Lists of stars#By proximity
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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 distance
=Nearest stars=
= 20–100 light years away=
- 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
= 100–500 light-years away =
- 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
By spectral type or HR class
By variability
By 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-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.{{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 Boötis — speckle 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]
;Specific
External links
- Stellar Catalog [https://www.stellarcatalog.com/]
- International Astronomical Union: [http://www.iau.org/ IAU]
- [http://www.solstation.com Sol Station] — information on nearby and bright stars.
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