Rank
Name
Constellation
Hemisphere
1
Sirius
Canis Major
North & South
2
Carina
South
3
Alpha Centauri
Centauri
South
4
Arcturus
Boôtes
North & South
5
Vega
Lyra
North & South
6
Capella
Auriga
North & South
7
Rigel
Orion
North & South
8
Procyon
Canis Minor
North & South
9
Achernar
Eridanus
South
10
Hadar
Centauri
South
11
Betelgeuse
Orion
North & South
12
Altair
Aquila
North & South
13
Aldebaran
Taurus
North & South
14
Acrux
Crux
South
15
Antares
Scorpius
North & South
16
Spica
Virgo
North & South
17
Pollux
Gemini
North & South
18
Fomalhaut
Pisces Austrinis
North & South
19
Deneb
Cygnus
North & South
20
Beta Crucis
Crux
South
21
Regulus
Leo
North & South
22
Adhara
Canis Major
North & South
23
Castor
Gemini
North & South
24
Shaula
Scorpius
South
25
Bellatrix
Orion
North & South
Exploring The Night Sky
Take your time as you cruise the cosmos. Pick out a few of the brightest stars and study the stars
near them. Use the constellations to guide you to the dimmer stars that can easily escape the
casual observer.
For easier star-watching, you will need to give your eyes time to adjust to darkness. Astronomers
call this becoming darkness adapted. You will see best after about 20 minutes in the dark. Care
care should be taken not to look directly at any bright lights, so you don’t ruin your night vision.
Learn More About Astronomy
If you want to learn more about the exciting subject of astronomy, check out your school’s
library, your local public library, a book store, or the Internet.
The Brightest Stars
Here are the 25 brightest stars, after the sun, each listed by its common name, the constellation
in which it can be found, and the hemisphere from which it is visible:
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The Moving Sky
The horizon ring is an important part of your planetarium. It divides the sky into two halves, the
visible and the nonvisible. In the course of 24 hours, all of the objects visible from a given location
on Earth seem to rise in the east and set in the west.
Your planetarium projects stars that are visible from the northern hemisphere. To see all the stars
that are visible from the northern hemisphere, slowly rotate the light wand to the left
(westward) while the projection lamp is on. Do you notice that some stars around Polaris never
set while some of the stars that can be seen from the southern hemisphere (at the opposite pole
of the Star Sphere from Polaris) never rise in the northern hemisphere?
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