The following are lists of stars. Stars are astronomical objects that spend some portion of their existence generating energy through thermonuclear fusion.

By location

• Lists of stars by constellation

By name

• List of proper names of stars
• List of Arabic star names
• Chinese star names
• Nakshatra
• Stars named after people

By proximity

• List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs (up to 20 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 star systems within 75–80 light-years
• List of nearest bright stars
• List of brightest stars
• List of nearest giant stars
• List of nearest supergiants

By physical characteristic

• List of brightest stars
• List of most luminous stars
• List of most massive stars
• List of largest known stars
• List of smallest known stars
• List of oldest stars
• List of least massive stars
• List of hottest stars

By variability or other factor

• List of brown dwarfs
• List of collapsars (black holes)
• List of notable variable stars
• List of semiregular variable stars
• List of stars that have unusual dimming periods
• List of stars with multiplanetary systems
• List of supernova candidates
• List of white dwarfs
• List of red dwarfs

Other star listings

• List of extremes in the sky
• List of hypothetical stars
• List of selected stars for navigation
• List of star extremes
• List of stars with resolved images
• List of supernovae
• Solar twins (Solar analogs)
• Stars and planetary systems in fiction

Other stars

The 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
• EBLM J0555-57Ab — is one of the smallest stars ever discovered.
• HR 465 — chemically peculiar variable star
• MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus) — second most distant star, 9 billion light years away. ^{[1] [2]}
• P Cygni — suddenly brightened in the 17th century
• WNC4 — Messier Object 40
• Zeta Boötis — speckle binary test system

See also

• Lists of astronomical objects
• Astronomical naming conventions
• Star
• Star catalogue
• Sun

References

• The Bright Star Catalog, Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC, 1991.
• Astronomiches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg — ARICNS Database for Nearby Stars
• Northern Arizona University database of nearby stars
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database

Specific

External links

• International Astronomical Union: IAU
• Sol Station — information on nearby and bright stars.

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