Heliocodex

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Delphinus

43 stars in Delphinus can be seen by eye from a dark place. 4 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

43 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. RotanevSeen away from bright lights, 100 light years
  2. SualocinSeen away from bright lights, 250 light years
  3. AldulfinSeen away from bright lights, 330 light years
  4. Gamma-2 DelphiniSeen away from bright lights, 130 light years
  5. Delta DelphiniSeen away from bright lights, 220 light years
  6. Zeta DelphiniSeen away from bright lights, 220 light years
  7. Kappa DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 98 light years
  8. Gamma-1 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  9. 17 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  10. Eta DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  11. Iota DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  12. MusicaJust seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  13. 16 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  14. 13 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  15. HIP 103675Just seen from a dark place, 520 light years
  16. Theta DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 2,000 light years
  17. HIP 100256Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  18. HIP 101909Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  19. 15 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 100 light years
  20. 10 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  21. 1 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  22. HIP 103301Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  23. HIP 100511Just seen from a dark place, 86 light years
  24. HIP 100274Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  25. HIP 102833Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  26. HIP 100208Just seen from a dark place, 710 light years
  27. HIP 100969Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  28. HIP 101213Just seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  29. HIP 101810Just seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  30. HIP 100953Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  31. HIP 100807Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  32. HIP 102158Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  33. HIP 104281Just seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  34. HIP 100762Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  35. 14 DelphiniJust seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  36. HIP 103891Just seen from a dark place, 800 light years
  37. HIP 100781Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  38. HIP 102631Just seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  39. HIP 101966Just seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  40. HIP 101489Just seen from a dark place, 950 light years
  41. HIP 102040Just seen from a dark place, 68 light years
  42. HIP 100876Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  43. HIP 100779Just seen from a dark place, 590 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.