Lists Of Stars

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The following are lists of stars. These are astronomical objects that spend some portion of their existence generating energy through thermonuclear fusion.

By location

  • Lists of stars by constellation

By name

  • List of proper names of stars
  • List of Arabic star names
  • Chinese star names
  • Nakshatra
  • Stars named after people

By proximity

  • List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs (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 nearest bright stars
  • List of brightest stars
  • List of nearest giant stars
  • List of nearest supergiants

By physical characteristic

  • List of brightest stars
  • List of most luminous stars
  • List of most massive stars
  • List of largest known stars
  • List of smallest stars
  • List of oldest stars
  • List of least massive stars
  • List of hottest stars

By variability or other factor

  • 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

Other star listings

  • 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)
  • Stars and planetary systems in fiction

Other stars

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.
  • HR 465 — 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

  • Lists of astronomical objects
  • Astronomical naming conventions
  • Star
  • Star catalogue
  • Sun

References

  • 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
  1. Kelly, Patrick L. (2 April 2018). "Extreme magnification of an individual star at redshift 1.5 by a galaxy-cluster lens". Nature 2 (4): 334–342. doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0430-3. Bibcode: 2018NatAs...2..334K. 
  2. Howell, Elizabeth (2 April 2018). "Rare Cosmic Alignment Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen". Space.com. https://www.space.com/40171-cosmic-alignment-reveals-most-distant-star-yet.html. 

External links

  • International Astronomical Union: IAU
  • Sol Station — information on nearby and bright stars.



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