The following are lists of stars. Stars are astronomical objects that spend some portion of their existence generating energy through thermonuclear fusion.
By location
editBy name
editBy distance
editNearest stars
edit- List of nearest stars (up to 20 light-years)
- List of nearest stars by spectral type
- List of nearest bright stars
By luminosity
edit20–100 light years away
edit- 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
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
editBy spectral type or HR class
editBy variability
editBy other factors
editBy Astronomical Catalog
editOther 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
- Solar twins (Solar analogs)
Other stars
editThe 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
editReferences
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- Stellar Catalog
- International Astronomical Union: IAU
- Sol Station — information on nearby and bright stars.
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