swap_horiz T Tauri 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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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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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

9.2 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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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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Algol

Algol is a binary star system notable for its predictable dimming due to an eclipsing orbit. The primary and secondary s...

Prototype Variable Perseus B Type

9.1 Excellent

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51 Pegasi

51 Pegasi is a G-type main-sequence star located approximately 50 light-years from Earth within the Pegasus constellatio...

Pegasus G Type Hot Jupiter Main Sequence

9.1 Excellent

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Capella

Capella is the brightest star in Auriga and the sixth brightest in the night sky, a system of two giant binary pairs abo...

Yellow Giant Auriga G Type

8.9 Great

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Mira

Omicron Ceti, prototype of long-period Mira-type variable stars, pulsating over a roughly 332-day cycle between naked-ey...

Giant Variable Cetus M Type

8.9 Great

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HD 209458

A Sun-like star in Pegasus whose planet HD 209458 b was the first exoplanet detected by the transit method in 1999 and l...

Pegasus G Type Main Sequence Transiting Exoplanet

8.8 Great

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55 Cancri

A binary star in Cancer hosting five confirmed exoplanets, including 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth that completes an orbit...

Binary Cancer Nearby G Type

8.5 Great

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VY Canis Majoris

A red hypergiant in Canis Major once considered the largest known star by radius at roughly 1,400 solar radii and among...

Variable Largest Known M Type Canis Majoris

8.5 Great

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Rho1 Cancri

Rho1 Cancri (55 Cancri) is a binary star about 41 light-years from Earth hosting five confirmed exoplanets, including su...

Cancer G Type Super Earth Main Sequence

8.5 Great

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Kepler-22

A G-type star in Cygnus hosting Kepler-22 b, announced in 2011 as the first confirmed planet orbiting within the habitab...

Cygnus G Type Habitable Zone Main Sequence

8.3 Great

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Kepler-452

A G-type star in Cygnus whose planet Kepler-452 b, announced in 2015, was the first near-Earth-sized world found in the...

Cygnus G Type Habitable Zone Main Sequence

8.2 Great

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UY Scuti

A pulsating red supergiant in Scutum and one of the largest known stars by radius, with estimates placing it at roughly...

Variable Scutum M Type Red Supergiant

8.2 Great

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W Virginis

W Virginis is the prototype of W Virginis variables (Type II Cepheids), population II pulsating stars that are older and...

Variable Supergiant Virgo F Type

8.2 Great

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FU Orionis

FU Orionis is the prototype of FU Orionis outbursts, young pre-main-sequence stars that undergo dramatic accretion-drive...

Orion F Type Pre Main Sequence Young Star

8.2 Great

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Mu Cephei

A red supergiant in Cepheus nicknamed the Garnet Star for its deep red color, one of the most luminous stars visible to...

Variable Cepheus M Type Red Supergiant

8.1 Great

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Rho Cassiopeiae

Rho Cassiopeiae is a yellow hypergiant in Cassiopeia, one of the most luminous stars in the galaxy, notable for a docume...

Yellow Cassiopeia Variable F Type

8.1 Great