
  • Capella 17,24,79,
  • Caph (star in Cassiopeia) 185-
  • Capricornus 146,
    • 184- Cassiopeia 66,74,76,152-153,182,
  • Castor 21,31-
  • cataclysmic variables
  • celestial equator 4,169,
  • celestial poles 84,86,169,
  • celestial sphere 4,76,177,
  • Cellerius, Andreas
  • centaur
  • Centaurus
  • Centaurus Arm
  • center of Galaxy
  • Century of Progress
  • Cepheus 152-157,182,
  • Cetus 97-98,183-184,198-
  • Chamaeleon
  • Chanukah
  • Chicago World’s Fair
  • children of Perseus
  • Chiron
  • Christmas 214-
  • Cicero
  • circumpolar stars 76,185,
  • Claws
  • closest stars 64-
  • clrclet
    • 157, clusters, globular 51,71,113-114,123,
  • clusters, open 43-45,70,123,186,
  • clusters of galaxies 63,
  • color of stars 11,24,44-
  • Colt
  • Coma Berenices 56,70-71,
  • comets 50,62,124,135,
  • Cone Nebula
  • conjunction of planets 214-
  • Conon
  • constellations, names of 69,
  • continuous spectrum
  • coordinates 169-
  • Copernicus 6,60,98,
  • Cor Caroli (star in Canes Venatici)
  • Cor Hydrae (Alphard) - Corona Borealis 92,101-102, - Corvus 53, - cosmos - Coxa (star in Leo) - Crab Nebula (M 1) 15,51,100,187, - Crater 53, - Crown of Ariadne - Crown, Northern - Crux 137, - Cupid - Cygnus 128,131,136-144, - Cygnus Arm 139,141, - Cygnus Star Cloud - Cygnus X-1 - Dabih (star in Capricornus) - dark lines - daylight - death of stars 134, - declination 169-170, - Delphinus 146, - Delta Cephei 155- - Delta Lyrae - Demeter - Deneb 61,79,129,137- - Deneb Algedi (star in Capricornus) 61, - Deneb Kaitos (star in Cetus) 61, - Denebola (star in Leo) - density of stars 107, - diameter of stars - Diana - Dickinson, T. - distance to M 31 190- - 179, distances to galaxies 83,89,155-157, - distances to globular clusters 157, - distances to Magellanic Clouds - distances to quasars 90, - 132,138,142,177- distances to stars 13,23,43,78,88,94, - Dog Star 22- - Dogon tribe - Dolphin - donkeys (stars in Cancer) - Doppler effect - Dorado - Double Cluster 207- - 155, double stars 17,46,132-133,143-144, - double-double - Draco 152, - Draco System 193- - Dragon (Draco) - dragon (Scorpius) - Dubhe (star in Big Dipper) 78- - Dumbbell Nebula (M 27) - dust (interstellar)
  • Eagle 131,
  • Easter 56,
  • eclipse
  • eclipsing variable 18,133,
  • ecliptic 12,33,
  • ecliptic plane
  • edge of the universe
  • El Nasl (star in Sagittarius)
  • elliptical galaxies
  • Elsinore
  • Enif (star in Pegasus)
  • Eostre
  • Epsilon Aurigae
  • Epsilon Eridani
  • Epsilon Indi
  • Epsilon Lyrae
  • equator, celestial 4,
  • equatorial coordinates 169-172,
  • equinox 56,
  • Equuleus 146,
  • Er Rai (star in Cepheus)
  • Eratosthenes
  • Eridanus 136,217-
  • Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392)
  • Eta Cygni
  • Eta Leonis
  • Etamin (star in Draco)
  • Eurydice
  • expansion of universe 197, exactness of numbers x
  • extraterrestrials 26,66,96-97,
  • falling stars 62,
  • Faraday, Michael
  • field of the nebulae
  • fireball radiation
  • first point of Aries 196,
  • Fish
  • fishhook 106-
  • fixed stars
  • flying saucers
  • Flying Star 81,
  • Foal
  • Fomalhaut 162,164-
  • formation of galaxies
  • Fornax 183,
  • Fornax System 193-
  • fusion 47,57,
  • galactic clusters 15,43-45,
  • galactic equator 126,
  • galactic poles 71,194,
  • galaxies, classification of
    • 177,206,208, Galaxy 38,71,113-114,121-122,166,
  • Galileo 42,121,124,177, - Gallant, R. A. 52, - Garnet Star - gas (interstellar) - Gemini 20-21, - Gemma (star in Corona Borealis) 101, - ghoul - Gienah (star in Cygnus) 138- - Giraffe - 157, globular clusters 51,71,113-114,123, - Goat - goldfish - Gomeisa (star in Canis Minor) - gravity - Great (Orion) Nebula - Great Bear - Great Globular Cluster (M 13) - Great Nebula (M 31) - Great Pyramid - Great Rift 122, - Great Sagittarius Star Cloud - 177- Great Square of Pegasus 167-170, - Greek alphabet - Greenwich - Gregorian calendar - Gregory, Pope - Groombridge - Groombridge - Guard Stars - guardian of the bear - guest stars - Hadar (Beta Centauri) - Hades - Hair - Hale Observatory - Halley’s Comet - Halley, Edmund - halo of galaxy 51, - Hamal (star in Aries) - Hamlet - HDE - Heavenly Sisters - heavy element production - Helen - Hera 52, - Hercules 52,92,110,111-114,117, - Herdsman - Hermes 130, - Herschel, William 33, - Hertzsprung, Ejnar - Hevelius 69,125,151, - Hipparchus 7, - Homer
  • Horace
  • horizon coordinates 171-172,
  • Horse and Rider
  • Horsehead Nebula
  • Horseshoe Nebula (M 17)
  • Hubble, Edwin 157,190-191,
  • Hunter
  • Hven
  • Hyades 13,
  • Hydra 36-38,43,52,
  • IC 1613 (minor galaxy)
  • IC 342 (spiral galaxy)
  • Indus
  • infrared radiation
  • intelligence
  • International Astronomical Union
  • interstellar matter
  • interstellar matter 8,38,121-122,
  • intrinsic brightness
  • irregular galaxies 67,
  • irregular variables
  • Isis
  • Jesus
  • Jove
  • Julian calendar
  • Julius Caesar
  • Jupiter x,46,117,
  • Kaus Australis (star in Sagittarius)
  • Kaus Borealis (star in Sagittarius)
  • Kepler
  • Kepler’s laws 111,
  • Kepler’s Star 117,
  • Kepler, Johannes 111,117,
  • Keystone 111-112,
  • Khufu
  • kids
  • King of Ethiopia
  • kite
  • Kochab (star in Little Dipper) knowledge ix-x
  • Krueger
  • Lacaille
  • Lacaille, Nicolas Louis
  • Lacerta 151,
  • Lagoon Nebula (M 8)
  • Lalande 21185 64-65,
  • Lalande
  • Large Magellanic Cloud 156,
  • latitude x,
  • latitudes for seeing southern stars
  • Leavitt, Henrietta
  • Leda
  • Leo 56,58-
  • Leo I (minor galaxy) 193-
  • Leo II (minor galaxy) 193-
    • Leo Minor 56,
    • Leonids
    • Lepus 20-
    • Libra 92,104-
    • lifetimes of stars 47-49,
    • light year
    • limiting visible magnitudes
    • Little Dipper 74,
    • Little Dog 21,
    • Little Fox
    • Little Horse
    • Little Prince
    • Lizard
    • Local Group 192-193,197,212,
    • Lowell Observatory
    • lucida 69,
    • Ludwig’s star
    • luminosity 44-45,138,148,156-157,
    • Luyten 726-8 64-65,
    • Lynx 36-37,
    • Lyra 110,128,130-
    • M 1 (Crab Nebula) 50-
    • M 3 (globular cluster) 71,
    • M 5 (globular cluster) 113,
    • M 8 (Lagoon Nebula)
    • M 9 (globular cluster)
    • M 10 (globular cluster) 113,
    • M 11 (open cluster) 123,
    • M 12 (globular cluster) 113,
    • M 13 (Great Globular Cluster) 51,113-
    • M 15 (globular cluster)
    • M 16 (nebula and open cluster) 123-
    • M 17 (Swan Nebula) 123-
    • M 18 (open cluster) 123-
    • M 20 (Trifid Nebula)
    • M 21 (open cluster)
    • M 23 (open cluster)
      • 123- M 24 (Small Sagittarius Star Cloud)
    • M 25 (open cluster) 123-
    • M 26 (open cluster) 123,
    • M 27 (Dumbbell Nebula)
    • M 29 (open cluster)
    • M 31 (Andromeda Galaxy) 190-
    • M 32 (elliptical galaxy) 190,
    • M 33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) 192-193,
    • M 34 (open cluster)
    • M 35 (open cluster)
    • M 39 (open cluster)
    • M 41 (open cluster)
    • M 42-43 (Orion Nebula)
    • M 44 (Praesepe) 42-43,45,
    • M 45 (Pleiades)
    • M 46 (open cluster)
    • M 47 (open cluster)
    • M 48 (open cluster) 43,50-
  • M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)
  • M 52 (open cluster)
  • M 57 (Ring Nebula)
  • M 65 (spiral galaxy)
  • M 66 (spiral galaxy)
  • M 67 (open cluster) 43,47,
  • M 74 (spiral galaxy)
  • M 77 (spiral galaxy)
  • M 78 (nebula) 50-
  • M 81 (spiral galaxy)
  • M 82 (galaxy)
  • M 92 (globular cluster)
  • M 93 (open cluster)
  • M 95 (barred spiral galaxy)
  • M 96 (spiral galaxy)
  • M 100 (spiral galaxy)
  • M 103 (open cluster)
  • M 104 (Sombrero Galaxy)
  • Magellanic Clouds 67,156-157,176,
  • magnitude (apparent) 7,156-157,177,
  • main sequence 44-49,59,113,
  • Marduk
  • Markab (star in Pegasus)
  • masses of stars 27,
  • Mebsuta (star in Gemini)
  • Medusa 167,204-
  • Megrez (star in Big Dipper)
  • Menkar (star in Cetus)
  • Merak (star in Big Dipper) 78-
  • Mesarthim (star in Aries)
  • Messier objects 123-124,
  • Messier’s catalogue 43,50-51,
  • Messier, Charles 50,89,
  • meteors 62,135,
  • midnight sun
    • 186,206, Milky Way 30,106,121,129,139,176,
    • 121-122,166,177,206,208, Milky Way Galaxy 38,71,113-114,
  • minotaur
  • Mintaka (star in belt) 4,
  • Mira (star in Cetus) 61,98,
  • Mirach (star in Andromeda)
  • Mirfak (star in Perseus) 135,
  • Mirfak Cluster 207-
  • Mirzam (star in Canis Major)
  • Mizar (star in Big Dipper) 14,78,
  • Monoceros 20,
  • moon 105,
  • motion of stars in Galaxy 99, Moore, Marianne x
  • Mu Cephei (Garnet Star)
  • Murzim (same as Mirzam)
  • music of the spheres 111,
  • nadir
  • names of stars - Nath (star in Taurus) - nearest stars 64- - nebulae 38,51,123,139- - Neptune - neutron star 16, - New General Catalogue - New Year - Newton, Isaac 177,215- - NGC 147 (minor galaxy) - NGC 185 (minor galaxy) - NGC 205 (elliptical galaxy) 190, - NGC 253 (spiral galaxy) - NGC 288 (globular cluster) - NGC 457 (open cluster) - NGC 663 (open cluster) - NGC 869 (double cluster) - NGC 884 (double cluster) - NGC 2392 (Eskimo Nebula) - NGC 2403 (spiral galaxy) - NGC 2903 (spiral galaxy) - NGC 3628 (galaxy) - NGC 4565 (spiral galaxy) - NGC 6946 (spiral galaxy) - NGC 7293 (planetary nebula) - NGC 7741 (barred spiral) - NGC 7772 (cluster) - NGC 7789 (open cluster) - NGC 7814 (spiral galaxy) - Nile Star - North America Nebula 139- - north galactic pole - Northern Claw - Northern Cross - Northern Crown - Norton, A. P. - 206-208, novae 39,51,117-118,141,149, - novae, miniature - novae, recurrent - nuclear fusion 47,57,188, - nucleus of Galaxy - Nunki (star in Sagittarius) 120, - occultation 12,33,60, - Octans - Odyssey - Olbers’ Paradox 37, - Olbers, Wilhelm - Olympus - Omega Centauri - Omega Nebula (M 17) - open clusters 15,43-45,51,123, - open galactic clusters - Ophiuchus 105,110,115- - Orion 3-10,68, - Orion Nebula (M 42-43) 8,50- - Orionids
  • Orpheus 130,
  • Ottewell, Guy x,214,
  • Palermo Observatory
  • Palomar Observatory 140-
  • Palomar magnitude limit
  • parallax 46,94-95,142,157,172,
  • Peacock Star
  • Pegasus 164,167,
  • Pelican Nebula
  • period of cepheid variables 156-
  • Perseid meteor shower
  • Persephone
  • Perseus 167,182,184,202-207,
  • Perseus Arm
  • Perseus III Association
  • Phaethon
  • Phecda (star in Big Dipper)
  • pheonix
  • PHL 923 (quasar)
  • Phrixus
  • Piazzi, Guiseppe
  • Pinwheel Galaxy (M 33) 192-193,
  • Pisces 164,183,
  • Pisces Austrinus
  • PKS 0106+01 (quasar)
  • PKS 1402+044 (quasar)
  • PKS 2251 (quasar)
  • PKS 2344 09 (quasar)
  • plane of the ecliptic 86,
  • planetary motion
  • planets of other stars 27,64, planets x
  • Pleiades (M 45) 13-14,
  • plough (Big Dipper)
  • Pluto 33,105,
  • Pointers
  • Polaris 79,84-85,169,
  • pole star 85,154,
  • pole, celestial
  • Pollux 21,31-
  • Pond, the
  • Porrima (star in Virgo)
  • Poseidon 167,
  • Praesepe (M 44) 42-43,45,
  • precession 40,86,158-159,161,
  • prime meridian
  • Principia
  • Procyon 21,24,28-
  • Procyon B
    • 142,172, proper motion 15,27,29,80-81,99,116,
  • Propus (star in Gemini)
  • Proxima Centaure 64- - Ptolemy III - Ptolemy, Claudius 26,39, - pulsar 16, - Pup - quasars 89-90,180,199, - quasi-stellar radio source - Queen of Ethiopia - R Corona - R Leonis - radiant 62,135, - radiation (3-degree background) - radio - radio astronomers 180,184,198, - radio astronomy 143, - radio telescopes - radio waves - Rasalgethi (star in Hercules) - Rasalhague (star in Ophiuchus) - recession of galaxies - recurrent novae - 132,189, red dwarf stars x,64-65,88,96,116, - 107,134,154, red giants 10,11,16,26,44-45,48-49, - red shift 197, - Regulus 58-60, - Rey, H. A. 198, - Rigel (star in Orion) - Rigel Kentaurus - right ascension 169-170,196, - Ring Nebula (M 57) 34, - Rosette Nebula 30, - Ross - Ross 154 x,64- - Rosse, Lord - Rotanev (star in Delphinus) - RR Lyrae - Ruchbah (star in Cassiopeia) - Runaway Star - Russell, Henry Norris - Sadalmelek (star in Aquarius) - Sadr (star in Cygnus) 138- - Sagitta 146, - Sagittarius 110,119-124, - Sagittarius Arm - Saint-Exupery - San Francisco Bay - Saturn 117, - Scales - Scheat (star in Pegasus) - Schedar (star in Cassiopeia) - Schmidt, Maarten - Scorpion 106- science ix - Scorpius 92,104-107, - Sculptor 183,
  • Sculptor Group
  • Sculptor System 193-
  • Scutum
  • Scutum Star Cloud
  • Sea-goat
  • seasons 174,
  • Seneca
  • Serpens 110,
  • Serpent Holder 105,
  • Seven Sisters
  • Sextans 69,
  • Shakespeare 37,
  • shaky air
  • Shapley, Harlow
  • Sharatan (star in Aries)
  • Shaula (star in Scorpius)
  • Sheliak (star in Lyra) 132-
  • Shield
  • shooting stars 129,135,
  • sickle
  • sidereal time
  • Sidus Ludovicianum
  • Sigma Octans
  • sign of the zodiac
  • Sirius 16-17,21-26,64-65,67,
  • Sirius B 26-
  • Sirrah (star in Andromeda)
  • size of stars 10,18,27,107,
  • Skat (star in Aquarius)
  • Small Magellanic Cloud
  • Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (M 24)
  • Sobieski’s Shield
  • Sobieski, John
  • solar apex
  • solar time
  • solstice, summer 33,40,58,60,103,
    • 212-214, solstice, winter 40,120,159,174,203,
  • Sombrero Galaxy (M 104)
  • Southern Claw
  • Southern Cross 65,67,113,137,151,
  • Southern Fish
  • space velocity
  • spectral type 25,44-45,
  • spectroscope
  • spectrum
  • speed of light
  • sphinx
  • Spica 79,87-
  • spiral arms 206,
  • spiral galaxies 70-71,179,191-
    • 217, spring equinox 56,161,168,170,196,
  • Squaw and Papoose
  • Star of Bethlehem
  • star time
  • stardust - Stephan’s Quintet Starry Night, The ix - Sualocin (star in Delphinus) - Sulaphat (star in Lyra) - summer solstice 33,40,58,60,103, - Summer Triangle 129- - sun 9, - sun (life cycle of) 48- - sun-standing - sunset, position of - sunset, time of - supercluster - 187-188,208, supernovae 15,51,117-118,141,149, - Swan 131,136- - Swan Nebula (M 17) - T Corona - Tarazed (star in Aquila) - Tau Ceti 97-98, - Taurus 2,11-15, - teapot - telescope 100,177- - Tempel-Tuttle (comet) - temperature of stars 11,22,24-25,44- - temperature of universe - thermonuclear fusion 47,57, - Theseus - thickness of Galaxy 177- - Three Leaps of the Gazelle - Thuban (star in Draco) 86, - Ti’amat - tides - tilt of earth’s axis - time (solar vs. sidereal) - Tombaugh, Clyde - Trapezium - Triangulum 183, - Trifid Nebula (M 20) - Trojan War - Tropic of Cancer 40, - Tropic of Capricorn 40,159,213, - twilight - twinkle of stars - Twins - Tycho Brahe 70,187,208-209, - Tycho’s Star 187-188, - U Geminorum - Uhuru X-ray satellite - Underwing Moth - Unicorn (Monoceros) 30, - Uranus 33, - Ursa Major 74- - Ursa Major cluster of galaxies - Ursa Minor 74,77,84, - Ursa Minor System 193- - Valentine’s Day
  • Van Biesbroeck’s Star
  • Van Maanen’s Star Van Gogh ix
    • 155-157,198, variable stars 18,61,102,133-134,
  • variables, cataclysmic
  • Vega 17,86,99,111,129-
  • Veil Nebula 141,
  • Venator, Nicholaus
  • Venus 70,100,
  • Venus (magnitude of)
    • 217, vernal equinox 56,161,168,170,196,
  • Virgil
  • Virgo 87-90,
  • Virgo cluster of galaxies
  • visible light
  • Voyager spacecraft
  • Vulpecula 146,
  • wagon (Big Dipper)
  • wandering stars (planets)
  • Wasat (star in Gemini) 32-
  • Water Carrier
  • watery constellations
  • watery portion of sky 166-
  • Watts, May Theilgaard
  • wavelengths of light 24-
  • Wezen (star in Canis Major)
  • Whale 97-98,
  • Whirlpool Galaxy (M 51)
    • 197, white dwarfs 16,26-27,48-49,134,
  • Winged Horse
  • winter hexagon
    • 212-214, winter solstice 40,120,159,174,203,
  • wobble 158,161,172,196,217,
  • Wolf 359 64-
  • Wolf
  • Wolf, Max
  • World’s Fair
  • wreath
  • X-ray detectors
  • X-ray radiation
  • Xi Cygni
  • Yin and Yang
  • zenith 3,131,171,
  • Zeta Cancri
  • Zeta Tauri
  • Zeus 31,52,78,112,130,136,147,
  • zodiac 11-12,33,39,60,104-105,
  • zodiacal light
  • Zosma (star in Leo)
  • Zuben el Genubi (star in Libra)
  • Zuben Eschamali (star in Libra)