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Star Lore of All Ages
Name | Last Perihelion | Period in Years | Next Return |
Holmes | Apr. 29, 1899 | 06.8 | 1913 |
Faye | Jan. 23, 1881 | 07.5 | 1911 |
Tuttle | May 05, 1899 | 13.6 | 1913 |
Pons Brooks | Jan. 26, 1884 | 71.5 | |
Olbers | Oct. 09, 1887 | 72.6 | |
Halley | May 17, 1910 | 76 |
Star Name | Speed in Miles per Second | |
Pritchard | Young | |
β Cassiopeiæ | 10 | |
α Cassiopeiæ„ | 02 | |
61 Cygni | 35 | 37 |
Polaris | 02.5 | 01.8 |
α Arietis | 08 | |
α Persei | 01 | |
Elkin | ||
Aldebaran | 04 | 05.1 |
Capella | 11 | |
Sirius | 09 | 10.1 |
Procyon | 13 | 12.2 |
Pollux | 27 | |
Regulus | 08 | |
Vega | 31 | 07.1 |
Altair | 09 | 08.0 |
Miss Clerke | Newcomb | |
Arcturus | 375 | 200 to 300 |
Characteristics | Star Names | |
Type I. Sirian Stars (blue or white) |
Broad, intense, dark hydrogen lines
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Sirius Altair and perhaps more than half of all the stars
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