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Eta Carinae

Eta Carinae is an exceptionally large and volatile star located within the Carina Nebula. It’s notable for its dramatic...

Massive Carinae Pre Supernova Luminous Blue Variable

9.2 Excellent

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Sirius B

Sirius B is a dense white dwarf star orbiting within the Sirius system of Canis Major. It represents the remnant core of...

Compact Binary White Dwarf Canis Majoris

9.1 Excellent

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R136a1

A Wolf-Rayet star in the R136 cluster of the Large Magellanic Cloud, regarded as the most massive known star with an ini...

Luminous Wolf Rayet Lmc Doradus

8.8 Great

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P Cygni

A luminous blue variable in Cygnus that erupted around 1600 CE and is the namesake of the P Cygni spectral line profile,...

Massive Cygnus Luminous Blue Variable Outburst

8.5 Great

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40 Eridani B

A white dwarf in the triple star system 40 Eridani, historically notable as the first white dwarf whose anomalously high...

Compact White Dwarf Nearby Eridanus

8.5 Great

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Procyon B

The white dwarf companion to Procyon A in Canis Minor, its existence inferred from Procyon's proper-motion wobble decade...

Compact Binary White Dwarf Nearby

8.4 Great

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Theta1 Orionis C

Theta1 Orionis C is the most massive and luminous member of the Trapezium cluster in the Orion Nebula, an O-type star re...

Massive Orion Main Sequence O Type

8.4 Great

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NML Cygni

A red hypergiant in Cygnus and one of the largest and most luminous stars known, with a radius estimated to exceed 1,600...

Massive Cygnus M Type Red Hypergiant

8.1 Great

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Pistol Star

A luminous blue hypergiant near the Galactic Center and among the most luminous stars in the Milky Way, revealed in the...

Massive Luminous Sagittarius Galactic Center

8.1 Great

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Gamma Velorum

Gamma Velorum is the brightest Wolf-Rayet star visible to the naked eye, a multiple-star system in Vela containing a WC8...

Massive Vela Multiple Wolf Rayet

8.1 Great

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WR 140

WR 140 is a colliding-wind binary of a Wolf-Rayet and O-type star in Cygnus with a 7.9-year eccentric orbit, producing p...

Binary Wolf Rayet Cygnus Colliding Wind

8.1 Great

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Van Maanen's Star

A white dwarf in Pisces discovered by Dutch astronomer Adriaan van Maanen in 1917, notable as the closest solitary white...

Compact White Dwarf Nearby Solitary

8.0 Great

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WR 104

WR 104 is a Wolf-Rayet star in Sagittarius that forms a rotating pinwheel nebula with its O-star companion and is consid...

Binary Wolf Rayet Sagittarius Pinwheel Nebula

8.0 Great

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VV Cephei

An eclipsing binary in Cepheus pairing one of the largest known red supergiants with a hot blue companion, with an orbit...

Massive Cepheus M Type Eclipsing Binary

7.9 Good

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AG Carinae

A luminous blue variable in Carina, one of the most massive and luminous stars in the Milky Way, surrounded by an ejecte...

Massive Southern Carinae Luminous Blue Variable

7.9 Good

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Stephenson 2-18

Stephenson 2-18 is a red supergiant in the open cluster Stephenson 2, often cited as potentially the largest known star...

Massive Scutum M Type Red 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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HR 5171

HR 5171 is a yellow hypergiant in Centaurus and one of the largest stars known by physical radius, also forming a contac...

Massive Yellow Centaurus G Type

7.7 Good

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Peony Star

The Peony Star (WR 102ka) is a Wolf-Rayet star near the Galactic center and a contender for the most luminous star in th...

Massive Wolf Rayet Sagittarius Galactic Center

7.7 Good

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LBV 1806-20

LBV 1806-20 is a luminous blue variable near the Galactic center, located in the same dense star-forming cluster as a so...

Massive Sagittarius Galactic Center Luminous Blue Variable

7.6 Good