Lists of stars

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 distance

List of most distant stars

Nearest stars

List of nearest stars (up to 20 light-years)
List of nearest stars by spectral type
List of nearest bright stars

By luminosity

List of nearest giant stars
List of nearest supergiants
List of nearest hypergiants

20–100 light years away

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 star systems within 80–85 light-years
List of star systems within 85–90 light-years
List of star systems within 90–95 light-years
List of star systems within 95–100 light-years

100–500 light-years away

List of star systems within 100–150 light-years
List of star systems within 150–200 light-years
List of star systems within 200–250 light-years
List of star systems within 250–300 light-years
List of star systems within 300–350 light-years
List of star systems within 350–400 light-years
List of star systems within 400–450 light-years
List of star systems within 450–500 light-years

By physical characteristic

List of brightest stars
List of brightest stars by year
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
List of coolest stars

By spectral type or HR class

List of Wolf-Rayet stars
List of luminous blue variable stars
List of O-type stars
List of brown dwarfs
List of white dwarfs
List of red dwarfs

By variability

List of notable variable stars
List of semiregular variable stars
List of stars that have unusual dimming periods

By other factors

List of brightest stars
List of high-proper-motion stars
List of stars with multiplanetary systems
List of blue straggler stars
List of collapsars (black holes)
List of supernovae
List of supernova candidates
List of supernova remnants
List of gamma-ray bursts
List of most distant supernovae

By Astronomical Catalog

Table of stars with Bayer designations
Table of stars with Flamsteed designations
List of stars in the New General Catalogue

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
Solar twins (Solar analogs)

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.
GY Andromedae — chemically peculiar variable star
MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus) — second most distant star, 9 billion light years away.
P Cygni — suddenly brightened in the 17th century
WNC4 — Messier Object 40
Zeta Boötis — speckle binary test system

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

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