Pronouncing Dictionary
Acrisius—a-crish’-e-us
Ægean—ee-gee’-an
Ægeus—ec’-juce
Æsculapius—es-cu-la’-pe-us
Albireo—al-bi’-re-o
Alcyone—al-si’-o-ne
Algenib—al-ge’-nib
Algol—al’-gol
Alioth—al-i’-oth
Almach—al’-mach
Alnilam—al-ni-lam’
Alnitak—al-ni-tak’
Alpha Centauri—al-fa sen-ta’-re
Alphard—al-fard’
Alpheratz—al-fe’-ratz
Altair—al-tar’
Alwaid—al’-waid
Ambrosia—am-bro’-zhia
Amphitrite—am-fe-tri’-te
Andromeda—an-drom’-e-dah
Andromids—an-drom’-ids
Antares—an-ta’-rez
Aphrodite—af-ro-di’-te
Aquarius—a-qua’-ri-us
Aquila—ak’-wi-la
Aratus—ara’-tus
Arcas—ar’-cas
Archimedes—ar”-chi-me’-des
Arcturus—ark-tu’-rus
Ares—a’-rez
Argonauts—ar’-go-nawts
Ariadne—a”-ri-ad’-ne
Aries—a’-ri-es
Arion—a-ri’-on
Aristarchus—ar”-is-tar’-chus
Aristillus—ar”-is-til’-us
Asterope—as-ter-o’-pe
Astræa—as-tree’-ah
Atlas—at’-las
Atergatis—a-ter-ga’-tis
Auriga—aw-ri’-ga
Aurora—aw-ro’-rah
Autolycus—au-to-ly’-cus
Bacchus—bac’-cus
Bellerophon—bel-ler’-o-fon
Berenices—ber”-e-ni’-ces
Beta Centauri—be’-ta sen-ta’-re
Betelgeuse—bet’-cl-gooz
Boötes—bo-o’-tez
Caduceus—ca-du’-she-us
Canopus—ka-no’-pus
Canis—ca’-nis
Canes Venatici—ca’-nez ven-at’-i-si
Capella—ca-pel’-la
Castor—kas’-tor
Cassiopeia—cas”-se-o-pee’-ah
Caucasus—caw’-ca-sus
Centaurus—cen’-taw-rus
Centaur—cen’-tawr
Ceres—ser’-reez
Cepheus—se’-fus
Cerberus—cer’-be-rus
Cetus—se’-tus
Chaos—ka’-oss
Chromosphere—kro’-mo-sfer
Chimara—ki-mee’-rah
Chiron—chi’-ron
Constellation—con-stel-la’-tion
Coma Berenices—co’ma ber-a-ni’-ses
Copernicus—co-per’-ni-cus
Cor-Carolli—kor-kar-o’-li
Corona—ko-ro’-na
Crete—cre’-te
Cyclops—si’-clops
Cycnus—sik’-nus
Cygnus—sig’-nus
Danae—dan’-a-e
Dadalus—ded’-a-lus
Danaides—dan-a’-i-deez
Deimos—dei’-mos
Delphi—del’-fi
Diana—di-an’-a
Demeter—de-mee’-ter
Deneb—den’-eb
Delphinus—del-fin’-us
Dolphin—dol’-fin
Doerfel—doer’-fel
Draco—Dra’-co
Electra—e-lek’-tra
Elysian—e-lizh’-e-an
Erechtheus—e-rek’-thuce
Eridanus—e-rid’-an-us
Etanin—et’-a-nin
Eurydice—u-rid’-i-se
Europa—eu-ro’-pa
Formalhaut—for’-mal-o
Galileo—gal”-i-le’-o
Ganymede—gan-i-mee’-de
Gassendi—gas-sen’-di
Gemini—jem’-i-ni
Gorgons—gor’-gons
Hades—ha’-deez
Hecatoncheires—hec-a-ton’-sheires
Helicon—hel’-i-con
Hellespont—hel’-les-pont
Hercules—her’-ku-leez
Hesiod—he’-she-od
Hesperides—hes-per’-i-dees
Hesperus—hes’-pe-rus
Hyades—hi’-a-deez
Isis—i’-sis
Janus—ja’-nus
Juno—ju’-no
Jupiter—ju’-pe-ter
Leda—le’-dah
Leonids—le’-o-nids
Maia—ma’-ya
Markab—mar’-kab
Medusa—me-du’-sa
Merope—mer’-o-pe
Minotaur—min’-o-tawr
Minos—mi’-nos
Mintaka—min’-ta-ka
Mirfak—mir’-fak
Mizar—mi’-zar
Naxos—nax’-os
Neptune—nep’-tune
Nemean—ne-me’-an
Nebula—neb’-u-la
Nebulæ—neb’-u-lë
Oceanus—o-see’-a-nus
Ophiuchus—o-fi-u’-kus
Ossa—oss’-sah
Orion—o-ri’-on
Orpheus—or’-fe-us
Parnassus—par-nas’-sus
Pegasus—peg’-a-sus
Pelion—pee’-le-on
Perseus—per’-se-us
Phaethon—fa’-e-thon
Phœbus—fo’-bus
Photosphere—fo’-to-sfer
Phlegethon—fleg’-i-thon
Phœbe—fee’-be
Pirene—pi-re’-ne
Pleiades—ple’-ia-deez
Pleione—ple’-io-ne
Pluto—plu’-to
Polaris—po-lar’-is
Pollux—pol’-lux
Prometheus—pro-me’-the-us
Proserpine—pross’-er-pine
Prœsepe—prë-se’-pe
Procyon—pro’-cy-on
Regulus—reg’ u-lus
Rigel—ri’-gel
Sagittarius—sa-jet-ta’-ri-us
Saturn—sat’-urn
Schickard—schick’-ard
Scheat—she-at’
Sirius—sir’-us
Tartarus—tar’-ta-rus
Taurus—taw’-rus
Taygeta—tay-ge’-ta
Thuban—thu’-ban
Tycho—ty’-cho
Uffizi—oof’-fid-ze
Urania—u-ra’-ne-ah
Uranus—u’-ra-nus
Vega—Vee’-ga
Venus—Vee’-nus
Vindemiatrix—vin-de”-mi a’-trix
Zeus—zuce
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