- By location
- By name
- By proximity
- By physical characteristic
- By variability or other factor
- Other star listings Other stars
- See also
- References
- External links
The following are lists of stars. These are astronomical objects that spend some portion of their existence generating energy through thermonuclear fusion. By location- List of stars by constellation
By name- List of traditional star names
- List of Arabic star names
- List of Chinese star names
- Stars named after people
By proximity- List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs - up to 16.3 light-years
- List of star systems within 20–25 light-years
- List of star systems within 25–30 light-years
- List of star systems within 30–35 light-years
- List of star systems within 35–40 light-years
- List of star systems within 40–45 light-years
- List of star systems within 45–50 light-years
- List of star systems within 50–55 light-years
- List of star systems within 55–60 light-years
- List of star systems within 60–65 light-years
- List of star systems within 65–70 light-years
- List of star systems within 70–75 light-years
- List of nearest bright stars
- List of brightest stars
- List of stars more luminous than any closer star
By physical characteristic- List of brightest stars
- List of most luminous stars
- List of most massive stars
- List of largest stars
- List of oldest stars
- List of least massive stars
- List of least voluminous stars
By variability or other factor- List of notable variable stars
- List of semiregular variable stars
- List of supernova candidates
- List of stars with confirmed extrasolar planets
- List of brown dwarfs
- List of white dwarfs
- List of collapsars (black holes)
Other star listings- List of hypothetical stars
- List of star extremes
- List of extremes in the sky
- List of supernovae
- Solar twins (Solar analogs)
- List of selected stars for navigation
- Stars and planetary systems in fiction
- Lists of real astronomical locations in fiction
- List of brightest stars and other record stars
- List of stars with resolved images
Other starsThe following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above. - BPM 37093 — a diamond star
- Cygnus X-1 — X-ray source
- HR 465 — chemically-peculiar variable star
- MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus) — most distant star, 9 billion light years away.[1][2]
- EBLM J0555-57Ab — is one of the smallest stars ever discovered.
- P Cygni — suddenly brightened in the 17th century
- WNC4 — Messier Object 40
- Zeta Boötis — speckle binary test system
See also{{Portal|Star}}- Lists of astronomical objects
- Astronomical naming conventions
- Star
- Star catalogue
- Sun
References- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051214211600/http://xml.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/catalogs/5/5050/ The Bright Star Catalog], Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC, 1991.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051014155205/http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/aricns/ Astronomiches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg] — ARICNS Database for Nearby Stars
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207002542/http://nstars.nau.edu/nau_nstars/index.htm Northern Arizona University database of nearby stars]
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Specific
1. ^{{cite journal |author=Kelly, Patrick L.|display-authors=etal|title=Extreme magnification of an individual star at redshift 1.5 by a galaxy-cluster lens |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0430-3 |date=2 April 2018 |journal=Nature |volume=2 |pages=334–342 |doi=10.1038/s41550-018-0430-3 |accessdate=2 April 2018 |arxiv=1706.10279 |bibcode=2018NatAs...2..334K }}
2. ^{{cite web |last=Howell |first=Elizabeth |title=Rare Cosmic Alignment Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen |url=https://www.space.com/40171-cosmic-alignment-reveals-most-distant-star-yet.html |date=2 April 2018|work=Space.com |accessdate=2 April 2018 }}
External links- International Astronomical Union: IAU
- Sol Station — information on nearby and bright stars.
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