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Cygnus X-1

Cygnus X-1 is an X-ray binary system in the constellation Cygnus consisting of a compact object and the blue supergiant...

O Type Blue Supergiant X Ray Binary Black Hole Companion

9.5 Brilliant

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Rigel

Rigel is a brilliant blue supergiant star located within the constellation Orion. It’s notable for its extreme luminosit...

Blue Navigation Orion Supergiant

9.2 Excellent

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Polaris

Polaris is a bright star located in the constellation Ursa Minor. It’s notable as the current North Star due to its posi...

Supergiant F Type Ursa Minor North Star

9.2 Excellent

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Delta Cephei

Delta Cephei is a bright supergiant star within the Cepheus constellation. It’s notable as the original prototype for Ce...

Variable Supergiant Cepheus F Type

9.2 Excellent

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Canopus

Canopus is a massive, white-yellow supergiant star located in the Carina constellation. It’s notable for being the secon...

Navigation Supergiant F Type Second Brightest

9.1 Excellent

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Alnitak

Alnitak is a multiple star system positioned as the easternmost star in Orion's Belt. The system is dominated by Alnitak...

Orion Multiple Supergiant Belt Star

8.7 Great

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V838 Monocerotis

V838 Monocerotis is a red variable star located in the constellation Monoceros. In January 2002, it experienced a major...

Supergiant Monoceros M Type Peculiar

8.7 Great

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Mintaka

Mintaka, designated Delta Orionis, is the westernmost star in Orion's Belt and is situated almost directly on the celest...

Orion Giant Multiple Belt Star

8.5 Great

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Theta1 Orionis C

Theta1 Orionis C is the most massive and luminous member of the Trapezium cluster, a group of young stars at the centre...

Massive Orion Main Sequence O Type

8.4 Great

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Alkaid

Alkaid, designated Eta Ursae Majoris, is a blue-white main-sequence star located at the tip of the handle of the Big Dip...

Blue Ursa Major B Type Main Sequence

8.3 Great

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W Virginis

W Virginis is the prototype of the W Virginis variables, a class of pulsating variable stars also known as Type II Cephe...

Variable Supergiant Virgo F Type

8.2 Great

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Bellatrix

Bellatrix (Gamma Orionis) is the third-brightest star in the constellation Orion, marking the hunter's left shoulder. It...

Blue Navigation Orion Giant

8.1 Great

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HD 93129A

HD 93129A is an extremely massive and luminous O-type supergiant star located within the Carina Nebula, specifically in...

Hot Supergiant Carinae O Type

8.1 Great

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Mirfak

Mirfak (Alpha Persei) is an F-type yellow-white supergiant roughly 590 light-years from Earth and the brightest star in...

Bright Cluster Supergiant Perseus

8.0 Great

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Epsilon Aurigae

Epsilon Aurigae is an eclipsing binary star system situated in the northern constellation of Auriga. The system is compo...

Supergiant Auriga F Type Long Period

8.0 Great

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Zeta Puppis

Zeta Puppis, also called Naos and catalogued as HD 66811, is an O4-type supergiant in Puppis, the constellation associat...

Puppis O Type Blue Supergiant Extreme Luminosity

8.0 Great

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Aludra

Aludra, designated Eta Canis Majoris, is a blue supergiant star of spectral type B5 located in the constellation Canis M...

Blue Bright Supergiant B Type

7.7 Good

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Tureis

Tureis, formally designated Rho Puppis, is a pulsating variable star located in the southern constellation of Puppis. It...

Bright Yellow Supergiant Puppis

7.2 Good

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Xamidimura

Xamidimura, designated as Mu¹ Scorpii, is a binary star system located in the southern constellation of Scorpius. It con...

Blue Binary Supergiant Scorpius

7.1 Good

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Fang

π Scorpii (Fang) is a triple star system in Scorpius, roughly 590 light-years from Earth, whose name originates from the...

Blue Luminous Supergiant Scorpius

7.1 Good