
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