Table V
Pronunciations and Meanings of Names of Stars and Constellations
1. STARS
| Name | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| Achernar | a-ke´r-när | End-of-the-River |
| Aldebaran | al-de´b-ar-an | The Hindmost |
| Altair | al-ta´r | |
| Antares | an-ta´-rez | Rival of Ares (Mars) |
| Arcturus | ärk-t´u-rus | |
| Bellatrix | bel-la´trix | The Female Warrior |
| Betelgeuze | be´t-el-gerz or be´t-el-gez | The Arm-Pit |
| Canopus | cän-o´-pus | |
| Capella | ca-pel-la | Little She-Goat |
| Deneb | de´n-eb | |
| Denebola | de-ne´b-o-la | The Lion’s Tail |
| Fomalhaut | fo´-mal-o | The Fish’s Mouth |
| Hyades | hi-a-dez | The Rainy Ones |
| Pleiades | ple´-ad-ez | |
| Pollux | po´l-lux | |
| Praesepe | pre-se´-pe | The Beehive |
| Procyon | pro-si´-on | Precursor of the Dog |
| Regulus | reg´-u-lus | The Ruler |
| Rigel | ri´-gel or ri-jel | |
| Sirius | sir´-i-us | The Sparkling One |
| Spica | spi´-ka | The Ear of Wheat |
| Vega | ve´-ga |
2. CONSTELLATIONS
| Name | Pronunciation | Meaning | |
| Andromeda | an-d´rom-e-da | The Woman Chained | |
| Aquarius | a-kw´a-ri-us | The Water-bearer | |
| Aquila | a´k-wi-la | The Eagle | |
| Ara | a´-ra | The Altar | |
| Argo Navis | ä´r-go-n´a-vis | The Ship Argo | |
| Aries | a´-res | The Ram | |
| Auriga | äw-ri´-ga | The Charioteer | |
| Boötes | bo-o´-tez | The Herdsman | |
| Cancer | ca´n-ser | The Crab | |
| Canes Venatici | ca´-nez ven-a´t-i-si | The Hunting Dogs | |
| Canis Major | ca´-nis ma´jor | The Greater Dog | |
| Canis Minor | ca´-nis mi´nor | The Lesser Dog | |
| Capricornus | ca´p-ri-kö´r-nus | The Goat | |
| Cassiopeia | ca´s-si-o-p´e-ya | ||
| Centaurus | cen-tä´w-rus | The Centaur | |
| Cepheus | se-fe-us | ||
| Cetus | s´e-tus | The Whale | |
| Columba | col-u´m-ba | The Dove | |
| Coma Berenices | co´ma ber-e-ni-ses | Berenice’s Hair | |
| Corona Borealis | co-ro´-na bo-re-a´-lis | The Northern Crown | |
| Corvus | cô´r-vus | The Crow | |
| Crater | cr´a-ter | The Cup | |
| Crux | kru´x | The Cross | |
| Cygnus | si´g-nus | The Swan | |
| Delphinus | del-fi´-nus | The Dolphin | |
| Dorado | dôr-a´-do | The Goldfish | |
| Draco | dra´-co | The Dragon | |
| Eridanus | e-ri´d-a-nus | The River Eridanus | |
| Gemini | jem´-i-ni | The Twins | |
| Grus | gru´s | The Crane | |
| Hercules | her-ku-lez | ||
| Hydra | hi´-dra | The Water-snake | |
| Hydrus | hi´-drus | The Serpent | |
| Indus | i´nd-us | The Indian | |
| Leo | le´-o | The Lion | |
| Lepus | le´-pus | The Hare | |
| Libra | li´-bra | The Scales | |
| Lupus | lu´-pus | The Wolf | |
| Lynx | The Fox | ||
| Lyra | li´-ra | The Lyre | |
| Musca | mus´-ca | The Fly | |
| Octans | o´ct-ans | The Octant | |
| Ophiuchus | o´-fi-u´-kus | The Serpent-holder | |
| Orion | o-ri´-on | The Warrior | |
| Pavo | pä´-vo | The Peacock | |
| Phoenix | fe´-nix | ||
| Piscis Australis | pi´s-sis aus-tra´-lis | The Southern Fish | |
| Pegasus | peg´-a-sus | The Winged Horse | |
| Perseus | pe´r-se-us or per-sus | ||
| Pisces | pi´s-sez | The Fishes | |
| Sagitta | sa-ji´t-ta | The Arrow | |
| Sagittarius | sa-jit-ta´-ri-us | The Archer | |
| Scorpio | skô´r-pi-o | The Scorpion | |
| Serpens | ser-pens | The Serpent | |
| Taurus | täu-rus | The Bull | |
| Telescopium | tel-es-cop´-i-um | The Telescope | |
| Triangulum | tri-a´n-gu-lum | The Triangle | |
| Tucana | tu´c-an-a | The Toucan | |
| Ursa Major | u´r-sa ma´-jor | The Greater Bear | |
| Ursa Minor | u´r-sa mi´-nor | The Lesser Bear | |
| Virgo | ve´r-go | The Maiden | |
| Volans | vo´l-ans | The Flying Fish |
Notes
1 About 940 have been discovered up to the present time.
2 Extreme values.
3 Invisible north of 35° N. Lat. (approximate).
4 The approximate position of the center of the constellation.
Mid-paragraph illustrations were moved near to the text describing the illustrated material.
Redundant title—Astronomy for Young Folks—on p. 3 was deleted.
P. 3: Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth—“Canst” is assumed in blank space.
P. 25: brighter object than the nearby star Aldebaran—“star” is assumed in blank space.
P. 122: Illustration originally stated “See note page 126”. That statement was removed, and the actual note from page 126 was moved to its place with the illustration.
P. 174: [...]—duplicate of later line “occurred at L’Aigle, France, in 1803. Between two” appeared at this spot. Possible missing text where the line occurred.
Data in tables retained as in original, but may be incorrect—for example, the escape velocity of Mars, represented as 1.5 miles per second in Table I, is closer to 3.1.