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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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Alpha Centauri B

Alpha Centauri B is a slightly smaller, cooler K-type star orbiting Alpha Centauri A, together forming the nearest star...

Binary Centaurus Main Sequence K Type

9.0 Excellent

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Albireo

Albireo (Beta Cygni) is a visually striking double star in Cygnus celebrated for its contrasting amber and sapphire-blue...

Colorful Binary Cygnus K 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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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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Thuban

Alpha Draconis, a star in Draco that served as Earth's north pole star around 2700 BCE due to the slow 26,000-year wobbl...

Binary Giant Draco A Type

8.3 Great

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Adhara

Adhara is the brightest star in Canis Major after Sirius, a blue supergiant about 430 light-years away and one of the st...

Binary Giant B Type Canis Majoris

8.2 Great

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Almach

Almach (Gamma Andromedae) is a multiple star system in Andromeda celebrated as a showpiece telescopic double for its con...

Orange Colorful Multiple Andromeda

8.2 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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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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Hamal

Alpha Arietis, the brightest star in Aries, an orange giant about 66 light-years away that historically marked the locat...

Orange Giant Zodiac Aries

7.7 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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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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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