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giant comparison table

Subject	has right ascension	has spectral type	has declination	is part of	has surface temperature	has inclination	has rotation velocity	is an instance of	has heliocentric radial velocity	has V magnitude	has eccentricity	has color	has been observ	has B-V magnitude	has distance	has absorption line	has relative abundance	has abundance	has lifetime	is usually part of	has discoverer	is a kind of	has apparent magnitude	has synonym	has definition	has number of star
Aldebaran	4 35 55.2	K5III	+16 30 33	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		0.85		orange to red	for many centuries	1.54	21 parsecs					asterism			brighter than 5	HR 1457	A K5 III subgiant (a foreground star in the Hyades). It has a faint M2 V companion. It is now known to be slowly and irregularly variable.
Alpha Antliae	10 27 09.1	K4III	-31 04 04	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		4.25		orange to red	for many centuries	1.45						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 4104
Alpha Apodis	14 47 51.6	K2.5III	-79 02 41	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.83		orange to red	for many centuries	1.43						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 5470
Alpha Arietis	02 07 10.3	K2IIIabCa-I	+23 27 45	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		2.00		orange to red	for many centuries	1.15						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 617
Alpha Cassiopeiae	0 40 30.4	K0III	+56 32 15	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		2.23		orange to red	for many centuries	1.17						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 168
Alpha Chamaeleontis	08 18 31.7	F5III	-76 55 11	Milky Way	6000 to 7500 K			naked eye star		4.07		yellow-white	for many centuries	0.39						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 3318
Alpha Doradus	4 33 59.8	A0IIISi	-55 2 42	Milky Way	10000 K			naked eye star		3.27		white	for many centuries	-0.10		H I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 1465
Alpha Equulei	21 15 49.3	G0III+A5V	+ 5 14 52	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K			naked eye star		3.92		yellowish	for many centuries	0.53						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 8131
Alpha Horologii	04 14 00.1	K1III	-42 17 40	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.86		orange to red	for many centuries	1.10						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 1326
Alpha Indi	20 37 34.0	K0IIICNIII-IV	-47 17 29	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.11		orange to red	for many centuries	1.00						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 7869
Alpha Lupi	14 41 55.7	B1.5III	-47 23 17	Milky Way	11000 to 28000 K			naked eye star		2.30		blue-white	for many centuries	-0.20		He I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 5469
Alpha Monocerotis	07 41 14.8	K0III	-09 33 04	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.93		orange to red	for many centuries	1.02						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 2970
Alpha Ophiuchi	17 34 56.0	A5III	+12 33 36	Milky Way	10000 K			naked eye star		2.08		white	for many centuries	0.15		H I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 6556
Alpha Phoenicis	0 26 17.0	K0III	-42 18 22	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		2.39		orange to red	for many centuries	1.09						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 99
Alpha Pyxidis	08 43 35.5	B1.5III	-33 11 11	Milky Way	11000 to 28000 K			naked eye star		3.68		blue-white	for many centuries	-0.18		He I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 3468
Alpha Scuti	18 35 12.3	K3III-IIIb	-08 14 39	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.85		orange to red	for many centuries	1.33						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 6973
Alpha Serpentis	15 44 16.0	K2IIIbCN1Fe414	+6 25 32	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		2.65		orange to red	for many centuries	1.17						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 5854
Alpha Sextantis	10 7 56.2	A0III	-0 22 18	Milky Way	10000 K			naked eye star		4.49		white	for many centuries	-0.04		H I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 3981
Alpha Tucanae	22 18 30.1	K3III	-60 15 35	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		2.86		orange to red	for many centuries	1.39						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 8502
Alpha Vulpeculae	19 28 42.2	M0III	+24 39 54	Milky Way	greater than 1000 Kelvin			naked eye star		4.44			for many centuries	1.50						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 7405
Bellatrix		B2 III			11000 to 28000 K			giant				blue-white			80 pc	He I								gamma Orionis	A B2 III star.
Beta Cancri	8 16 30.9	K4IIIBa0.5	+ 9 11 8	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.52		orange to red	for many centuries	1.48						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 3249
Beta Ceti	0 43 35.3	K0IIICH-1H,K-0	-17 59 12	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		2.04		orange to red	for many centuries	1.02						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 188
Beta Crucis	12 47 43.3	B0.5III	-59 41 19	Milky Way	11000 to 28000 K			naked eye star		1.25		blue-white	for many centuries	-0.23		He I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 4853
Beta Herculis	16 30 13.1	G7IIIa	+21 29 22	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K			naked eye star		2.77		yellowish	for many centuries	0.94						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 6148
Beta Volantis	8 25 44.3	K1III	-66 8 13	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.77		orange to red	for many centuries	1.13						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 3347
blue giant					greater than 1000 Kelvin																	giant			A giant star with spectral type O or B. Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books
Capella	05 16 41.3	G5IIIe+G0III	+45 59 53	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K			naked eye star		0.08		yellowish	for many centuries	0.80	13 pc					asterism			brighter than 5	Alpha Aurigae	The sixth brightest star in the night sky, consists of two yellow giants. A spectroscopic triple (F8-G0 III, G5 III, M5 V) (1974 parallax 0'.079). It has a high lithium content and a nearly circular orbit. It may be an X-ray source.
CN-strong star		cooler than G2			greater than 1000 Kelvin																	giant			Late type giant with strong CN bands. Metallic lines are also stronger than in normal giants.
Delta Crateris	11 19 20.4	G8III-IV	-14 46 43	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K			naked eye star		3.56		yellowish	for many centuries	1.12						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 4382
Delta Scuti	18 42 16.3	F2IIIp<04>Del	-09 03 09	Milky Way	6000 to 7500 K			naked eye star		4.72		yellow-white	for many centuries	0.35						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 7020
Epsilon Sagittarii	18 24 10.3	B9.5III	-34 23 5	Milky Way	11000 to 28000 K			naked eye star		1.85		blue-white	for many centuries	-0.03		He I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 6879
Eta Piscium	1 31 28.9	G7IIIa	+15 20 45	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K			naked eye star		3.62		yellowish	for many centuries	0.97						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 437
Gamma Corvi	12 15 48.3	B8IIIpHgMn	-17 32 31	Milky Way	11000 to 28000 K			naked eye star		2.59		blue-white	for many centuries	-0.11		He I				asterism			brighter than 5	HR 4662
Gamma Draconis	17 56 36.3	K5III	+51 29 20	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		2.23		orange to red	for many centuries	1.52						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 6705
Gamma Microscopii	21 1 17.4	G6III	-32 15 28	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K			naked eye star		4.67		yellowish	for many centuries	0.89						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 8039
Gamma Normae	16 19 50.3	G8III	-50 09 20	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K			naked eye star		4.02		yellowish	for many centuries	1.08						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 6072
Gamma Sagittae	19 58 45.3	M0III	+19 29 32	Milky Way	greater than 1000 Kelvin			naked eye star		3.47			for many centuries	1.57						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 7635
heavy-metal star					greater than 1000 Kelvin																	giant			A class of peculiar giant that includes the Ba II stars and the S stars.
HR 4247	10 53 18.6	K0III-IV	+34 12 53	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.83		orange to red	for many centuries	1.04						asterism			brighter than 5
NML Cygnus		M6 III		Cygnus	700 K			giant	-43 km s-1						200 pc						Neugebauer, Martz, and Leighton			IRC+40448	An infrared star. Its surface temperature is about the same as the surface temperature of Venus. It is a strong OH emitter, and CO has been identified in its spectrum.
Nu Octantis	21 41 28.6	K0III	-77 23 24	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K			naked eye star		3.76		orange to red	for many centuries	1.00						asterism			brighter than 5	HR 8254
oxygen-rich giant					greater than 1000 Kelvin																	giant			A collective designation for a giant showing metal oxide molecules - thus M, MS and S stars.
Plaskett's star		O, B, A, and early F		Monoceros	35000 K		very high	spectroscopic binary				blue-white				He II	rare	half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems	3 to 6 million years					HD 47129	A very massive O-type giant with known anomalies in its spectrum. It is a spectroscopic binary in which mass exchange is occurring. Its spectrum can be interpreted to mean that each component has a mass of 75 Msun.	2
red giant					greater than 1000 Kelvin																	M star			A late-type (K or M) high-luminosity (brighter than Mv = 0) star that occupies the upper right portion of the H-R diagram. Red giants are post-main-sequence stars that have exhausted the nuclear fuel in their cores. The red-giant phase corresponds to the establishment of a deep convective envelope. Red giants in a globular cluster are about 3 times more luminous than RR Lyrae stars in the same cluster.
Spica	13 25 11.5	B1III-IV+B2V	-11 9 41	Milky Way	11000 to 28000 K	i = 65°		naked eye star		0.98	e = 0.146	blue-white	for many centuries	-0.23	80 pc	He I		half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems		asterism			brighter than 5	HR 5056	A double-lined spectroscopic binary (B1.5 V, late B). Component A (10.9 Msun) is a beta Cephei star which seems to be near core hydrogen exhaustion.	2
weak G-band star		cooler than G2			5000 to 6000 K							yellowish										giant			G-type giant (G5 to K5) with a very weak or absent G band of CH and weak CN bands. These stars are C-deficient.
white giant					10000 K							white				H I						A star			A giant star of spectral type A. Some RR Lyrae stars are white giants.
yellow giant		cooler than G2			5000 to 6000 K							yellowish										G star			A giant star with a spectral type of G. The nearest and brightest yellow giants are the two composing the double star Capella.

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