Lists of stars

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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

By name

By proximity

By distance (above 100 light-years)

By physical characteristic

By variability or other factor

= By spectral type =

= By variability or other factors =

By Astronomical Catalog

Other star listings

=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-1X-ray source
  • EBLM J0555-57Ab — is one of the smallest stars ever discovered.
  • GY Andromedaechemically peculiar variable star
  • MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus) — second most distant star, 9 billion light years away.{{cite journal |author=Kelly, Patrick L.|display-authors=etal|title=Extreme magnification of an individual star at redshift 1.5 by a galaxy-cluster lens |date=2 April 2018 |journal=Nature |volume=2 |issue=4|pages=334–342 |doi=10.1038/s41550-018-0430-3 |arxiv=1706.10279 |bibcode=2018NatAs...2..334K |s2cid=256703331 }}{{cite web |last=Howell |first=Elizabeth |title=Rare Cosmic Alignment Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen |url=https://www.space.com/40171-cosmic-alignment-reveals-most-distant-star-yet.html |date=2 April 2018|work=Space.com |access-date=2 April 2018 }}
  • P Cygni — suddenly brightened in the 17th century
  • WNC4 — Messier Object 40
  • Zeta Boötisspeckle binary test system

See also

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051214211600/http://xml.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/catalogs/5/5050/ The Bright Star Catalog], Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC, 1991.
  • [https://wwwadd.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/datenbanken/aricns/ Astronomiches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg] — ARICNS Database for Nearby Stars
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207002542/http://nstars.nau.edu/nau_nstars/index.htm Northern Arizona University database of nearby stars]
  • [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/ SIMBAD Astronomical Database]

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