swap_horiz Polaris Alternatives

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Rigel

Rigel marks one of Orion's feet as a bright blue supergiant, with the hot primary star belonging to spectral class B. It...

Blue Navigation Orion Supergiant

9.20 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

9.20 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

9.10 Excellent

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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

8.70 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

8.65 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

8.65 Great

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Naos

Naos, formally designated Zeta Puppis, is a blue O-type supergiant star located in the constellation Puppis. It is one o...

Blue Supergiant Puppis O Type

8.55 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

8.40 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

8.20 Great

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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

8.20 Great

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FU Orionis

FU Orionis is a variable star in the constellation Orion and the prototype of the FU Orionis class of pre-main-sequence...

Orion F Type Pre Main Sequence Young Star

8.15 Great

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HD 93129A

HD 93129A is an extremely massive and luminous O-type supergiant star located within the Carina Nebula, specifically in...

Hot Supergiant Carinae O Type

8.05 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

8.05 Great

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Kochab

Kochab, designated as Beta Ursae Minoris, is an orange giant star located approximately 130 light-years away in the cons...

Orange Giant K Type Ursa Minor

8.00 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

8.00 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

7.96 Good

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Mirfak

Mirfak (Alpha Persei) is an F-type yellow-white supergiant roughly 590 light-years from Earth and the brightest star in...

Bright Cluster Supergiant Perseus

7.95 Good

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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

7.95 Good

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Wezen

Wezen, designated Delta Canis Majoris, is a yellow-white F-type supergiant in the constellation Canis Major. It lies rou...

Yellow Luminous Supergiant F Type

7.85 Good

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Tureis

Tureis, formally designated Rho Puppis, is a pulsating variable star located in the southern constellation of Puppis. It...

Bright Yellow Supergiant Puppis

7.15 Good