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Castor

Castor is the second-brightest star in Gemini and a famous sextuple star system about 51 light-years away, comprising th...

Bright Gemini Multiple A Type

8.7 Great

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Dubhe

Alpha Ursae Majoris, one of the two pointer stars in the Big Dipper that direct observers toward Polaris, an orange gian...

Navigation Giant Ursa Major K Type

8.5 Great

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Merak

β Ursae Majoris (Merak) is one of the two pointer stars in the Big Dipper used to locate Polaris, a white A-type star ap...

White Ursa Major Main Sequence A Type

8.5 Great

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Alkaid

Eta Ursae Majoris, the star at the tip of the Big Dipper's handle, a blue-white main-sequence star about 104 light-years...

Blue Ursa Major B Type Main Sequence

8.3 Great

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Miaplacidus

Miaplacidus is the second-brightest star in Carina, a blue-white giant about 113 light-years away and one of the brighte...

Bright Giant Southern A Type

7.8 Good

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Rasalhague

Alpha Ophiuchi, the brightest star in Ophiuchus, a binary star with a white primary about 47 light-years away; its Arabi...

Bright Binary Giant Ophiuchus

7.8 Good

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Megrez

δ Ursae Majoris (Megrez) is the faintest of the seven Big Dipper stars, an A-type main-sequence star marking the junctio...

White Ursa Major Main Sequence A Type

7.8 Good

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Denebola

Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in Leo, a white main-sequence star about 36 light-years away and a confirmed memb...

Bright Leo Debris Disk Main Sequence

7.7 Good

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Alhena

Gamma Geminorum, a white giant in Gemini about 109 light-years away and one of the brighter stars in this zodiacal const...

Bright Binary Giant Gemini

7.6 Good

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Alphecca

Alphecca (Alpha Coronae Borealis) is the brightest star in the small arc-shaped constellation Corona Borealis, a spectro...

Bright Binary A Type Eclipsing

7.5 Good

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Zosma

Zosma (Delta Leonis) is a blue-white star about 58 light-years away, located on the hip of Leo the Lion and notable as a...

Bright White Leo Main Sequence

7.4 Good

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Talitha

ι Ursae Majoris (Talitha) is a four-star system in Ursa Major, about 48 light-years from Earth, whose traditional Arabic...

Bright White Binary Ursa Major

7.4 Good

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Sabik

Eta Ophiuchi, the second-brightest star in Ophiuchus, a binary system of two white A-type stars with an orbital period o...

Bright Binary Ophiuchus A Type

7.3 Good

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Aspidiske

Iota Carinae, a yellow-white supergiant in Carina forming part of the False Cross asterism, whose IAU-approved name Aspi...

Bright Giant Southern A Type

7.3 Good

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Ascella

Zeta Sagittarii, a binary star system in Sagittarius and one of the brighter members of the Teapot asterism, whose IAU-a...

Bright Binary Sagittarius A Type

7.2 Good

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Algorab

δ Corvi (Algorab) is the third-brightest star in Corvus, a white A-type main-sequence star approximately 87 light-years...

Bright White Binary Corvus

7.2 Good

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Nashira

Gamma Capricorni, a giant star in Capricornus historically used in celestial navigation, whose Arabic-derived name Nashi...

Bright Zodiac A Type Peculiar

7.1 Good

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Alphekka Meridiana

α Coronae Australinae (Alphekka Meridiana) is the brightest star in the Southern Crown constellation, a white A-type bin...

Bright Southern Corona Australis Main Sequence

7.1 Good

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Meridiana

Meridiana is the IAU-approved official name (2016) for α Coronae Australinae, the brightest star in Corona Australina, a...

Bright Corona Australis Main Sequence A Type

7.1 Good

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Tania Australis

μ Ursae Majoris (Tania Australis) is a red M-type giant in Ursa Major, about 250 light-years from Earth, whose Arabic na...

Bright Red Giant Ursa Major

7.0 Good