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Arcturus

Arcturus is a prominent K-type giant star located in the constellation Boötes. It’s notable for being the brightest star...

Orange Giant Northern Sky K Type

9.2 Excellent

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Aldebaran

Aldebaran is a red giant star located in the constellation Taurus approximately 65 light-years from Earth. As the bright...

Navigation Red Giant Taurus

9.1 Excellent

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Dubhe

Alpha Ursae Majoris, one of the two pointer stars in the Big Dipper that direct observers toward Polaris, an orange gian...

Navigation Giant Ursa Major K Type

8.5 Great

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Pollux

Pollux is an orange giant in Gemini about 34 light-years away and the nearest giant star to the Sun; it hosts a confirme...

Orange Giant Gemini K Type

8.4 Great

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Beta Gemini

Beta Gemini (Pollux) is the nearest giant star to Earth at about 34 light-years, the brightest star in Gemini, with a co...

Orange Giant Gemini K Type

8.4 Great

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Etamin

Gamma Draconis, the brightest star in Draco, an orange giant about 154 light-years away; James Bradley's observations of...

Bright Orange Giant Draco

8.3 Great

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Almach

Almach (Gamma Andromedae) is a multiple star system in Andromeda celebrated as a showpiece telescopic double for its con...

Orange Colorful Multiple Andromeda

8.2 Great

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Izar

Izar (Epsilon Boötis) is a celebrated telescopic double star in Boötes, prized for its vivid color contrast between an o...

Colorful Binary Giant K Type

8.1 Great

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Kochab

Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris) is an orange giant in Ursa Minor that served as the northern pole star around 1500 BCE due t...

Orange Giant K Type Ursa Minor

8.0 Great

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Enif

Enif (Epsilon Pegasi) is an orange supergiant marking the nose of Pegasus and is the brightest star in that constellatio...

Bright Orange Pegasus Supergiant

7.9 Good

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Kaus Australis

Epsilon Sagittarii, the brightest star in Sagittarius, a blue-white giant about 143 light-years away and a standard star...

Bright Giant Sagittarius B Type

7.8 Good

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Alphard

Alpha Hydrae, the brightest star in Hydra — the largest constellation by area — an orange giant about 177 light-years aw...

Orange Giant Hydra Solitary

7.8 Good

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Hamal

Alpha Arietis, the brightest star in Aries, an orange giant about 66 light-years away that historically marked the locat...

Orange Giant Zodiac Aries

7.7 Good

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Caph

Beta Cassiopeiae, one of the five stars forming Cassiopeia's distinctive W-shape, a yellow-white pulsating giant about 5...

Bright Giant Cassiopeia Variable

7.7 Good

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Menkent

Theta Centauri, an orange giant in Centaurus about 61 light-years away and one of the nearer bright stars used in southe...

Orange Giant Southern Centaurus

7.4 Good

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Atria

Alpha Trianguli Australis, the brightest star in the small southern constellation Triangulum Australe, an orange giant r...

Bright Giant Southern K Type

7.3 Good

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Gienah

Gamma Corvi, the brightest star in Corvus (the Crow), a blue-white giant about 165 light-years away and one of the 58 st...

Bright Orange Giant Corvus

7.2 Good

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Unukalhai

Unukalhai (Alpha Serpentis) is an orange giant about 74 light-years from Earth and the brightest star in Serpens, the on...

Bright Orange Giant Serpens

7.1 Good

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Azha

η Eridani (Azha) is an orange K-type giant in Eridanus, roughly 133 light-years from Earth, with a traditional Arabic na...

Bright Orange Eridanus Main Sequence

7.0 Good

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Minkar

ε Corvi (Minkar) is a cool K-type giant star in Corvus, about 300 light-years from Earth, with a traditional Arabic name...

Bright Orange Giant Corvus

6.8 Fair