Bibliography and Credits

Star Data

• The Bright Star Catalog 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version)
  Hoffleit E.D., Warren Jr. W.H. <Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC (1991)>
  
  The Bright Star Catalog is our primary source for star data including coordinates for creating sky charts.
  
  

• Robert Burnham

  Burnham's Celestial Handbook Dover Publications, NY, 1978

  
  Burnham has been used as a resource primarily for the description of multiple star systems.
  
  

• James B. Kaler

  Stars and Their Spectra Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sydney, 1989

  
  Kaler provides information on stellar spectral classes.
  
  

• Ian Ridpath, ed.

  Norton's 2000.0 Longman Scientific & Technical, Essex England
  copublished with John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1989

  
  Norton's is used primarily for the physical parameters for stars of various luminosity and spectral classes. See table 44 on page 141.
  
  
• Hipparcos Catalogue
  
  Distances for the brighter stars are derived from the parallax data in The Hipparcos Catalogue. Apparent Magnitudes for each star are also derived from this catalog.
  The Hipparcos Mission

Principle Sources for Constellation Mythology

• Ian Ridpath

  Star Tales, Universe Books, NY, 1988

  
  We have primarily followed Ridpath in telling the stories of the constellations.
  
  

• Julius D. W. Staal

  The New Patterns in the Sky, Myths and Legends of the Stars, The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1988

  
  Staal provides a useful supplement to the information given by Ridpath.

Star Names

• Richard Hinckley Allen

  Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Dover Publications Inc, NY, 1963