swap_horiz Regulus Alternatives

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Sun

The Sun is a G-type main sequence star, our closest stellar neighbor. This yellow dwarf provides nearly all the energy t...

Solar G Type Main Sequence Nearest Star

9.2 Excellent

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Vega

Vega is a main sequence A-type star located in the constellation Lyra approximately 25 light-years from Earth. It’s nota...

Lyra Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

9.2 Excellent

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Rigel

Rigel is a brilliant blue supergiant star located within the constellation Orion. It’s notable for its extreme luminosit...

Blue Navigation Orion Supergiant

9.2 Excellent

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Alpha Centauri A

Alpha Centauri A is a G-type main-sequence star located in the Alpha Centauri system, approximately 4.37 light-years fro...

Centaurus G Type Main Sequence Nearest System

9.2 Excellent

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Altair

Altair is a brilliant A-type main-sequence star located within the constellation Aquila. Situated just 17 light-years fr...

Aquila Nearby Main Sequence A Type

9.1 Excellent

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Acrux

Acrux is the brightest star in Crux (the Southern Cross), a multiple star system about 320 light-years away used for nav...

Navigation Crux Multiple B Type

8.9 Great

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Spica

Spica is the brightest star in Virgo, a binary system of two close blue giants about 250 light-years away whose mutual g...

Navigation Binary Virgo B Type

8.9 Great

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Fomalhaut

Fomalhaut is the brightest star in Piscis Austrinus, about 25 light-years away, and hosts a prominent debris disk that y...

Navigation Debris Disk Main Sequence A Type

8.8 Great

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Hadar

Hadar, also called Beta Centauri, is a triple star system in Centaurus and one of the two pointer stars used to locate t...

Navigation Giant Centaurus B Type

8.6 Great

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Achernar

Achernar is the brightest star in Eridanus and among the least spherical known stars, spinning so rapidly it is signific...

Southern Eridanus B Type Main Sequence

8.4 Great

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Shaula

Shaula is the second-brightest star in Scorpius, a multiple-star system about 570 light-years away that marks the tip of...

Bright Multiple Scorpius B Type

8.3 Great

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Alkaid

Eta Ursae Majoris, the star at the tip of the Big Dipper's handle, a blue-white main-sequence star about 104 light-years...

Blue Ursa Major B Type Main Sequence

8.3 Great

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Bellatrix

Bellatrix is the third-brightest star in Orion, a blue giant about 250 light-years away that marks the hunter's left sho...

Blue Navigation Orion Giant

8.1 Great

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Denebola

Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in Leo, a white main-sequence star about 36 light-years away and a confirmed memb...

Bright Leo Debris Disk Main Sequence

7.7 Good

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Alnair

Alnair is the brightest star in Grus, a blue-white subgiant about 101 light-years away whose name derives from Arabic me...

Bright Southern Grus B Type

7.5 Good

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Nunki

Sigma Sagittarii, the second-brightest star in Sagittarius, a blue-white main-sequence star about 228 light-years away a...

Bright Sagittarius B Type Main Sequence

7.5 Good

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Zosma

Zosma (Delta Leonis) is a blue-white star about 58 light-years away, located on the hip of Leo the Lion and notable as a...

Bright White Leo Main Sequence

7.4 Good

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Phact

Alpha Columbae, a blue-white subgiant and the brightest star in the southern constellation Columba, with an apparent mag...

Bright Southern B Type Columba

7.1 Good

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Muliphein

Gamma Canis Majoris, a blue-white giant star in Canis Major with the IAU-approved Arabic-derived name Muliphein, not to...

Blue Bright B Type Main Sequence

7.0 Good

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Furud

Zeta Canis Majoris, a spectroscopic binary star in Canis Major whose IAU-approved name Furud derives from an Arabic phra...

Blue Binary B Type Main Sequence

6.8 Fair