Stars

Alpha Delphini

• Also known as Sualocin

 

• First named by Niccolò Cacciatore

 

• Made up of seven components

 

• Brightest star in Delphinus

Beta Delphini

• Binary star

 

• Also known as Rotanev

 

• Discovered by S W Burnham in 1873

 

• Neck of dolphin

Gamma Delphini

• Binary star system

 

• Around 101 light years from Earth

 

• Nose of the dolphin

 

• Actually 2 stars - dwarf star & sub giant star

Epsilon Delphini

• Blue-white giant star

 

• Tail of the dolphin

 

• Also known as Deneb Dulfim

 

• Around 330 light years away

Delta Delphini

• Looks like a giant star

 

• Made up of two stars

 

• Really cold for a star

 

• Combined luminosity of 51 times greater than the Sun

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