swap_horiz Algol Alternatives

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Rigel

Rigel marks one of Orion's feet as a bright blue supergiant, with the hot primary star belonging to spectral class B. It...

Blue Navigation Orion Supergiant

9.20 Excellent

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Betelgeuse

The reddish star marking Orion's shoulder, Betelgeuse is a massive red supergiant at an advanced stage of stellar evolut...

Orion Variable M Type Red Supergiant

9.20 Excellent

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Delta Cephei

Delta Cephei is a bright supergiant star within the Cepheus constellation. It’s notable as the original prototype for Ce...

Variable Supergiant Cepheus F Type

9.20 Excellent

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Acrux

Acrux, officially designated Alpha Crucis, is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Crux, commonly known a...

Navigation Crux Multiple B Type

8.90 Great

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Mira

Mira, designated Omicron Ceti, is a red giant star located approximately 420 light-years away in the constellation Cetus...

Giant Variable Cetus M Type

8.90 Great

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Spica

Spica, designated Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and a prominent binary star system...

Navigation Binary Virgo B Type

8.85 Great

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T Tauri

T Tauri is a variable star found in the Taurus molecular cloud and serves as the prototype for the class of pre-main-seq...

Variable Taurus G Type Pre Main Sequence

8.85 Great

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Regulus

Regulus, designated Alpha Leonis, is the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere constellation of Leo. It is...

Navigation Leo B Type Main Sequence

8.80 Great

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Hadar

Hadar, officially designated Beta Centauri, is a prominent triple star system located in the southern constellation of C...

Navigation Giant Centaurus B Type

8.55 Great

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Beta Lyrae

Beta Lyrae, also called Sheliak, is an eclipsing binary star system in the constellation Lyra. The two stars orbit close...

Lyra B Type Eclipsing Binary Blue White Giant

8.52 Great

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VY Canis Majoris

VY Canis Majoris is a red hypergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, located at an estimated distance of approxim...

Variable Largest Known M Type Canis Majoris

8.45 Great

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Achernar

Achernar, designated Alpha Eridani, is the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus and the ninth-brightest star in...

Southern Eridanus B Type Main Sequence

8.40 Great

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Shaula

Shaula, designated Lambda Scorpii, is the second-brightest star in the constellation Scorpius and marks the tip of the s...

Bright Multiple Scorpius B Type

8.25 Great

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Alkaid

Alkaid, designated Eta Ursae Majoris, is a blue-white main-sequence star located at the tip of the handle of the Big Dip...

Blue Ursa Major B Type Main Sequence

8.25 Great

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UY Scuti

UY Scuti is a red supergiant star in the constellation Scutum, classified as a semiregular variable with a pulsation per...

Variable Scutum M Type Red Supergiant

8.20 Great

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W Virginis

W Virginis is the prototype of the W Virginis variables, a class of pulsating variable stars also known as Type II Cephe...

Variable Supergiant Virgo F Type

8.20 Great

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Adhara

Adhara is a binary star system located approximately 430 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. The primary...

Binary Giant B Type Canis Majoris

8.15 Great

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Alpheratz

Alpheratz, officially designated as Alpha Andromedae, is a bright binary star system marking the northeast corner of the...

Hot Giant Andromeda B Type

8.10 Great

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Mirzam

Mirzam, officially designated Beta Canis Majoris, is a blue-white giant star located roughly 500 light-years from Earth...

Blue Giant Variable B Type

7.75 Good

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Zeta Persei

Zeta Persei, written ζ Persei in astronomical notation, is a blue supergiant star in the constellation Perseus. It is as...

Perseus B Type Blue Supergiant Multiple Star

6.87 Fair