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| x Oph 162225-240515 |
Oph 162225-240515, often abbreviated Oph1622, is a pair of brown dwarfs that have been reported as orbiting each other. The bodies are located in the constellation Ophiuchus and are about 400 light years away. Mass estimates of the two objects are...
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| x 55 Cancri |
55 Cancri (pronounced /ˈkæŋkraɪ/ or /ˈkæŋkriː/), also cataloged Rho Cancri or abbreviated 55 Cnc, is a binary star approximately 41 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cancer. The system consists of a yellow dwarf star and a smaller...
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| x Mu Centauri |
Mu Centauri (μ Cen / μ Centauri) is the third-magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus. With ν and φ Cen, they mark what has been traditionally portrayed as "in dextro Latere" (in the right side) of the Centaur. μ Centauri is approximately 527...
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| x Lalande 21185 |
Lalande 21185, or LAL 21185, is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Ursa Major. Although this star is relatively close by, it is only magnitude 7 in visible light and thus is too dim to see with the unaided eye. The star is visible through a...
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| x Groombridge 1830 |
Groombridge 1830 is a star in the constellation Ursa Major.
It is a yellowish class G8 subdwarf catalogued by Stephen Groombridge in the 1830s. Its high proper motion was noted by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander in 1842.
It is 29.7 light years from...
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| x Kappa Centauri |
Kappa Centauri (κ Cen / κ Centauri) is a binary star in the constellation Centaurus. It is approximately 540 light years from the Earth. It was one of 騎官 (Ke Kwan, Mandarin qíguān) - 騎官三, meaning "the Third (Star of) the Cavalry Officer", in...
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| x Beta Capricorni |
Beta Capricorni (β Cap / β Capricorni) is a star system in the constellation Capricornus. It has the traditional name Dabih, which comes from the Arabic الذابح al-dhābiḥ, meaning "the butcher". The β Capricorni system is located 328 light years from...
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| x Gamma Geminorum |
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Gamma Geminorum (γ Gem / γ Geminorum) is a star in the constellation Gemini. It has the traditional names Alhena and Almeisan. It is known as 井宿三 (the Third Star of the Well) in Chinese.
Alhena is 105 light years distant from Earth, and has an...
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| x 20 Leonis Minoris |
20 Leonis Minoris is a binary star system in the constellation Leo Minor. It has a relatively high proper motion. The companion is an old, active red dwarf star that has a relatively high metallicity. The two stars are currently separated by 14.5...
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| x Beta Crucis |
Mimosa or Becrux (β Cru / β Crucis / Beta Crucis) is the second brightest star in the constellation Crux (after Alpha Crucis or Acrux) and is one of the brightest stars in the night time sky.
Beta Crucis is located approximately 460 light years...
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| x 16 Cygni |
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16 Cygni is a triple star system approximately 70 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It consists of two Sun-like yellow dwarf stars and a red dwarf. In 1996 an extrasolar planet was discovered in an eccentric orbit around...
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| x Delta Virginis |
Delta Virginis (δ Vir / δ Virginis) is a red giant star in the constellation Virgo. It also has the traditional name Auva.
It has a spectral type of M3-III, and an magnitude of 3.38, bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. It is classified as a...
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| x Gliese 777 |
Gliese 777, often abbreviated as Gl 777 and or GJ 777, is a yellow subgiant approximately 52 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. The system is also a binary star system made up of two stars and possibly a third. As of 2005, two...
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| x Epsilon Pegasi |
Epsilon Pegasi (ε Peg / ε Pegasi) is a star in the constellation Pegasus. It has the traditional name Enif.
It is fairly average for an orange supergiant star, well into the later stages of its stellar evolution and as such may be considered a dying...
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| x C1 Centauri |
C Centauri (C Cen) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. It is approximately 652 light years from Earth.
C Centauri A is a M-type red giant with a mean apparent magnitude of +5.64. It is classified as a semiregular variable star and its...
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| x Arcturus |
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Arcturus (α Boo / α Boötis / Alpha Boötis) is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes. With a visual magnitude of −0.05, it is also the third brightest star in the night sky, after Sirius and Canopus. It is, however, fainter than the combined...
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| x Gl 1 |
Gliese 1 (Gliese-Jahreiss 1 or GJ 1) is a red dwarf star in the constellation Sculptor, which is found in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the closest stars to the Sun, at an approximate distance of 14.2 light years. However with an...
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| x HE1327-2326 |
HE1327-2326, discovered in 2005 by Anna Frebel and collaborators, is the star with the lowest known iron abundance to date. The star is a member of Population II, with an iron to hydrogen ratio ([Fe/H]), or metallicity, of -5.6. This number...
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| x Delta Cancri |
Delta Cancri (δ Cnc / δ Cancri) is an orange giant star approximately 136 light-years away in the constellation Cancer. It has the traditional name Asellus Australis which in Latin means "southern donkey colt". It also has the longest of all star...
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| x C2 Centauri |
C Centauri (C Cen) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. It is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.26 and is approximately 189.2 light years from Earth.
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| x Gl 674 |
Gliese 674 (Gliese-Jahreiss 674) is a red dwarf star approximately 15 light years away in the southern constellation of Ara.
On January 7, 2007, Bonfils used the HARPS spectrograph in ESO and found an intermediate mass planet orbiting close to the...
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| x Epsilon Eridani |
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Epsilon Eridani (ε Eri / ε Eridani) is a main-sequence star of spectral class K2. Only 10.5 light years away, it is the closest star in the constellation Eridanus, as well as the third closest star visible to the naked eye. Its age is estimated at...
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| x 4 Cassiopeiae |
4 Cassiopeiae is a star in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is a M-type red giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.96 and is approximately 770 light-years from Earth.
In our sky, open cluster Messier 52 is 40' to the south of it.
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| x Gamma Orionis |
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Gamma Orionis (γ Ori / γ Orionis), or Bellatrix, is the third brightest star in the constellation Orion and the twenty-seventh brightest star in the nighttime sky.
The name Bellatrix is Latin for female warrior. It is also known as the Amazon Star...
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| x 104 Aquarii |
104 Aquarii (104 Aqr) is a triple star in Aquarius. 104 Aqr A is a spectroscopic binary and is suspected to be variable.
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| x Psi Centauri |
Psi Centauri (ψ Cen / ψ Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. ψ Centauri is a white A-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +4.05. It is approximately 247 light years from Earth.
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| x Lacaille 8760 |
Lacaille 8760 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Microscopium, the microscope. Although it is slightly too faint to be seen without a telescope, this star is one of the nearest to our Sun at about 12.9 light years distance. This star was...
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| x Chi Centauri |
Chi Centauri (χ Cen / χ Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus.
χ Centauri is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.36. It is approximately 446 light years from Earth. It is classified as a Beta...
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| x 18 Scorpii |
18 Scorpii is a star located some 45.7 light years from Earth at the northern edge of the Scorpius constellation.
18 Scorpii has many physical properties in common with the Sun. Cayrel de Strobel (1996) included it in her review of the stars most...
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| x Epsilon Boötis |
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Epsilon Boötis (ε Boo / ε Boötis) is a star in the constellation Boötes. It has the traditional names Izar and Pulcherrima.
Izar is actually a binary star, consisting of a bright orange giant and a smaller main sequence star. The orange giant is a...
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| x Psi Cassiopeiae |
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Psi Cassiopeiae (ψ Cas / ψ Cassiopeiae) is a binary star in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is approximately 193.1 light years from Earth.
The primary component, ψ Cassiopeiae A, is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.0; it is a...
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| x Lambda Aurigae |
Lambda Aurigae (λ Aur / λ Aurigae) is a binary star in the constellation Auriga. It is approximately 41.2 light-years from Earth.
The primary component, λ Aurigae A, is a yellow G-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +4.69. Its companion, λ...
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| x 47 Ursae Majoris |
47 Ursae Majoris, often abbreviated as 47 UMa, is a solar twin, yellow dwarf star approximately 46 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ursa Major. As of 2008, it has been confirmed that two extrasolar planets orbit the star. Because...
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| x PSR B1257+12 |
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PSR B1257+12, sometimes abbreviated as PSR 1257+12, is a pulsar located 980 light-years from the Sun. As of 2007, it is confirmed that three extrasolar planets orbit the pulsar.
PSR B1257+12 is in the constellation of Virgo. The designation PSR...
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| x Gamma Leonis |
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Gamma Leonis (γ Leo / γ Leonis) is a binary star system in the constellation Leo. It has the traditional name Algieba or Al Gieba.
The name Algieba originates from the Arabic الجبهة Al-Jabhah, meaning the forehead. Despite this meaning, the star...
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| x Delta Centauri |
Delta Centauri (δ Cen / δ Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. It was one of 馬尾 (Ma Wei) - 馬尾三, meaning "the Third (Star of) the Horse's Tail".
It is the B type third-magnitude star. It is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type...
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| x Atlas |
Atlas is a triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster (M45). It is also known as 27 Tauri.
The primary component, Atlas A, is a blue-white B-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.62. It is a spectroscopic binary whose components have...
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| x Eta Carinae |
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Eta Carinae (η Carinae or η Car) is a stellar system in the constellation Carina, about 7,500 to 8,000 light-years from the Sun. The system contains at least two stars, one of which is a luminous blue variable star. Its combined luminosity is about...
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| x Xi1 Centauri |
Xi Centauri (ξ Cen / ξ Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. ξ Centauri is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +4.83. It is approximately 217.9 light years from Earth.
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| x F Centauri |
F Centauri (F Cen) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. It is approximately 381 light years from Earth. F Centauri is a M-type red giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.01.
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| x TZ Arietis |
TZ Arietis is a red dwarf star in the constellation Aries. This star is far too faint to be seen with the unaided eye, although it lies relatively close to our Sun at a distance of about 14.5 light years. It is a flare star, which means it can...
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| x Groombridge 1618 |
Groombridge 1618 is a star in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located close to Earth, at a distance of less than 16 light years. This is an orange dwarf star of spectral type K5 V.
This star has a high proper motion across the sky, making it an...
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| x Beta Comae Berenices |
Beta Coma Berenices (β Comae Berenices / β Com) is a main sequence dwarf star in the constellation of Coma Berenices. The Greek letter beta (β) usually indicates that the star has the second highest visual magnitude in the constellation. In...
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| x Epsilon Canis Majoris |
Epsilon Canis Majoris (ε CMa / ε Canis Majoris), is the second brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. It has the Bayer designation "epsilon" despite being the second brightest and not...
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| x HD 116243 |
HD 116243, also known by the Bayer designation m Centauri (m Cen), is a star in the constellation Centaurus.
m Centauri is a yellow G-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.52. It is approximately 257 light years from Earth.
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| x Tau Cassiopeiae |
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Tau Cassiopeiae (τ Cas / τ Cassiopeiae) is a star in the constellation Cassiopeia.
τ Cassiopeiae is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.88. It is approximately 172.8 light years from Earth.
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| x Struve 2398 |
Struve 2398 (also known as Gl 725 A and Gl 725 B) is a binary star system in the constellation Draco. Both stars are red dwarfs and both display variability common to flare stars. The orbital period for the pair is about 408 years, with an average...
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| x Sigma Octantis |
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Sigma Octantis (σ Oct / σ Octantis) is a magnitude 5.6 star in the constellation Octans most notable for being the current South Star. Sigma Octantis is approximately 270 light years from Earth, and is classified as a Giant, with a spectral type of...
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| x Wolf 359 |
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Wolf 359 is a small, dim, type M red dwarf star located approximately 7.7 light years from the Earth in the constellation Leo, near the ecliptic. Wolf 359 is a dim magnitude 13.5 and can only be seen with a large telescope. Wolf 359 is one of the...
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| x Beta Tauri |
Beta Tauri (β Tau / β Tauri) is the second brightest star in the constellation Taurus, with apparent magnitude 1.7. Because it is on the boundary of Taurus with Auriga, it also has the redundant Bayer designation Gamma Aurigae (γ Aur), which is...
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| x Mu Herculis |
Mu Herculis is a nearby star system about 27.4 light years from Earth in the constellation Hercules. Its main star, Mu Herculis A (possibly a binary) is fairly similar to the Sun although more highly evolved. Its mass is about 1.1 times that of the...
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| x GJ 1002 |
GJ 1002 is a red dwarf star. It is located relatively near our Sun, at a distance of 15.31 light years, in the constellation Cetus.
This appears to be a relatively quiescent star, and no flare activity has been detected.
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| x HD 115310 |
HD 115310, also known by its Bayer designation r Centauri (r Cen), is a star in the constellation Centaurus.
r Centauri is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.10. It is approximately 247 light years from Earth.
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| x Beta Gruis |
Beta Gruis (β Gruis / β Gru) is the second brighest star in the constellation Grus. It was considered the rear star in the tail of the constellation of the (Southern) Fish.
It with α, δ, θ. ι, and λ Gru belonged to Piscis Austrinus in traditional...
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| x 61 Ursae Majoris |
61 Ursae Majoris is an orange-yellow main sequence dwarf star in the constellation Ursa Major. This star is somewhat smaller and fainter than the Sun, and can just barely be seen by the unaided eye (based on a magnitude limit of 6).
No sub-stellar...
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| x Zeta Orionis |
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Zeta Orionis (ζ Ori), traditionally known as Alnitak (Arabic: النطاق an-niṭāq), is a triple star some 800 light years distant in the constellation Orion. Together with Delta Orionis (Mintaka) and Epsilon Orionis (Alnilam), the three stars make up...
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| x 101 Aquarii |
101 Aquarii or b Aquarii (101 Aqr) is a binary star in the constellation of Aquarius.
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| x Epsilon Ursae Majoris |
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Epsilon Ursae Majoris (ε UMa / ε Ursae Majoris) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major (despite its Bayer designation being merely "epsilon"), and at magnitude 1.76 is the thirty-first brightest star in the sky. It has the traditional...
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| x R Cassiopeiae |
R Cassiopeiae (R Cas) is a star in the constellation Cassiopeia.
R Cassiopeiae is a M-type red giant with a mean apparent magnitude of +9.97. It is classified as a Mira type variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +4.7 to +13.5 with a...
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| x Alpha Mensae |
Alpha Mensae is the brightest star in the constellation Mensa. It is a main sequence dwarf star only slightly smaller and cooler in temperature than the Sun. Due to the declination of this star, on Earth it is best visible from higher latitudes of...
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