swap_horiz FU Orionis Alternatives

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Rigel

Rigel is a brilliant blue supergiant star located within the constellation Orion. It’s notable for its extreme luminosit...

Blue Navigation Orion Supergiant

9.2 Excellent

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Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse is a massive red supergiant star located within the constellation Orion. It’s notable due to its immense size...

Orion Variable M Type Red Supergiant

9.2 Excellent

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Polaris

Polaris is a bright star located in the constellation Ursa Minor. It’s notable as the current North Star due to its posi...

Supergiant F Type Ursa Minor North Star

9.2 Excellent

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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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Canopus

Canopus is a massive, white-yellow supergiant star located in the Carina constellation. It’s notable for being the secon...

Navigation Supergiant F Type Second Brightest

9.1 Excellent

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T Tauri

T Tauri is a variable star found in the Taurus molecular cloud and serves as the prototype for the class of pre-main-seq...

Variable Taurus G Type Pre Main Sequence

8.9 Great

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TW Hydrae

The star TW Hydrae is a nearby classical T Tauri star in the constellation Hydra, about 176 light-years from Earth. It i...

Debris Disk K Type Pre Main Sequence Orange Dwarf

8.9 Great

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Procyon

Procyon is a binary star system located in the constellation Canis Minor and is designated Alpha Canis Minoris. It is th...

Bright Binary F Type Main Sequence

8.7 Great

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Alnitak

Alnitak is a multiple star system positioned as the easternmost star in Orion's Belt. The system is dominated by Alnitak...

Orion Multiple Supergiant Belt Star

8.7 Great

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Mintaka

Mintaka, designated Delta Orionis, is the westernmost star in Orion's Belt and is situated almost directly on the celest...

Orion Giant Multiple Belt Star

8.5 Great

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Theta1 Orionis C

Theta1 Orionis C is the most massive and luminous member of the Trapezium cluster, a group of young stars at the centre...

Massive Orion Main Sequence O Type

8.4 Great

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Methuselah Star (HD 140283)

HD 140283, informally known as the 'Methuselah Star,' is a metal-poor subgiant star located approximately 190 light-year...

Oldest Known F Type Libra Subgiant

8.4 Great

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W Virginis

W Virginis is the prototype of the W Virginis variables, a class of pulsating variable stars also known as Type II Cephe...

Variable Supergiant Virgo F Type

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Xi Ursae Majoris

Xi Ursae Majoris (also named Alula Australis) is a quadruple star system located approximately 27 to 29 light-years from...

Historic Binary Ursa Major F Type

8.2 Great

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Bellatrix

Bellatrix (Gamma Orionis) is the third-brightest star in the constellation Orion, marking the hunter's left shoulder. It...

Blue Navigation Orion Giant

8.1 Great

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Rho Cassiopeiae

Rho Cassiopeiae is a yellow hypergiant star situated in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is recognized as on...

Yellow Cassiopeia Variable F Type

8.1 Great

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Epsilon Aurigae

Epsilon Aurigae is an eclipsing binary star system situated in the northern constellation of Auriga. The system is compo...

Supergiant Auriga F Type Long Period

8.0 Great

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WASP-12

WASP-12 is a star in the constellation Auriga that hosts WASP-12b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet with an orbital period of app...

Auriga F Type Hot Jupiter Main Sequence

8.0 Great

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Tau Bootis

Tau Boötis is a binary star system in the constellation Boötes whose primary star is classified as an F-type star. Its i...

F Type Main Sequence Bootes Exoplanet Host

8.0 Great

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Iota Horologii

Iota Horologii is a Sun-like yellow-white dwarf star located roughly 57 light-years from Earth in the southern constella...

F Type Main Sequence Exoplanet Host Young Star

7.2 Good