Lists of stars

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
• List of nearest bright stars
• List of brightest stars
• List of stars more luminous than any closer star

By physical characteristic

• List of most luminous stars
• List of most massive stars
• List of largest stars
• List of least massive stars
• List of brightest 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 stars with unconfirmed extrasolar planets
• List of brown dwarfs
• List of collapsars (black holes)

Other star listings

• List of star extremes
• List of supernovae
• Solar twins (Solar analogs)
• List of navigational stars
• 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
• HE0107-5240 — one of the oldest stars found
• HR 465 — chemically-peculiar variable star
• Nemesis — hypothetical star
• OGLE-TR-122b — 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

• Astronomical naming conventions
• Star
• Star catalogue

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

External links

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