{{Short description|none}} 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 <!--* List of Gliese & GJ Objects-->
==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.<ref name="NA-20180402">{{cite journal |author=Kelly, Patrick L.|display-authors=etal|title=Extreme magnification of an individual star at redshift 1.5 by a galaxy-cluster lens |date=2 April 2018 |journal=Nature |volume=2 |issue=4|pages=334–342 |doi=10.1038/s41550-018-0430-3 |arxiv=1706.10279 |bibcode=2018NatAs...2..334K |s2cid=256703331 }}</ref><ref name="SPC-20180402">{{cite web |last=Howell |first=Elizabeth |title=Rare Cosmic Alignment Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen |url=https://www.space.com/40171-cosmic-alignment-reveals-most-distant-star-yet.html |date=2 April 2018|work=Space.com |access-date=2 April 2018 }}</ref> * P Cygni — suddenly brightened in the 17th century * WNC4 — Messier Object 40 * Zeta Boötis — speckle binary test system
==See also== * Lists of astronomical objects * Astronomical naming conventions * Star * Star catalogue * Sun * Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure * Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae * Exoplanet * Lists of planets * Lists of exoplanets
==References== * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214211600/http://xml.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/catalogs/5/5050/ The Bright Star Catalog]'', Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC, 1991.<!-- Broken. Chealer 2010-01-22 --> * [https://wwwadd.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/datenbanken/aricns/ Astronomiches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg] — ARICNS Database for Nearby Stars<!-- Broken. Chealer 2010-01-22; New URL 2022-09-12 --> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207002542/http://nstars.nau.edu/nau_nstars/index.htm Northern Arizona University database of nearby stars] * [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/ SIMBAD Astronomical Database]
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==External links== *Stellar Catalog [https://www.stellarcatalog.com/] *International Astronomical Union: [http://www.iau.org/ IAU] * [http://www.solstation.com Sol Station] — information on nearby and bright stars.
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