swap_horiz Beta Pictoris Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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Rho1 Cancri

Rho1 Cancri (55 Cancri) is a binary star about 41 light-years from Earth hosting five confirmed exoplanets, including su...

Cancer G Type Super Earth Main Sequence

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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Kepler-22

A G-type star in Cygnus hosting Kepler-22 b, announced in 2011 as the first confirmed planet orbiting within the habitab...

Cygnus G Type Habitable Zone Main Sequence

8.3 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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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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Tau Boötis

Tau Boötis is a yellow-white main-sequence star about 51 light-years from Earth harboring a hot Jupiter exoplanet (Tau B...

F Type Hot Jupiter Main Sequence Bootes

7.7 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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Kepler-69

Kepler-69 is a G-type star approximately 2,700 light-years away with two planets announced by Kepler in 2013, including...

Cygnus G Type Habitable Zone Main Sequence

7.3 Good

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HD 28185

HD 28185 is a solar analog about 138 light-years from Earth with an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone, discov...

Eridanus G Type Habitable Zone Main Sequence

7.3 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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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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Vega B

A designation for a proposed faint stellar companion to Vega, a nearby A0 star ~25 light-years away that defines the zer...

Lyra Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

5.5 Mediocre