- A Skywatcher's Pronunciation Guide
We've often heard people ask, "How do you pronounce that?" This guide provides phonetic pronunciations for hundreds of stars and other astronomical objects.
http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/pronunciation_guide.html
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Alphabetical List of Brighter Stars
This site contains a list of stars that have common names. These stars can be seen with the naked eye.
http://einstein.stcloudstate.edu/Dome/constellns/alphalist.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Can I buy a star?
There is no place where you can purchase a star. There are a few businesses which claim to sell or name stars, but the names they give are not recognized by anyone in the scientific community.
http://www.aas.org/faq/index.htm#star
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Common Star Names
This site provides a list of common star names along with some history behind the names of stars.
http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/starnames/starnames.html
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Naming Stars
Get answers to you questions about how stars are named from the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
http://www.iau.org/IAU/FAQ/starnames.html
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Naming the Stars
The stars on the celestial sphere are named in several different ways. As a result, the brighter stars may have more than one name. The web site gives a brief overview of naming stars.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/naming.html
(Added: Sun Oct 27 2002)
- Star Pronunciation Guide
You can also listen to Deborah Byrd pronounce the words and tell you a little bit about the objects they refer to (via Real Audio).
http://www.earthsky.com/Features/Skywatching/pronounce.html
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
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