swap_horiz AB Doradus Alternatives

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Sun

The Sun is a G-type main sequence star, our closest stellar neighbor. This yellow dwarf provides nearly all the energy t...

Solar G Type Main Sequence Nearest Star

9.2 Excellent

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Arcturus

Arcturus is a prominent K-type giant star located in the constellation Boötes. It’s notable for being the brightest star...

Orange Giant Northern Sky K Type

9.2 Excellent

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Vega

Vega is a main sequence A-type star located in the constellation Lyra approximately 25 light-years from Earth. It’s nota...

Lyra Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

9.2 Excellent

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Alpha Centauri A

Alpha Centauri A is a G-type main-sequence star located in the Alpha Centauri system, approximately 4.37 light-years fro...

Centaurus G Type Main Sequence Nearest System

9.2 Excellent

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Altair

Altair is a brilliant A-type main-sequence star located within the constellation Aquila. Situated just 17 light-years fr...

Aquila Nearby Main Sequence A Type

9.1 Excellent

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Aldebaran

Aldebaran is a red giant star located in the constellation Taurus approximately 65 light-years from Earth. As the bright...

Navigation Red Giant Taurus

9.1 Excellent

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51 Pegasi

51 Pegasi is a G-type main-sequence star located approximately 50 light-years from Earth within the Pegasus constellatio...

Pegasus G Type Hot Jupiter Main Sequence

9.1 Excellent

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Alpha Centauri B

Alpha Centauri B is a slightly smaller, cooler K-type star orbiting Alpha Centauri A, together forming the nearest star...

Binary Centaurus Main Sequence K Type

9.0 Excellent

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T Tauri

T Tauri is the prototype of T Tauri variables, a class of young pre-main-sequence stellar objects first identified in th...

Variable Taurus G Type Pre Main Sequence

8.9 Great

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Epsilon Eridani

Epsilon Eridani is a young K-type star about 10.5 light-years away, one of the nearest stars with a confirmed debris dis...

Nearby Eridanus Main Sequence K Type

8.5 Great

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HD 189733

A K-type main-sequence star in Vulpecula whose hot Jupiter companion was the first exoplanet to have its atmospheric com...

Vulpecula Hot Jupiter Main Sequence K Type

8.4 Great

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Kepler-442

Kepler-442 is a K-type star about 1,200 light-years away hosting Kepler-442b, a super-Earth in the habitable zone with o...

Lyra Habitable Zone Main Sequence K Type

8.3 Great

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Kepler-62

Kepler-62 is a K-type star about 1,200 light-years away hosting five planets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission in 2013...

Lyra Multi Planet Habitable Zone Main Sequence

8.2 Great

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BY Draconis

BY Draconis is the prototype of BY Draconis variables, chromospherically active dwarf stars that vary due to starspot ro...

Draco Main Sequence K Type Variable Prototype

7.7 Good

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Gamma Doradus

Gamma Doradus is the prototype of Gamma Doradus variables, F-type stars that pulsate in high-order gravity modes near th...

Dorado F Type Main Sequence Pulsating

7.7 Good

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Rana

δ Eridani (Rana) is a yellow-orange subgiant in Eridanus, one of the nearest subgiant stars to Earth at about 29 light-y...

Orange Nearby Eridanus Main Sequence

7.4 Good

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Iota Horologii

Iota Horologii is a young Sun-like star about 57 light-years from Earth with a confirmed hot Jupiter exoplanet discovere...

F Type Main Sequence Exoplanet Host Young Star

7.2 Good

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14 Herculis

14 Herculis is a K-type main-sequence star about 59 light-years from Earth with a confirmed super-Jupiter exoplanet (14...

Hercules Long Period Main Sequence K Type

7.2 Good

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Azha

η Eridani (Azha) is an orange K-type giant in Eridanus, roughly 133 light-years from Earth, with a traditional Arabic na...

Bright Orange Eridanus Main Sequence

7.0 Good

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Lacaille 2966

Lacaille 2966 is a red dwarf star about 15.1 light-years from Earth in Antlia, listed in Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille's 18t...

Southern Nearby Pictor Main Sequence

6.8 Fair