swap_horiz Capella Alternatives

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Sun

The Sun is a G-type main sequence star, our closest stellar neighbor. This yellow dwarf provides nearly all the energy t...

Solar G Type Main Sequence Nearest Star

9.2 Excellent

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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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Alpha Centauri A

Alpha Centauri A is a G-type main-sequence star located in the Alpha Centauri system, approximately 4.37 light-years fro...

Centaurus G Type Main Sequence Nearest System

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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51 Pegasi

51 Pegasi is a G-type main-sequence star located approximately 50 light-years from Earth within the Pegasus constellatio...

Pegasus G Type Hot Jupiter Main Sequence

9.1 Excellent

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RR Lyrae

The prototype of RR Lyrae-type pulsating variable stars in Lyra, widely used as standard candles for measuring distances...

Giant Lyra A Type Pulsating

9.0 Excellent

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Mira

Omicron Ceti, prototype of long-period Mira-type variable stars, pulsating over a roughly 332-day cycle between naked-ey...

Giant Variable Cetus M Type

8.9 Great

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T Tauri

T Tauri is the prototype of T Tauri variables, a class of young pre-main-sequence stellar objects first identified in th...

Variable Taurus G Type Pre Main Sequence

8.9 Great

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HD 209458

A Sun-like star in Pegasus whose planet HD 209458 b was the first exoplanet detected by the transit method in 1999 and l...

Pegasus G Type Main Sequence Transiting Exoplanet

8.8 Great

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Hadar

Hadar, also called Beta Centauri, is a triple star system in Centaurus and one of the two pointer stars used to locate t...

Navigation Giant Centaurus B Type

8.6 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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Mintaka

Delta Orionis, the westernmost star in Orion's Belt, a multiple-star system roughly 900 light-years away that lies almos...

Orion Giant Multiple Belt Star

8.5 Great

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55 Cancri

A binary star in Cancer hosting five confirmed exoplanets, including 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth that completes an orbit...

Binary Cancer Nearby G 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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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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HR 5171

HR 5171 is a yellow hypergiant in Centaurus and one of the largest stars known by physical radius, also forming a contac...

Massive Yellow Centaurus G Type

7.7 Good

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Vindemiatrix

Epsilon Virginis, a yellow giant (G8 III) ~102 light-years away in Virgo, whose Latin name means 'grape harvester' as it...

Yellow Giant Zodiac Virgo

7.5 Good

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Sadalmelik

Sadalmelik (Alpha Aquarii) is a yellow supergiant in Aquarius whose Arabic name means 'lucky stars of the king,' part of...

Bright Yellow Aquarius Supergiant

7.3 Good

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Muscida

ο Ursae Majoris (Muscida) is a yellow-orange giant star in Ursa Major marking the nose of the Great Bear in traditional...

Binary Giant Ursa Major G Type

7.0 Good