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Researching Stars
A good first step in researching stars, is to look in our database Credo Reference (see link below)
Researching stars can be a bit tricky as they often go by several different names - for example Agena A is an alternative name for the star β Centauri. Also known as HADAR.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowGeneral reference source of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations and bilingual dictionaries. Its full-text content covers every major subject. Try the Concept Map option.
Books and Ebooks
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Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook
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Call Number: QB64 .R43 2004ISBN: 0131451642The most famous guide to the stars is now the most accessible! Generations of amateur astronomers have called it simply Norton's- the most famous star atlas in the world.
Websites
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WikipediaHas pages on each star you may be researching - but you may need to look in Credo Reference first to get the alternative/formal name of the star that will deliver results.
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SIMBAD astronomical databaseFrom the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) in France. SIMBAD is a bibliographic database of astronomical objects of interest outside the solar system such as stars, galaxies, interstellar/intergalactic medium sources, clusters of stars/galaxies, exoplanets, gravitational sources, transient events