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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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Fomalhaut

Fomalhaut is the brightest star in Piscis Austrinus, about 25 light-years away, and hosts a prominent debris disk that y...

Navigation Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

8.8 Great

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Regulus

Regulus is the brightest star in Leo, about 79 light-years away, and rotates so quickly that it bulges noticeably at its...

Navigation Leo B Type Main Sequence

8.8 Great

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Beta Pictoris

A young A-type star in Pictor notable for a circumstellar debris disk discovered in 1984 and hosting at least two direct...

Pictor Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

8.8 Great

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HR 8799

An A-type star in Pegasus that in 2008 became the first multi-planet system to be directly imaged, with four confirmed g...

Pegasus Direct Imaging Multi Planet Main Sequence

8.8 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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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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Delta Scuti

Delta Scuti is an A-type pulsating variable that is the prototype of the Delta Scuti class of short-period pulsators wid...

Scutum Main Sequence A Type Pulsating

8.1 Great

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KELT-9

A hot A-type star ~670 light-years away in Cygnus, hosting KELT-9b, the hottest known hot Jupiter exoplanet, whose daysi...

Cygnus Main Sequence A Type Exoplanet Host

8.1 Great

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18 Scorpii

A G2Va solar twin ~46 light-years away in Scorpius, regarded as one of the closest and most chemically similar analogs t...

Scorpius Nearby G Type Main Sequence

7.9 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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HIP 56948

A solar twin in Draco ~200 light-years away, identified through spectroscopic analysis as one of the most Sun-like stars...

Nearby Draco G Type Main Sequence

7.6 Good

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Nu2 Lupi

A G-type star ~48 light-years away in Lupus with three transiting planets confirmed by the ESA CHEOPS mission in 2021, i...

Lupus Nearby G Type Multi Planet

7.6 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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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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Chi1 Orionis

A solar analog in Orion ~28 light-years away that forms a spectroscopic binary with a red dwarf companion and has been i...

Orion Nearby G Type Solar Analog

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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HR 753

107 Piscium, a K1 main sequence star ~24 light-years away in Pisces, catalogued as a quiet, stable solar-neighborhood dw...

Nearby Andromeda F Type Solar Analog

7.0 Good