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brightest stars, The

Common name	Star	RA h m	dec (2000.0) °	Apparent magnitude	Spectral type	Distance (l.y.)	Absolute magnitude
^a Combined magnitude of double star. ^b Variable. For the individual components of α Centauri see Nearest Stars table. Data from The Hipparcos Catalogue. Spectral types from the SIMBAD database.
Sirius	α Canis Majoris	06 45.2	−16 43	−1.44	A1V	8.60	1.45
Canopus	α Carinae	06 24.0	−52 42	−0.62	F0II	313	−5.53
Rigil Kentaurus	α Centauri	14 39.6	−60 50	−0.28^a	G2V + K1V	4.39	4.07^a
Arcturus	α Boötis	14 15.7	+19 11	−0.05^b	K1.5III	36.7	−0.31
Vega	α Lyrae	18 36.9	+38 47	+0.03^b	A0V	25.3	0.58
Capella	α Aurigae	05 16.7	+46 00	0.08^b	G8III + G0III	42.2	−0.48
Rigel	β Orionis	05 14.5	−08 12	0.18^b	B8Iab	773	−6.69
Procyon	α Canis Minoris	07 39.3	+05 14	0.40	F5IV–V	11.4	2.68
Achernar	α Eridani	01 37.7	−57 14	0.45^b	B3Vpe	144	−2.77
Betelgeuse	α Orionis	05 55.2	+07 24	0.45^b	M2Iab	427	−5.14
Hadar	β Centauri	14 03.8	−60 22	0.61^b	B1III	525	−5.42
Altair	α Aquilae	19 50.8	+08 52	0.76^b	A7V	16.8	2.20
Acrux	α Crucis	12 26.6	−63 06	0.77^a	B0.5IV + B1V	321	−4.19^a
Aldebaran	α Tauri	04 35.9	+16 31	0.87	K5III	65.1	−0.63
Spica	α Virginis	13 25.2	−11 10	0.98^b	B1III–IV + B2V	262	−3.55
Antares	α Scorpii	16 29.4	−26 26	1.06^b	M1.5Iab–b	604	−5.29
Pollux	β Geminorum	07 45.3	+28 02	1.16	K0IIIb	33.7	1.09
Fomalhaut	α Piscis Austrini	22 57.7	−29 37	1.17	A3V	25.1	1.73
Becrux	β Crucis	12 47.7	−59 41	1.25^b	B0.5III	353	−3.92
Deneb	α Cygni	20 41.4	+45 17	1.25^b	A2Iae	3230	−8.73
Regulus	α Leonis	10 08.4	+11 58	1.36	B7V	77.5	−0.52
Adhara	ɛ Canis Majoris	06 58.6	−28 58	1.50	B2Iab	431	−4.10

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