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Alpha Persei comparison table
Subject has right ascension has spectral type has declination is part of has surface temperature is an instance of has V magnitude has color has been observ has B-V magnitude is usually part of is a kind of has apparent magnitude has synonym has definition has luminosity class
F star O, B, A, and early F  6000 to 7500 K  yellow-white   early star  Star of spectral type F in which lines of hydrogen and Ca II are of about equal strength. Metal lines also become noticeable. 
naked eye star   Milky Waygreater than 1000 Kelvin   for many centuries asterismnaked eye objectbrighter than 5 A star visible without visual aids 
supergiant    greater than 1000 Kelvin      star  An extremely luminous star of large diameter and low density. No supergiants are near enough to establish a trigonometric parallax.I
Alpha Persei3 24 19.3F5Ib+49 51 41Milky Way6000 to 7500 Knaked eye star1.79yellow-whitefor many centuries0.48asterism brighter than 5HR 1017 I

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