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

Mira, designated Omicron Ceti, is a red giant star located approximately 420 light-years away in the constellation Cetus...

Giant Variable Cetus M Type

8.9 Great

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Barnard's Star

Barnard's Star is a red dwarf star situated approximately 6 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. It holds th...

Ophiuchus Nearby M Type Red Dwarf

8.8 Great

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Beta Pictoris

Beta Pictoris is a young, A-type main-sequence star located approximately 63 light-years from Earth in the constellation...

Pictor Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

8.8 Great

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Gliese 229

Gliese 229 is a cool red-dwarf star in the constellation Lepus, approximately 18 light-years from the Sun. Its faint com...

Lepus M Type Red Dwarf Binary System

8.8 Great

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V838 Monocerotis

V838 Monocerotis is a red variable star located in the constellation Monoceros. In January 2002, it experienced a major...

Supergiant Monoceros M Type Peculiar

8.7 Great

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AU Microscopii

AU Microscopii is a young M-type red dwarf star in the constellation Microscopium, about 32 light-years from Earth. It i...

M Type Debris Disk Red Dwarf Microscopium

8.6 Great

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VY Canis Majoris

VY Canis Majoris is a red hypergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, located at an estimated distance of approxim...

Variable Largest Known M Type Canis Majoris

8.5 Great

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LHS 1140

LHS 1140 is an M-type red dwarf star located approximately 40 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cetus. The sta...

Cetus M Type Habitable Zone Red Dwarf

8.4 Great

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Gliese 581

Gliese 581 is a cool red-dwarf star in the constellation Libra, about 20 light-years from Earth. It became a widely stud...

M Type Exoplanet Host Libra Red Dwarf

8.4 Great

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Scholz's Star

Scholz’s Star, also designated WISE J072003.20-084651.2, is a nearby low-mass binary system in Monoceros. Its components...

Monoceros M Type Red Dwarf Binary System

8.3 Great

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GJ 1214

GJ 1214 is a faint M-type red-dwarf star in the constellation Ophiuchus, about 40 light-years from Earth. It is the host...

Ophiuchus M Type Exoplanet Host Red Dwarf

8.3 Great

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Gacrux

Gacrux, designated Gamma Crucis, is a red giant star that marks the top of the Southern Cross (Crux) constellation. With...

Red Giant Crux M Type

8.2 Great

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UY Scuti

UY Scuti is a red supergiant star in the constellation Scutum, classified as a semiregular variable with a pulsation per...

Variable Scutum M Type Red Supergiant

8.2 Great

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TOI-700

TOI-700 is a red dwarf star of spectral class M located approximately 101 light-years from Earth in the constellation Do...

Dwarf Dorado M Type Habitable Zone

8.2 Great

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GJ 876

GJ 876 (also catalogued as IL Aquarii) is a red dwarf star located approximately 15 light-years from Earth in the conste...

Aquarius Nearby M Type Multi Planet

8.2 Great

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Lacaille 9352

Lacaille 9352 is a red dwarf star located approximately 10.7 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation o...

Nearby M Type Piscis Austrinus Red Dwarf

7.4 Good