swap_horiz Kapteyn's Star Alternatives

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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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Proxima Centauri

Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star located just over four light-years away, making it our nearest stellar neighbor. It...

M Type Nearest Star Exoplanet Host Red Dwarf

9.2 Excellent

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TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool dwarf star located approximately 40 light-years from Earth. It’s notable for hosting a syste...

Aquarius M Type Exoplanet Host Ultra Cool Dwarf

9.2 Excellent

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V645 Centauri

V645 Centauri is an M-type red dwarf star located within the Alpha Centauri system, approximately 4.37 light-years from...

Centaurus Nearby M Type Red Dwarf

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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Barnard's Star

Barnard's Star is a red dwarf 5.96 light-years away in Ophiuchus and holds the record for the highest proper motion of a...

Ophiuchus Nearby M Type Red Dwarf

8.8 Great

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Beta Pictoris

A young A-type star in Pictor notable for a circumstellar debris disk discovered in 1984 and hosting at least two direct...

Pictor Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

8.8 Great

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V838 Monocerotis

A red variable star in Monoceros that produced a spectacular eruption in January 2002, generating a light echo captured...

Supergiant Monoceros M Type Peculiar

8.7 Great

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VY Canis Majoris

A red hypergiant in Canis Major once considered the largest known star by radius at roughly 1,400 solar radii and among...

Variable Largest Known M Type Canis Majoris

8.5 Great

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LHS 1140

A red dwarf star ~40 light-years away in Cetus, hosting LHS 1140b, a rocky super-Earth in the habitable zone discovered...

Cetus M Type Habitable Zone Red Dwarf

8.4 Great

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Gacrux

Gacrux is the nearest red giant to the Sun at about 88 light-years away, forming the top of the Southern Cross and class...

Red Giant Crux M Type

8.2 Great

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UY Scuti

A pulsating red supergiant in Scutum and one of the largest known stars by radius, with estimates placing it at roughly...

Variable Scutum M Type Red Supergiant

8.2 Great

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TOI-700

A small M-dwarf star ~100 light-years away in Dorado, hosting TOI-700d, one of the first Earth-sized habitable-zone plan...

Dwarf Dorado M Type Habitable Zone

8.2 Great

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GJ 876

A red dwarf ~15 light-years away in Aquarius, the first M-type star confirmed to host an exoplanet, with its giant plane...

Aquarius Nearby M Type Multi Planet

8.2 Great

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NML Cygni

A red hypergiant in Cygnus and one of the largest and most luminous stars known, with a radius estimated to exceed 1,600...

Massive Cygnus M Type Red Hypergiant

8.1 Great

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Mu Cephei

A red supergiant in Cepheus nicknamed the Garnet Star for its deep red color, one of the most luminous stars visible to...

Variable Cepheus M Type Red Supergiant

8.1 Great

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Kepler-438

Kepler-438 is a K-type star roughly 470 light-years away with Kepler-438b, a near-Earth-sized planet in the habitable zo...

Lyra M Type Habitable Zone Main Sequence

8.1 Great

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UV Ceti

UV Ceti is the prototype of the UV Ceti class of stellar flare stars, forming the fainter component of the L 726-8 binar...

Nearby Cetus M Type Flare Star

8.1 Great

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Ross 128

A red dwarf ~11 light-years away in Virgo hosting Ross 128b, a potentially temperate Earth-mass exoplanet, and projected...

Nearby Virgo M Type Exoplanet Host

8.0 Great

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Lacaille 9352

A red dwarf star ~10.7 light-years away in Piscis Austrinus, one of the nearest stars to the Sun and among the intrinsic...

Nearby M Type Piscis Austrinus Red Dwarf

7.4 Good