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Round the Year with the Stars

by Garrett P. Serviss

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Pronunciation of Star and Constellation Names

Achernar (ä-ké̃r-när)

Albireo (ăl-bí̄-rē-ō)

Alcyone (ăl-sí̄-ŏ-nē)

Aldebaran (ăl-dé̆b-ȧr-ăn)

Algenib (ăl-ḡén-ib)

Algenubi (ắl-ḡen-ú̄-bǐ)

Algieba (ăl-jé̄-bȧ)

Algol (ăl-gol)

Algorab (ắl-go-rá̈b)

Alioth (ắl-ĭ-ŏth)

Alkalurops (ắl-kā-lú̄-rŏps)

Alnilam (ắl-nĭ-lá̈m)

Alnitah (ăl-nĭ-tá̈h)

Almaack (ắl-mā-ắck)

Alphacca (ăl-fắk-kȧ)

Alphard (ăl-fá̈rd)

Alpheratz (ăl-fé̄-rătz)

Alrischa (ăl-rĭ-sh́ȧ)

Alrucaba (ăl-rũ-cá̈-bȧ)

Altair (ăl-tá̄r or ăl-ẗá̈-ǐr)

Aludra (á̈-lũ-dr̈á̈)

Andromeda (ăn-dŕŏm-ē-dȧ)

Antares (ǎn-tá̄-rēz)

Antinous (ăn-tí̆n-ŏ̄-ŭs)

Aquarius (ȧ-kẃā-rĭ-ŭs)

Aquila (ắk-wĭ-lȧ)

Arcturus (ärk-t́ũ-rŭs)

Argo Navis (ār-gō ńā-vǐs)

Aries (á̄-rēz or á̄-rǐ-ēs)

Auriga (äw-rí̄-ḡȧ)

Baten Kaitos (bá̈-tĕn kí̄tŏs)

Bellatrix (bĕl-lá̄-trĭx)

Benetnasch (bē-né̆t-născh)

Betelgeuse (bé̆t-ĕl-ḡooz or bé̆t-ĕl-gēz)

Boötes (bb̄-ó̄-tēz)

Camelopardalis (căm-ĕĺ-ō-pă´r-dā-lĭs)

Canes Venatici (cá̄-nēz vĕn-á̆t-ĭ̆-sī)

Canis Major (cá̄-nĭs má̄jor)

Canis Minor (cá̄-nĭs míṅor)

Canopus (cȧn-ó̄-pus)

Capella (cā-pé̆l-lȧ)

Caph (kāff)

Capricornus (cá̆p-rī-kór-nus)

Cassiopeia (cá̆s-sĭ-ō-pé̄-yȧ)

Centaurus (cĕn-táw-rus)

Cepheus (śē-fē-us or śē-fũs)

Cetus (śē-tŭs)

Coma Berenices (có̄mā bēr-ĕ-ní̄-sēs)

Corona Borealis (có̄-ró̄-nȧ bō-rē-á̄-lis)

Corvus (côŕ-vus)

Crater (crá̄-ter)

Cygnus (sĭǵ̄-nus)

Delphinus (del-fí̄-nus)

Deneb (dĕń-eb)

Denebola (dē-né̆b-ō-lȧ)

Draco (dŕā-co)

Dubhe (dũb́-hĕ)

Eltanin (ĕĺ-tȧ-nĭn)

Equuleus (ē-kwóo-lē-ŭs)

Eridanus (ē-rĭd́-ā-nus)

Fomalhaut (fó̄-măl-hôt)

Fornax (fôŕ-naks)

Gemini (jé̆m-ĭ-nī)

Giedi (jé̄-dĭ)

Gienah (jé̄-nah)

Gomelza (gō-mé̆l-zȧ)

Hamal (há̆m-al)

Hercules (hé̑r-kũ-lēz)

Hyades (hí̄-ȧ-dēz)

Hydra (hí̄-drȧ)

Lacerta (lȧ-sė̄r-ta)

Leo (lé̄-ō)

Lepus (lé̄-pus)

Libra (lí̄-brȧ)

Lyra (lí̄-rȧ)

Maia (má̄-yȧ)

Marfak (má̇r-făk)

Markab (má̇r-kăb)

Megrez (mé̄-grĕz)

Menkab (mĕn-ká̄b)

Menkalina (mé̆n-kȧ-lĭ-ná̄h)

Merope (mé̃r-ō-pē)

Mesarthim (mē-sār-th́ĭm)

Mintaka (mĭń-tȧ-kȧ)

Mira (mí̄-rȧ)

Mirach (mí̄-rak)

Mizar (mí̄-zȧr)

Monoceros (mō-nŏś-ĕr-ŏs)

Murzim (mú̆r-zĭm)

Ophiuchus (ó̄-fĭ-ú̄-kus)

Orion (ō-rí̄-ŏn)

Pegasus (pĕǵ-ā-sŭs)

Perseus (pé̃r-sē-ŭs or pé̃r-sũs)

Pisces (pĭś-sēz)

Piscis Austrinus (pi̇̆s-sĭs aus-tŕī-nus)

Pleiades (pĺē-ǎd-ēz or plí̄-ǎd-ēz)

Polaris (pō-lȧŕ-ĭs)

Pollux (pó̌l-lux)

Porrima (pó̆r-rĭ-mȧ)

Præsepe (prē-sé̄-pē)

Procyon (prō-sí̄-ǒn)

Ras Algethi (rȧs ǎĺ-gĕ-th́ǐ)

Rastaban (rȧs-tà-bāń)

Regulus (ré̆ḡ-ũ-lǔs)

Rigel (rí̄-ḡĕl or rí̄-jĕl)

Sagitta (sȧ-jí̌t-tȧ)

Sagittarius (sȧ-jǐt-tá̄-rǐ-ǔs)

Scheat (she-ǎt́)

Schedar (shěd́-där)

Scorpio (skór-pǐ-ō)

Scutum Sobieskii (sḱũ-tǔm sō-bǐ-ěś-kǐ-ī)

Serpens (sé̃r-pens)

Sirius (sǐŕ-ǐ-ǔs)

Spica (spí̄-kȧ)

Taurus (tāú-rǔs)

Thuban (thu-bäń)

Triangulum (trī-ǎń-ġũ-lǔm)

Ursa Major (ûŕ-sȧ má̄-jor)

Ursa Minor (ûŕ-sȧ mí̄-nor)

Vega (vé̄-ḡȧ)

Vindemiatrix (vǐn-dé̄-mǐ-á̄-trǐx)

Virgo (vėŕ-go)

Vulpecula (vǔl-pěḱ-ũ-lȧ)

Wesen (wá̄-zĕn)

Zavijava (zȧ-vǐ-já̈-vāh)

Zubenelgenubi (zũ-bé̆n-ěl-jen-ú̄-bǐ)

Zubeneschemali (zũ-bé̌n-ěs-she-ḿȧ-lǐ)

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