Misconception: There are 12 zodiac constellations.
Misconception: We see the zodiac constellation during its "month."
Misconception: The zodiac had no meaning in astronomy.
Misconception: The zodiac constellations are not real.
Misconception: The Big and/or Little Dippers are constellations.
Misconception: Only the Greeks named the constellations.
Misconception: North Star/Polaris will always be in our north.
Misconception: North Star/Polaris is at everyone's zenith (directly overhead).
Misconception: North Star/Polaris is is in Big Dipper.
Misconception: All stars are same distance from Earth (celestial sphere).
Misconception: All stars have the same global properties (there is only one
"kind" of star).
Misconception: All stars fuse hydrogen into helium.
Misconception: All stars are same size as the Sun.
Misconception: All stars have the same mass.
Misconception: All stars follow the same evolutionary track.
Misconception: All stars end up as white dwarves 4 OG (will happen to Sun,
therefore ...).
Misconception: All stars explode as supernova or nova.
Misconception: All stars explode and become black holes.
Misconception: All stars explode as novas.
Misconception: All stars explode as supernovas.
Misconception: All stars have the same lifespan.
Misconception: All stars end as red giants.
Misconception: All stars are the same as or similar to the Sun.
Misconception: More massive stars are dimmer.
Misconception: Novas only occur once per star.
Misconception: Stars twinkle (by changing their intrinsic brightness).
Misconception: Twinkling occurs in our eyes.
Misconception: Twinkling is due to explosions on stars.
Misconception: Stars that twinkle are dying.
Misconception: Stars twinkle as they in the final stages of burning out.
Misconception: Stars twinkle because of clouds.
Misconception: Stars twinkle because they are distant.
Misconception: Stars twinkle because of intervening gas and dust.
Misconception: Twinkling is caused by asteroids.
Misconception: Stars twinkle because they are moving.
Misconception: Stars twinkle because they are on fire.
Misconception: Twinkling is caused by the composition of the star.
Misconception: Stars twinkle because of pollution.
Misconception: Parallax is used to measure distance to all stars.
Misconception: There are many fewer binary star systems than there actually
are.
Misconception: All/most stars are isolated, not binary objects.
Misconception: Binary systems are very rare.
Misconception: Stars run on fuel, like gasoline or natural gas.
Misconception: White dwarf stars create their own energy (have fusion), i.e.,
they are "stars."
Misconception: Stellar size, color, temperature are unrelated.
Misconception: Hydrogen is the only fuel for stars.
Misconception: Pulsars are pulsating stars.
Misconception: Pulsars are stars that are losing their light and dying.
Misconception: Pulsars are "pieces of matter" in space that pulsate .
Misconception: Pulsars are young stars just "coming to life."
Misconception: Pulsars are rays.
Misconception: Pulsars are unrelated to neutron stars.
Misconception: Pulsars are beacons of visible light only.
Misconception: Pulsars are main sequence stars.
Misconception: White dwarf stars are "baby" stars at early age of evolution.
Misconception: White dwarf stars are fusing.
Misconception: White dwarf stars are protostars.
Misconception: White dwarf stars are just small stars.
Misconception: White dwarf stars are not stellar remnants.