NVC Research Guides: Astronomy: Welcome

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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.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
General 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

First Magnitude by James B. Kaler (Editor)
ISBN: 9789814417433
Publication Date: 2012-11-27
Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy by Patrick Moore; Robin Rees
ISBN: 9781139040709
Publication Date: 2011-02-10
Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Astronomy by Jacqueline Mitton
ISBN: 9780511371271
Publication Date: 2007-01-01

Websites

Wikipedia
Has 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.
SIMBAD astronomical database
From 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