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    magnitude, see the list of most luminous stars. The Sun is the brightest star as viewed from Earth, at −26.78 mag. The second brightest is Sirius at −1.46 mag...
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  • light-years List of nearest stars by spectral type List of nearest bright stars List of brightest stars List of nearest giant stars List of nearest supergiants...
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  • which stars were or will be the brightest at any given point in the past or future is difficult since it requires precise 3D proper motions of large numbers...
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  • consequence of its 2015 and 2019 NameExoWorlds campaigns, respectively. Biblical names of stars List of Arabic star names List of brightest stars List of nearest...
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    System#Galactic context Stars in fiction List of stars with resolved images List of brightest stars List of star systems within 20–25 light-years List of star systems...
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  • the range of millions or billions M☉. Hypergiant List of brightest stars List of brown dwarfs List of galaxies List of hottest stars List of largest cosmic...
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    of their light outside the visible range. For a list of the brightest stars seen from Earth, see the list of brightest stars. There are three stars with...
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    dwarfs List of Y-dwarfs Lists of stars List of nearest stars List of brightest stars List of hottest stars List of nearest bright stars List of most luminous...
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  • Extraterrestrial sky Historical brightest stars List of brightest stars List of nearest bright stars List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs Maximum brightness...
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  • the list of notable stars in the constellation Cancer. The 121 stars are sorted by decreasing brightness, beginning with Beta Cancri, the brightest star...
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  • First-magnitude stars are the brightest stars in the night sky, with apparent magnitudes lower (i.e. brighter) than +1.50. Hipparchus, in the 1st century...
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    the stars into six brightness categories, which he called magnitudes. He referred to the brightest stars in his catalog as first-magnitude stars and those...
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    that have stars in the Winter Hexagon asterism. Orion's two brightest stars, Rigel (β) and Betelgeuse (α), are both among the brightest stars in the night...
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    and HR 5171, one of the largest stars yet discovered. The constellation also contains Omega Centauri, the brightest globular cluster as visible from...
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    Eridanus (constellation) (category Constellations listed by Ptolemy)
    constellation. Eridanus (Chinese astronomy) List of brightest stars Ridpath & Tirion 2001, pp. 146–147. "Naming Stars". IAU.org. Retrieved 30 July 2018. NRAO:...
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    Carina (constellation) (category Constellations listed by Lacaille)
    was named after it.[citation needed] Carina in Chinese astronomy List of brightest stars "Home : Oxford English Dictionary". www.oed.com. Retrieved Jul...
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  • Historical brightest stars List of brightest stars Lists of constellations IAU designated constellations by area List of exoplanet extremes List of extremes...
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    luminous stars List of hottest stars List of coolest stars List of smallest known stars List of most massive black holes List of largest nebulae List of largest...
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    Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky. It is also designated α Carinae...
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    (July 22, 2007). "Eat My Sports: A Retrospective — Some Of The Sports World's Brightest Stars Knews They Hit It Big When They Guest-Starred On The Iconic...
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    Sun (redirect from End of the Sun)
    List of brightest stars – Stars sorted by apparent magnitude List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs – Stars and brown dwarfs within 20 light years of...
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    Aldebaran (category Stars with proper names)
    called ytterbium (symbol Yb). Lists of stars List of brightest stars List of nearest bright stars Historical brightest stars Taurus (Chinese astronomy) "Aldebaran"...
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  • This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Leo, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation "LacusCurtius • Allen's Star...
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  • list of the nearest supergiant stars to Earth, located at a distance of up to 1,100 light-years (340 parsecs) from Earth. Some of the brightest stars...
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    Star Catalogue, astronomical catalogue Bright giant, a class of star List of brightest stars Kwangmyŏngsŏng program, translated as Bright Star, North Korean...
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  • designations of about 1,500 brightest stars were first published in 1603. In this list, a star is identified by a lower-case letter of the Greek alphabet, followed...
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  • This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Aquarius, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos...
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    Magnitude (astronomy) (category Units of measurement in astronomy)
    second-magnitude; there are some 20 stars brighter than 1.5, which are first-magnitude stars (see the list of brightest stars). For example, Sirius is magnitude...
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    Alioth (category Ap stars)
    star. List of brightest stars List of nearest bright stars Lists of stars Historical brightest stars van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the...
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    Castor (star) (category A-type main-sequence stars)
    Alpha Gem or α Gem. With an apparent visual magnitude of 1.58, it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. Castor appears singular to the naked...
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