Stars to Know...

Name Notes Spectral
Type RA dec
Aldebaran Taurus, not Hyades K5III 04^h36^m 17°
Algol Perseus, eclipsing B8V + K0IV 03 08 41
Altair Aquila A7V 19 51 9
Arcturus Boötes K1III 14 16 19
Betelgeuse Orion M2Ia 05 55 7
Capella Auriga, kids G0III + G8III 05 17 46
Castor Gemini, multiple A2V 07 35 32
Deneb Cygnus A2Ia 20 41 45
Polaris Ursa Minor, cepheid F7Ib 02 32 89
Pollux Gemini K0III 07 45 28
Procyon Canis Minor, wd F5IV 07 39 5
Regulus Leo B7V 10 08 12
Rigel Orion B8Ia 05 15 -8
Sirius Canis Major, wd A1V 06 45 -17
Spica Virgo B2V 13 25 -11
Sun Solar System G2V
Vega Lyra, dust disk A0V 18 37 39

Name	Notes	Spectral Type	RA	dec
Aldebaran	Taurus, not Hyades	K5III	04^h36^m	17°
Algol	Perseus, eclipsing	B8V + K0IV	03 08	41
Altair	Aquila	A7V	19 51	9
Arcturus	Boötes	K1III	14 16	19
Betelgeuse	Orion	M2Ia	05 55	7
Capella	Auriga, kids	G0III + G8III	05 17	46
Castor	Gemini, multiple	A2V	07 35	32
Deneb	Cygnus	A2Ia	20 41	45
Polaris	Ursa Minor, cepheid	F7Ib	02 32	89
Pollux	Gemini	K0III	07 45	28
Procyon	Canis Minor, wd	F5IV	07 39	5
Regulus	Leo	B7V	10 08	12
Rigel	Orion	B8Ia	05 15	-8
Sirius	Canis Major, wd	A1V	06 45	-17
Spica	Virgo	B2V	13 25	-11
Sun	Solar System	G2V
Vega	Lyra, dust disk	A0V	18 37	39

Connections:

Winter "Hexagon": Betelgeuse, Rigel, Aldebran, Capella, Castor, Pollux, Procyon, Sirius
Summer Triangle: Vega, Altair, Deneb
Big Arc: follow Big Dipper handle: arc to Acturus, speed past Spica, crash into Corvus

On Names

You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird...I learned very early on the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something
Richard Feynman, What is Science?, 1966

As quoted in To Measure the Sky by Frederich Chromey, p. 99