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Aquila

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Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere with Cygnus to the north and Scutum and Sagitarrius to the south. It represents a flying eagle.

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Orion

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Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere opposite Scorpius so that this constellation sets as scorpion rises in the sky. It represents a giant hunter or warrior followed by his dogs (the constellation Canis Major and Canis Minor). Its most distinctive feature is Orion's belt, a line of three second-magnitude stars. Note: In late October each year, the Orionid meteors appear to radiate from a point near the border of Gemini.

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Bootes

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Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere that lies in the Milky Way between Cassiopeia and Auriga. It represents the character who was sent to slay Medusa, the Gorgon, in Greek mythology., Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere that extends from Draco and the handle of the Big Dipper in the north to Virgo in the south. This constellation represents a man herding a bear (Ursa Major).

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Ursa Major

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Constellation found in the Northern Hemisphere. Seven of its stars form the Big Dipper. It represents the Great Bear. The two stars in the dipper's bowl farthest from the handle, Alpha and Beta Ursae Majoris, point toward the north Pole Star, Polaris. In Greek mythology, The Great Bear is identified with two different characters. One is Callisto who was turned into a bear by Zeus's wife, Hera, in a fit of jealousy. The other is Adrasteia, one of two nymphs who nursed the infant Zeus, hiding him from the his murderous father, Cronus.

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Canis Minor

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Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the smaller of the two dogs of Orion, the hunter.

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Aquila

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Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere with Cygnus to the north and Scutum and Sagitarrius to the south. It represents a flying eagle. Also Is under the Constellation Hercules

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Canis Major

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Constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. It is one of the two dogs following Orion, the hunter.

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Cassiopiea

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Seen in the North all year around (the Lady in the chair)

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Cepheus

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This constellation contains NGC 188, the oldest star cluster in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Cygnus

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a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way

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Draco

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(adj): Excessively harsh (penalties); an allusion to an athenian lawmaker in the 7th century whose legal code was unusually severe

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Gemini

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Contains Castor and Pollux.

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Leo

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the lion that Hercules slayed and then turned into a star.

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Lyra

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Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere lies on the edge of the Milky Way next to Cygnus. It represents the instrument played by Orpheus. Note: The Lyrid meteors radiate from a point near the star Vega around April 21-22 every year.

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Pegasus

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(Greek mythology) immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa . then when it died it was put into the stars

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Scorpio

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Arachnid that has a long tail with a poisonous, needlelike point on the end. Scorpio killed Orion

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Taurus

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Constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. It represents a bull that was said, in Greek mythology, to be the disguise of the god Zeus

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Virgo

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Found in the northern hemisphere, it is the 2nd largest constellation overall. It has Bootes to the north, Corvus to the south, and Libra to the west. It represents a virgin. 5 to 10 light years away from earth.

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Altair

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Star in the Aquila Constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Arcturus

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the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes

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Sirius

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Brightest star in the night sky. The "dog" star. Actually a binary star.

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Procyon

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The eighth-brightest star in in the sky found in the Canis Minor Constellation. It has a magnitude of 0.4. It is ata distance of 11.4 light-years to earth. It is slightly farther away than the other dog star, Sirius in Canis Major.

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Deneb

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Brightest star in the Cygnus Constellation. It lies in the tail of the swan. It is a supergiant with a magnitude of 1.3 and over 3,000 light-years away. It is the most distant first-magnitude star.

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Pollux

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Giant, K (Luminosity class, spectral class)

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Regulus

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A rapidly rotating star in the Leo Constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Vega

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is the old north star.

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Betelgeuse

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Red supergiant star in the Orion Constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Rigel

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A luminous blue supergiant star in the Orion Constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Antares

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Red supergiant star in the Scorpius Constellation located in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Aldebaran

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A red giant in the Taurus Constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Pleiades

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M57, an open cluster of a few hundred stars in constellation Taurus; six of the stars are easily visible to the naked eye

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Hyades

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Nearest open cluster to the Solar System and one of the best-studied of all star clusters. Located inm Taurus.

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Merak

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Pointer star for Polaris. Apparent brightness=2.37. Bottom right star of the spoon of the Big Dipper

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Dubhe

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Star at the top of the basket of ursa major, points toward polaris.

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Polaris

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A creamy-white supergiant star that is a Cepeid variable in the Ursa Minor Constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spica

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The brightest star in the Virgo constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere. It is found at the southern tip of Virgo's sloping Y shape.

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