what are the stars in the Cepheus constellation/ where are they??
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Check out these sites:\n\nhttp://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Cepheus.html\n\nhttp://www.astronomical.org/portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=20\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)
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The constellation Hydra has at least 70 stars.  However, only 2 of those stars have apparent magnitudes brighter than 3 (the lower the number, the brighter).
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Yes, there are a few of them, I beleive they are called Quasars, and they fluctuate through the color spectrum. I see one a lot at my camping spot in the summer. I dont have my star chart right now, or i could tell you more about it.
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It varies place to place and even month to month.\n\nWhat one needs to consider are three things: which are the brightest stars in the sky (as these are going to be the first to be seen as the sky darkens), what times of year are these stars visible RIGHT AT DUSK, and from which parts of the globe are they visible?\n\nThe brightest star in the night sky is Sirius.  Siruis is located in the southern sky, but is visible from the vast majority of the Northern hemisphere because it isn't too far south.  If you're in a part of the world where Sirius can be seen (all but Canada, Alaska, Russia, Scandanavia, etc), and at a time of year when it is in the sky right at dusk (mid winter to early spring), then Sirius (also called the Dog Star) will be the first to be visible.\n\nOther bright stars:\n\nCanopus (visible primarily from the southern hemisphere and the tropics or subtropics)\n\nArcturus (visible throughout the Northern hemisphere, would be in evening sky probably from spring to mid summer)\n\nAlpha Centauri (the closest of all stars, visible primarily from the southern hemisphere and the tropics or subtropics)\n\nVega (the one in the movie Contact, visible throughout the northern hemisphere, in evening sky around late summer through autumn)\n\nCapella (visible throughout the Northern hemisphere, probably in evening sky around winter into early spring)
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Alpha Centauri is the brightest star system (a triple star system) in the southern constellation of Centaurus, and contains the fourth brightest star in the night sky. It is the closet star system beyond our own at a distance of anywhere between 4.2 and 4.4 light years.
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If you want to know the names of celestial objects, you need to be familiar with landmarks in the celestial sphere, such as Polaris, the Big Dipper, Orion, etc. These are easy to find constellations and stars that provide guides to harder to find objects. Get a star gazing guide, or the excellent Starry Night Pro software: http://www.starrynight.com/ .\nIf you mean how to tell satellites from planets and stars, note that objects near Earth do not scintillate (twinkle) like stars. Most satellites move very fast, and are obviously moving too fast for the Earth's rotation to be the only cause. Planets are extremely bright compared to stars and do not scintillate.\nDon't expect to see nebulas and other faraway objects without a (good, not department store style) telescope or a strong pair of binoculars. The only galaxy you can see with the naked eye is our own, the Milky Way, and at that only in non-light polluted areas. I have never seen the Milky Way from NYC, but from the equator, it's a beautiful sight (it's a milky white band across the sky).
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Bigger that what? \n\nRemember, these planets are still a long ways away. \n\nAnd the morning star/evening star, which is Venus, sometimes called Lucifer or Hesperides or Phosphorus or Hesperus (The identification of morning star with evening star, or Phosphorus=Hesperus was famously realized by Pythagoras) is very large and bright in the sky sometimes. \n\nMercury is a bit harder to see because it is so small, and so close to the sun.
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Algol, binary system, one blue, the other red/yellow.\nMiram, orange.\n\nOther stars in Perseus: Mirtak, Markib, Atik.\nJust search their names in google.
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They are called extrasolar planets, and there is great info about them at the following sites\n\nhttp://www.nineplanets.org/other.html\nhttp://curious.astro.cornell.edu/extrasolarplanets.php\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planets\n\nFor a definitive list, try this site\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_with_confirmed_extrasolar_planets\n\n55 Cancri is an interesting one, as many feel it has similar characteristics to earth\n\nhttp://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=135\n\nHope that helps!
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Yes at starhustlers.com ...i used to go there for years and check out the constellations\n\nOops it's actually ...www.jackstargazer.com.\nThis guy is the master of star gazing!!! Check 'em out!
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Try this website:\n\nhttp://www.starshine.com/frankn/astronomy/constellations.asp
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sounds like it could have been sirius, in the constellation canis major. this is the brightest star in the northern hemisphere.
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The above answer is incorrect.  There are tens of thousands of stars that have been observed in the constellation of Hercules that are fainter than 8th magnitude.  \n\nThe dimmest star in the constellation probably was found by an all sky survey and likely does not have a name yet other than the survey source designation.  \n\nIf you mean dimmest star that makes the constellation then it probably is difficult to determine since there is not an official definition as to which stars make the shape of Hercules.  Officially constellations are only regions of sky.  By officially I mean recognized by the IAU.
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Cluster.\n\nEDIT: constellations are stars that make a connect-the-dots type shape in the sky. However, the stars that make up a constellation can be VERY far apart. A star cluster is a situation where two or more stars are gravitationally bound to each other.
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I googled "biggest star" and the first hit was the one below. The answer is the Pistol Star, which I never heard of before. Wikipedia also mentions Eta Carinae, which I have heard of before.
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Constellations. Gemini and Leo are zodiac signs.
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990323.html\n\nDelta Chamaeleontis, Epsilon Chamaeleontis, Theta Chamaeleontis.  The constellation is so near the south pole that there are no names from antiquity as no one had really seen this constellation from ancient times.  The only star names are the ones assigned by science.\n\nFor an interesting picture: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990323.html\n\nFor an informational link: http://www.dibonsmith.com/cha_con.htm\n\n-matt