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The following are lists of stars. Stars are astronomical objects that spend some portion of their existence generating energy through thermonuclear fusion.
By location
[edit]By name
[edit]- List of proper names of stars
- List of Arabic star names
- Chinese star names
- Nakshatra
- Stars named after people
By proximity
[edit]- List of nearest stars (up to 20 light-years)
- List of star systems within 20–25 light-years
- List of star systems within 25–30 light-years
- List of star systems within 30–35 light-years
- List of star systems within 35–40 light-years
- List of star systems within 40–45 light-years
- List of star systems within 45–50 light-years
- List of star systems within 50–55 light-years
- List of star systems within 55–60 light-years
- List of star systems within 60–65 light-years
- List of star systems within 65–70 light-years
- List of star systems within 70–75 light-years
- List of star systems within 75–80 light-years
- List of star systems within 80–85 light-years
- List of star systems within 85–90 light-years
- List of star systems within 90–95 light-years
- List of star systems within 95–100 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
By distance (above 100 light-years)
[edit]- List of star systems within 100-150 light-years
- List of star systems within 150-200 light-years
- List of star systems within 200-250 light-years
- List of star systems within 250-300 light-years
- List of star systems within 300-350 light-years
- List of star systems within 350-400 light-years
- List of star systems within 400-450 light-years
- List of star systems within 450-500 light-years
By physical characteristic
[edit]- List of brightest stars
- List of most luminous stars
- List of most massive stars
- List of largest known stars
- List of smallest known stars
- List of oldest stars
- List of least massive stars
- List of hottest stars
By variability or other factor
[edit]By spectral type
[edit]- List of Wolf-Rayet stars
- List of luminous blue variable stars
- List of O-type stars
- List of B-type stars
By variability or other factors
[edit]- List of Blue straggler stars
- List of brown dwarfs
- List of collapsars (black holes)
- List of notable variable stars
- List of semiregular variable stars
- List of stars that have unusual dimming periods
- List of stars with multiplanetary systems
- List of supernova candidates
- List of white dwarfs
- List of red dwarfs
By Astronomical Catalog
[edit]Other star listings
[edit]- List of extremes in the sky
- List of hypothetical stars
- List of selected stars for navigation
- List of star extremes
- List of stars with resolved images
- List of supernovae
- Solar twins (Solar analogs)
Other stars
[edit]The following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above.
- BPM 37093 — a diamond star
- Cygnus X-1 — X-ray source
- EBLM J0555-57Ab — is one of the smallest stars ever discovered.
- GY Andromedae — chemically peculiar variable star
- MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus) — second most distant star, 9 billion light years away.[1][2]
- P Cygni — suddenly brightened in the 17th century
- WNC4 — Messier Object 40
- Zeta Boötis — speckle binary test system
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- The Bright Star Catalog, Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC, 1991.
- Astronomiches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg — ARICNS Database for Nearby Stars
- Northern Arizona University database of nearby stars
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Specific
- ^ Kelly, Patrick L.; et al. (2 April 2018). "Extreme magnification of an individual star at redshift 1.5 by a galaxy-cluster lens". Nature. 2 (4): 334–342. arXiv:1706.10279. Bibcode:2018NatAs...2..334K. doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0430-3. S2CID 256703331.
- ^ Howell, Elizabeth (2 April 2018). "Rare Cosmic Alignment Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen". Space.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- International Astronomical Union: IAU
- Sol Station — information on nearby and bright stars.
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