swap_horiz Atria Alternatives

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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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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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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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Pollux

Pollux is an orange giant in Gemini about 34 light-years away and the nearest giant star to the Sun; it hosts a confirme...

Orange Giant Gemini K Type

8.4 Great

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Beta Gemini

Beta Gemini (Pollux) is the nearest giant star to Earth at about 34 light-years, the brightest star in Gemini, with a co...

Orange Giant Gemini K Type

8.4 Great

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Etamin

Gamma Draconis, the brightest star in Draco, an orange giant about 154 light-years away; James Bradley's observations of...

Bright Orange Giant Draco

8.3 Great

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Izar

Izar (Epsilon Boötis) is a celebrated telescopic double star in Boötes, prized for its vivid color contrast between an o...

Colorful Binary Giant K Type

8.1 Great

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Kochab

Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris) is an orange giant in Ursa Minor that served as the northern pole star around 1500 BCE due t...

Orange Giant K Type Ursa Minor

8.0 Great

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Schedar

Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae) is an orange giant roughly 228 light-years away and the brightest star in the W-shaped const...

Bright Orange Giant Cassiopeia

7.9 Good

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Enif

Enif (Epsilon Pegasi) is an orange supergiant marking the nose of Pegasus and is the brightest star in that constellatio...

Bright Orange Pegasus Supergiant

7.9 Good

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Elnath

Elnath, also called Beta Tauri, is a blue-white giant shared on the border of Taurus and Auriga, about 130 light-years a...

Bright Giant Taurus B Type

7.8 Good

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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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Alphard

Alpha Hydrae, the brightest star in Hydra — the largest constellation by area — an orange giant about 177 light-years aw...

Orange Giant Hydra Solitary

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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Avior

Epsilon Carinae, a bright binary system in the southern constellation Carina roughly 630 light-years away, included amon...

Binary Giant Southern Carinae

7.7 Good

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Menkent

Theta Centauri, an orange giant in Centaurus about 61 light-years away and one of the nearer bright stars used in southe...

Orange Giant Southern Centaurus

7.4 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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Gienah

Gamma Corvi, the brightest star in Corvus (the Crow), a blue-white giant about 165 light-years away and one of the 58 st...

Bright Orange Giant Corvus

7.2 Good

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Unukalhai

Unukalhai (Alpha Serpentis) is an orange giant about 74 light-years from Earth and the brightest star in Serpens, the on...

Bright Orange Giant Serpens

7.1 Good

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Minkar

ε Corvi (Minkar) is a cool K-type giant star in Corvus, about 300 light-years from Earth, with a traditional Arabic name...

Bright Orange Giant Corvus

6.8 Fair