The Greek alphabet was used by Johannes Bayer around the year 1600
to name the brighter stars. The basic rule was to name them in
order of brightness, but the rule is more often violated than not,
the designations commonly also depending on the positionings of the
stars within their constellations. To the Greek letter is appended
the Latin possessive form of the constellation name, Vega, the
Alpha star of Lyra, becoming Alpha Lyrae, and so on.
| 1. Alpha | 2. Beta | 3. Gamma | 4. Delta | 5. Epsilon | 6. Zeta |
| 7. Eta | 8. Theta | 9. Iota | 10. Kappa | 11. Lambda | 12. Mu |
| 13. Nu | 14. Xi | 15. Omicron | 16. Pi | 17. Rho | 18. Sigma |
| 19. Tau | 20. Upsilon | 21. Phi | 22. Chi | 23. Psi | 24. Omega |
