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Stars

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Here you can find specific information about the main stars in the sky such as the two charts below. A section dedicated to laying out an easy to understand description of how a star develops and evolves.

[Nearest Stars | Brightest Stars | Stellar Evolution]

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Nearest Stars

Nearest
Stars

Distance
(Light-
years)

App.
magni-
tude

Absolute
magni-
tude
Proxima Centauri
a Centauri A
a Centauri B
Bernard’s Star
Wolf 359
Lalande 21185
Sirius A
Sirius B
Luyten 726-8A
UV Ceti
Ross 154
Ross 248
e Eridani
Luyten 789-6
Ross 128
61 Cygni A
61 Cygni B
e Indi
Procyon A
Procyon B
Struve 2398 A
Struve 2398 B		 4.3
4.3
4.3
5.9
7.6
8.1
8.8
8.8
8.9
9.4
10.3
10.3
10.8
10.8
10.8
11.1
11.1
11.2
11.4
11.4
11.5
11.5		 11.1
-0.3
1.3
9.5
13.5
7.5
-1.5
8.7
12.5
13.0
10.6
12.3
3.7
12.2
11.1
5.2
6.0
4.7
0.4
10.7
8.9
9.7		 15.5
4.4
5.7
13.3
16.7
10.5
1.4
11.6
15.3
15.8
13.3
14.8
6.1
14.6
13.5
7.6
8.4
7.0
2.7
13.0
11.2
12.0

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Brightest Stars

Brightest
Stars

Designation

App.
magni-
tude

Distance
(Light-
years)
Sun
Sirius
Canopus
Rigil Kent
Arcturus
Vega
Capella
Rigel
Procyon
Achernar
Hadar
Altair
Betelgeus
Aldebaran
Acrux
Spica
Antares
Pollux
Fomalhaut
Deneb
Mimosa
Regulus		 --
a Canis Majoris
a Carinae
a Centauri
a Bootes
a Lyrae
a Aurigae
ß Orionis
a Canis Minoris
a Eridani
ß Centauri
a Aquilae
a Orionis
a Tauri
a Crucis
a Virginis
a Scorpii
ß Geminorum
a Piscis Austrini
a Cygni
ß Crucis
a Leonis		 -26.7
-1.5
-0.7
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4		 --
8.8
196.0
4.3
37.0
26.0
46.0
815.0
11.0
127.0
391.0
16.0
652.0
68.0
261.0
261.0
424.0
36.0
23.0
1630.0
490.0
85.0

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