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1 Observing Stellar Evolution Observing List Bill Pellerin, Houston Astronomical Society This list is organized by category of object. Within each category, the list is sorted by RA to help you plan your observing. Type Number Stellar Nurseries 14 Colorful Stars 34 Young Open Clusters 7 Low Mass Stars 8 Red Giant Stars 6 Carbon Stars 5 Planetary Nebulae / White Dwarfs 9 High Mass Main Sequence Stars 6 Red Supergiant Stars 5 Supernova Remanants 2 Variable Stars 4 Total 100
2 Stellar Evolution Stellar Nurseries (14 objects) Type: E = Emission R = Reflection D = Dark Name Other name Con RA Dec Mag Type Note Tempel's Nebula NGC 1435 Tau 03h 46m 10s ' 24" n/a R Nebulosity associated with the Pleiades cluster Miniature Orion Nebula NGC1931 Aur 05h 31m 26s ' 42" 6.0 ER Contains young star cluster; trapeziumlike grouping. Mag is for star cluster Orion Nebula M42 Ori 05h 35m 17s ' 51" 4.0 E Very bright. Can see with unaided eye. Look for the trapezium of new stars M78 NGC2068 Ori 05h 46m 46s ' 10" 8.3 R Contains 45 T Tauri stars (very young stars) Rosette Nebula NGC 2237 Mon 06h 30m 55s ' 52" 8.0 E Large and dim. Credit if you see the OC NGC2244 (Caldwell 50) Cone Nebula NGC2264 Mon 06h 40m 58s ' 44" 4.1 ED Cone is in southern part of object, the Christmas Tree cluster is at the north Barnard 68 Sgr 17h 22m 38s ' 34" D Req's dark skies Trifid Nebula M20 Sgr 18h 02m 28s ' 11" 9.0 ERD Lagoon Nebula M8 Sgr 18h 04m 08s ED Eagle Nebula M16 Ser 18h 18m 54s ' 04" 5.6 E Pillars of Creation Swan Nebula M17 Sgr 18h 20m 48s ' 00" 9.0 E Also called the Omega nebula Pelican Nebula IC5070 Cyg 20h 50m 48s ' 00" 8.0 E Associated with the North American Nebula, req's dark skies, diffuse North America NGC7000 / Cyg 20h 58m 50s ' 00" 8.0 E Visible unaided eye under dark skies Caldwell 20 IC1396 Cep 21h 39m 06s ' 00" 3.5 E A cluster with associated nebulosity. Region includes the Elephant Trunk
3 Colorful Stars (34 objects) Name Other name Color Con RA Dec Mag Note Sun G Proper filter required Mu And SAO A And 00h 56m 45s ' 58" Psc HIP7981 K Psc 01h 42m 30s HD14633 SAO37987 O And 02h 22m 54s ' 48" 7.5 Part of a multiple Polaris North Star F UMi 02h 31m 49s ' 51" 2.0 Always visible to northerners Algol SAO B Per 03h 08m 10s s 2.1 Eclipsing binary drops to 3.4 every days Epsilon Eri 18 Eri K Eri 03h 32m 55s ' 30" 3.7 Omega Aur 4 Aur A Aur 04h 59m 15s ' 24" 5.1 Rigel Beta Ori B Ori 05h 14m 32s ' 14" 0.1 Alnitak Zeta Ori O Ori 05h 40m 45s ' 33" 1.7 Gliese 229 SAO M Lep 06h 10m 35s ' 01" ly Plaskett s SAO O Mon 06h 37m 24s Steely-blue Star Sirius Alpha CMa A CMa 06h 45m 09s ' 11" -1.4 Brightest star in the sky Wezen Delta CMa F CMa 07h 08m 23s ' 35" 1.8 Procyon Alpha CMi F CMi 07h 39m 18s ' 19" 0.4 HD93521 HIP52849 O LMi 10h 48m 23d ' 55" 7.0 Lalande SAO M UMa 11h 03m 20s ' 21" 7.5 One of the brighter red dwarfs Theta Boo 23 Boo F Boo 14h 25m 12s ' 02" 4.1 Gliese 581 HO Lib M Lib 15h 19m 26s ' 21" 10.6 Red dwarf, dim, close companion star 36" away HD SAO K Boo 15h 36m 03s ' 08" 6.5 A double star, both K 14 Her SAO45933 K Her 16h 10m 04s Zeta Oph SAO O Oph 16h 37m 10s ' 02" 2.6 Rasalgethi Alpha Her M Her 17h 14m 39s ' 26" 2.8 Rasalhague Alpha Oph A Oph 17h 34m 56s ' 34" 2.1
4 Name Other name Color Con RA Dec Mag Note Barnard's HIP87937 M Oph 17h 57m 48s ' 26" 9.5 Red dwarf, quite dim Star Vega Alpha Lyr A Lyr 18h 36m 56s ' 04" 0.0 Ross 154 V1216 Sag M Sgr 18h 49m 50s ' 12" 10.4 Flare star hydrogen burning Albireo A Beta Cyg K Cyg 19h 30m 43s ' 35" 3.1 Beautiful the orange star Albireo B Beta Cyg B Cyg 19h 30m 43s ' 35" 3.1 Beautiful the blue star Altair Alpha Aql A Aql 19h 50m 47s ' 10" 0.8 Altair, Vega, and Deneb form the summer triangle; all are 'A' stars Alfirk Beta Cep B Cep 21h 28m 51s ' 39" 3.2 Iota Peg 24 Peg F Peg 22h 07m 01s ' 43" 3.8 Matar Eta Peg G Peg 22h 43m 00s ' 17" 2.9 Binary yellow G and whiter F Omega Psc SAO F Psc 23h 59m 19s ' 48" 4.0 Young Open Clusters (7 objects) Name Other name Age Con RA Dec Mag Note Double Cluster NGC 884, NGC 869 ~ 4 M Per 02h 20m 50s ' 58" 5.3 Great sight in a wide-field telescope! Pleiades M45 ~100 Tau 03h 46m 03s ' 57" 1.6 Close, bright. 440 ly away M M37 NGC M Aur 05h 52m 18s ' 11" 5.6 Beehive M M Cnc 08h 39m 57s ' 21" 3.1 M6 NGC M Sco 17h 40m 17s ' 17' 4.5 Butterfly Cluster NGC6530 Col M Sgr 18h 05m 11s ' 54" 4.6 Imbedded in M8 (Lagoon Neb)
5 Name Other name Age Con RA Dec Mag Note Wild Duck M M Sct 18h 51m 06s ' 00" 5.8 Stellar Evolution Low Mass Stars Main Sequence Low Mass Stars (8 objects) Name Other name Color Con RA Dec Mag Note Gliese 67 HD G And 01h 41m 48s ' 46" solar mass HIP 7918 Tau Cet HIP 8102 G Cet 01h 44m 03s ' 06" solar mass Eta Ari SAO F Ari 02h 12m 48s ' 40" solar mass Beta Com SAO G Com 13h 11m 52s ' 51" solar mass 18 Sco SAO G Sco 16h 15m 37s ' 15" solar mass Sigma Dra SAO K Dra 19h 32m 22s ' 21" solar mass 61 Cyg A HD HIP HR 8085 K Cyg 21h 06m 54s ' 58" solar mass. Brighter member of binary pair 51 Peg SAO G Peg 22h 57m 28s ' 08" solar mass (Hosts first extra-solar planet ever found)
6 Red Giant Stars (6 objects) Name Other name RA Dec Mag Note Mirach Beta 01h 09m 44s ' 13" 2.1 Andromedae Aldebaran Alpha Tau 04h 35m 55s ' 31" 0.9 Orange giant Capella Alpha Aur 05h 16m 41s ' 48" 0.1 Multiple stars. Early in red giant branch Pollux Beta Gem 07h 45m 18s ' 34" 1.1 Orange giant Arcturus Alpha Boo 14h 15m 39s ' 36" -0.1 Scheat Beta Peg 23h 03m 47s ' 00" 2.4 Carbon Stars (5 objects) Name Other name RA Dec Mag Note Hind's Crimson Star R Lep 04h 59m 36s ' 23" UU Aur SAO h 36m 33s ' 44" X Cnc SAO h 55m 23s ' 53" La Superba Y CVn 12h 45m 08s ' 25" Herschel's Garnet Star Mu Cep 21h 43m 30s ' 48" Planetary Nebulae / White Dwarfs (9 objects) Name Other name Con RA Dec Mag Note Eskimo Nebula NGC 2392 Gem 07h 29m 11s ' 45" 9.1 NGC6210 Her 16h 44m 30s Cat's Eye Nebula NGC 6543 Dra 17h 58m 33s ' 01" 8.1 Includes central white dwarf Ring Nebula M57 Lyr 18h 53m 35s ' 47" 8.8 White dwarf in center requires large telescope
7 Name Other name Con RA Dec Mag Note Blinking NGC 6826 Cyg 19h 44m 48s 50 31' 29" 8.8 Planetary Dumbbell M27 Vul 19h 59m 36s ' 18" 6.7 Nebula Saturn Nebula NGC 7009 Aqr 21h 04m 11s ' 47" 8.0 Helix Nebula NGC 7293 Aqr 22h 29m 38s ' 11" 7.3 Blue Snowball NGC 7662 And 23h 25m 54s 42 32' 06" 8.3 Stellar Evolution High Mass Stars High Mass Main Sequence Stars (6 objects) Name Other name Color Con RA Dec Mag Note Delta Cet SAO B Cet 02h 39m 29s ' 43" solar masses Bellatrix Gamma Ori B Ori 05h 25m 08s ' 59" solar masses Theta1 Orionis C SAO O Ori 05h 35m 16s solar masses. Brightest in Trapezium Adhara Epsilon CMa B Cma 06h 58m 38s ' 19" solar masses Spica SAO B Vir 13h 25m 12s ' 03" solar masses Alpha Vir 10 Lacertae SAO O Lac 22h 39m 16s ' 01" solar masses Red Supergiant Stars (5 objects) Name Other name RA Dec Mag Note Betelgeuse Alpha Ori 05h 55m 10s ' 26".5 Small amplitude variable VY CMa HD h 22m 58s ' 03" 6.5 Variable Antares Alpha Sco 16h 29m 24s ' 55" 1.1 Small amplitude variable
8 Name Other name RA Dec Mag Note VV Cep A HD h 56m 39s ' 32" 4.8 Variable RW Cep SAO h 23m 07s ' 48" Variable Supernova Remnants (2 objects) Name Other name Con RA Dec Mag Note Crab Nebula M1 Tau 05h 34m 32s ' 52" 9.0 Veil Nebula NGC 6960 Cyg 20h 45m 42s ' 00" 10.6 Very large Variable Stars (4 objects) Name RA Dec Mag Note R Aql 19h 06m 22s ' 48" Mira variable star RR Lyra 19h 25m 28s ' 04" RR Lyra variable star η Aql 19h 52m 28s ' 20" Cepheid variable star δ Cep 22h 29m 10s ' 52" Cepheid variable star References Name Type Author Note Observer's Guide to Stellar Evolution Book Inglis Covers this subject is significant detail contains observing lists Astronomy Today Book Chaisson, McMillan Textbook covers a wide range of astronomical topics American Association of Variable Star Observers Organization Submit variable star magnitude estimates.
9 Name Type Author Note The Brightest Stars Book Schaaf Think you can't see anything from your driveway? This book tells you interesting facts about bright stars The 100 Greatest Stars Book Kaler Information about 100 of the most interesting stars in the sky.
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