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Delta Cephei

Delta Cephei is a bright supergiant star within the Cepheus constellation. It’s notable as the original prototype for Ce...

Variable Supergiant Cepheus F Type

9.2 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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Procyon

Procyon is the brightest star in Canis Minor and eighth brightest in the night sky, a binary system with a white dwarf c...

Bright Binary F Type Main Sequence

8.7 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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W Virginis

W Virginis is the prototype of W Virginis variables (Type II Cepheids), population II pulsating stars that are older and...

Variable Supergiant Virgo F Type

8.2 Great

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Rho Cassiopeiae

Rho Cassiopeiae is a yellow hypergiant in Cassiopeia, one of the most luminous stars in the galaxy, notable for a docume...

Yellow Cassiopeia Variable F Type

8.1 Great

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Mirfak

Alpha Persei and brightest star in Perseus, a yellow-white supergiant roughly 590 light-years away and the gravitational...

Bright Cluster Supergiant Perseus

8.0 Great

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Porrima

Gamma Virginis, a binary system in Virgo comprising two nearly identical yellow-white stars about 38 light-years away, l...

Bright Binary Virgo F Type

7.9 Good

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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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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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Kaus Australis

Epsilon Sagittarii, the brightest star in Sagittarius, a blue-white giant about 143 light-years away and a standard star...

Bright Giant Sagittarius B Type

7.8 Good

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Mirzam

Beta Canis Majoris, a blue-white giant roughly 500 light-years away that serves as the prototype for the class of pulsat...

Blue Giant Variable B 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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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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Alsephina

Delta Velorum, the brightest star in the southern False Cross asterism in Vela, a binary system whose IAU proper name Al...

Bright Binary Giant Vela

7.4 Good

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Atria

Alpha Trianguli Australis, the brightest star in the small southern constellation Triangulum Australe, an orange giant r...

Bright Giant Southern K 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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Zavijava

Beta Virginis, an F8 main sequence star ~35.6 light-years away in Virgo, historically used as an astrometric reference p...

Bright Zodiac Virgo F Type

7.3 Good

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Paikauhale

τ Scorpii (Paikauhale) is a hot blue giant in Scorpius notable for strong stellar winds and X-ray emission, bearing a Ha...

Blue Bright Giant Scorpius

7.2 Good