NAMED STARS

(Most with Some Type of Peculiar Characteristic)

The “‘B” Abbreviation gives a page number in Burnham’s.

 

ANDREW’S STAR AUR GC 7066: Suspected flare star (B=290)

BARNARD’S STAR OPH LTF 1385: Faint red dwarf with highest known proper motion (B=1251). Finder – B 1253 See very large proper motion stars

BARNARD’S RUNAWAY STAR: See above (B=1251)

BLAZE STAR T CRB: Brightest and best example of a flare star (B=708) FINDER- B 710 See Red Stars

CRIMSON STAR R LEP: Very red star (B=1093) FINDER- B 1094 See Red Stars

DEMON STAR BETA PER = ALGOL: (B=1409)

DOG STAR ALPHA CMA = SIRIUS: (B=387)

FLYING STAR 61 CYG: Fast proper motion binary (B=768) ORBIT DIAGRAM- B 769 See very large proper motion stars

HERSHAL’S GARNET STAR MU CEP: Very red star (B=596) (See Red Stars)

HIND’S CRIMSON STAR R LEP: See Crimson Star above (B=1093)

IRON STAR XX OPH: Ionized Iron Spectrum (B=1246) FINDER- B 1248

KAPTEYN’S STAR PIC HD 33793: Second largest proper motion (B=1462) FINDER- 1463 See very large proper motion stars

KEPLER’S STAR V843 OPH: Nova 1604 (B=1249) CHART- B 1250

LA SUPERBA Y CVN: Splendid spectrum B-V=2.55 (B=361) See Red Stars

LITTLE DOG STAR ALPHA CMI = PROCYON: (B=448)

LUYTEN’S FLARE STAR CET L-726-8: Small binary – perhaps the smallest mass known (B=641) FINDER- B 642

MEDUSA See Demon Star above (B=1409)

NILE STAR ALPHA CMA = SIRIUS: (B=387)

PEACOCK STAR ALPHA PAV: (B=1355)

PEARCE’S STAR AO CAS: One of most massive systems known – 2 O stars, 3.5 days, 15 megmiles almost touching – maybe the most luminous in the galaxy (B=503)

PLASKETT’S STAR MON HD 47129: Almost the most massive binary system known 14.4 days – 2 O stars (B=1193)

TYCHO’S STAR CAS NOVA 1572: Near beta CAS (B=503) FINDER- B 504

VAN BIESBROECK’S STAR AQU WOLF 1055b, ROSS 652b: Red dwarf, lowest surface brightness known (B=226) FINDER- B 227

VAN MAANEN’S STAR PSC WOLF 28: Easiest white dwarf to find (B=1474) FINDER- B 1476 See Bright White Dwarfs