The Rambling Astronomer

A massive red super giant star that from Britain can be seen low down in the summer skies. It is so big that most of out solar system could fit inside it.

The eye of the Bull, Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus.

The brightest star in the Southern Cross, a constellation that we don't see in Britain yet it is one of the best know and a very familiar sight in the southern hemisphere.

The brightest star in the constellation of Aquila the Eagle and the southern most member of the summer triangle of stas that dominates the summer months in the northern hemisphere..

Normally known as Beta Centauri, Agena is the second of the pointers to the constellation of the Southern Cross.

One of the best known stars Betelgeuse or Beetlejuise as many people like to call it. A massive red giant star which astronomers expect to destroy itself in a supernova explosion within the next one million years.

One of many bright stars that cannot be seen from Britain, Achernar is the part of the long sprawling constellation of Eridanus the River that is far to the south of us.

The small dog star, Procyon is often overlooked in the winter sky by the brighter and better knwon Sirius the large dog star.

One of the four stars that form the great rectangle of Orion, Rigel can be found in the bottom right hand corner. It is the brightest star in this wonderful constellation.

The star that is overhead during winter evenings, although it appears single there are in fact four stars in this system.