Lists of stars

Updated on Oct 04, 2024

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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 and brown dwarfs - up to 16.3 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 nearest bright stars

List of brightest stars

List of stars more luminous than any closer star

By physical characteristic

List of brightest stars

List of most luminous stars

List of most massive stars

List of largest stars

List of oldest stars

List of least massive stars

List of least voluminous 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 brown dwarfs

List of white dwarfs

List of collapsars (black holes)

Other star listings

List of hypothetical stars

List of star extremes

List of extremes in the sky

List of supernovae

Solar twins (Solar analogs)

List of selected stars for navigation

Stars and planetary systems in fiction

List of real astronomical locations 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

HR 465 — chemically-peculiar variable 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