swap_horiz PSR B1257+12 Alternatives

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Crab Pulsar

The Crab Pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star at the center of the Crab Nebula in the constellation Taurus. It was...

Pulsar Taurus Neutron Star Supernova Remnant

9.5 Brilliant

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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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PSR B1919+21

PSR B1919+21 is a radio pulsar in the constellation Vulpecula and is understood to be a rotating neutron star. Jocelyn B...

Historical Pulsar Neutron Star Vulpecula

9.1 Excellent

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Spica

Spica, designated Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and a prominent binary star system...

Navigation Binary Virgo B Type

8.9 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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Epsilon Eridani

Epsilon Eridani is a K2V main-sequence star located approximately 10.5 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Eri...

Nearby Eridanus Main Sequence K Type

8.5 Great

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55 Cancri

55 Cancri, also designated Rho1 Cancri or HD 75732, is a binary star system in the constellation Cancer located approxim...

Binary Cancer Nearby G Type

8.5 Great

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Rho1 Cancri

55 Cancri, also designated Rho1 Cancri, is a binary star system approximately 41 light-years from Earth in the constella...

Cancer G Type Super Earth Main Sequence

8.5 Great

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Pollux

Pollux, designated Beta Geminorum, is an orange K-type giant star in the constellation Gemini, located approximately 34...

Orange Giant Gemini K Type

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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Kepler-22

Kepler-22 is a G-type main-sequence star located approximately 620 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. It is n...

Cygnus G Type Habitable Zone Main Sequence

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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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

8.2 Great

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KELT-9

KELT-9 is a hot, rapidly rotating A-type main-sequence star located roughly 670 light-years away in the constellation Cy...

Cygnus Main Sequence A Type Exoplanet Host

8.1 Great

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Ross 128

Ross 128 is a red dwarf star located approximately 11 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo, making it one o...

Nearby Virgo M Type Exoplanet Host

8.0 Great

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Teegarden's Star

Teegarden's Star is an M-type red dwarf star situated approximately 12.5 light-years from the Solar System in the conste...

Nearby Aries M Type Exoplanet Host

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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Porrima

Porrima, formally Gamma Virginis, is a binary star system in the constellation Virgo about 38 light-years from Earth. It...

Bright Binary Virgo F Type

7.9 Good

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Gliese 436

Gliese 436 is an M-type red dwarf in the constellation Leo, approximately 33 light-years from Earth. It hosts Gliese 436...

Leo M Type Exoplanet Host Red Dwarf

7.9 Good