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bright giant comparison table

Subject has right ascension has spectral type has declination is part of has surface temperature has rotation velocity is an instance of has V magnitude has color has been observ has B-V magnitude has distance has absorption line has relative abundance has lifetime is usually part of has apparent magnitude has synonym has definition

Alpha Hydrae 9 27 35.2 K3II-III -8 39 31 Milky Way 3600 to 5000 K naked eye star 1.98 orange to red for many centuries 1.44 asterism brighter than 5 Alphard

Alpha Lyncis 9 21 3.2 K7IIIab +34 23 33 Milky Way 3600 to 5000 K naked eye star 3.13 orange to red for many centuries 1.55 asterism brighter than 5 HR 3705

Alpha Reticuli 04 14 25.5 G8II-III -62 28 26 Milky Way 5000 to 6000 K naked eye star 3.35 yellowish for many centuries 0.91 asterism brighter than 5 HR 1336

Alpha Sculptoris 0 58 36.3 B7IIIp -29 21 28 Milky Way 11000 to 28000 K naked eye star 4.31 blue-white for many centuries -0.16 He I asterism brighter than 5 HR 280

Alpha Trianguli Australis 16 48 39.9 K2IIb-IIIa -69 01 40 Milky Way 3600 to 5000 K naked eye star 1.92 orange to red for many centuries 1.44 asterism brighter than 5 HR 6217

Arcturus 14 15 39.6 K1IIIbCN-1 +19 10 57 Milky Way 3600 to 5000 K naked eye star -0.04 orange to red for many centuries 1.23 asterism brighter than 5 HR 5340 An old subgiant disk star (K2 IIIp, m_v = 0.06) about 11 pc distant.

Beta Trianguli 2 9 32.5 A5II +34 59 14 Milky Way 10000 K naked eye star 3.00 white for many centuries 0.14 H I asterism brighter than 5 HR 622

Mintaka O9.5II Orion 35000 K very high bright giant blue-white He II rare 3 to 6 million years One of the three stars in Orion's belt, and the star along whose line of sight interstellar gas was first spectroscopically detected.

Pollux 7 45 18.9 K0IIIb +28 1 34 Milky Way 3600 to 5000 K naked eye star 1.14 orange to red for many centuries 1.00 11 pc asterism brighter than 5 HR 2990 A K0 III star.

Subject	has right ascension	has spectral type	has declination	is part of	has surface temperature	has rotation velocity	is an instance of	has V magnitude	has color	has been observ	has B-V magnitude	has distance	has absorption line	has relative abundance	has lifetime	is usually part of	has apparent magnitude	has synonym	has definition
Alpha Hydrae	9 27 35.2	K3II-III	-8 39 31	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K		naked eye star	1.98	orange to red	for many centuries	1.44					asterism	brighter than 5	Alphard
Alpha Lyncis	9 21 3.2	K7IIIab	+34 23 33	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K		naked eye star	3.13	orange to red	for many centuries	1.55					asterism	brighter than 5	HR 3705
Alpha Reticuli	04 14 25.5	G8II-III	-62 28 26	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K		naked eye star	3.35	yellowish	for many centuries	0.91					asterism	brighter than 5	HR 1336
Alpha Sculptoris	0 58 36.3	B7IIIp	-29 21 28	Milky Way	11000 to 28000 K		naked eye star	4.31	blue-white	for many centuries	-0.16		He I			asterism	brighter than 5	HR 280
Alpha Trianguli Australis	16 48 39.9	K2IIb-IIIa	-69 01 40	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K		naked eye star	1.92	orange to red	for many centuries	1.44					asterism	brighter than 5	HR 6217
Arcturus	14 15 39.6	K1IIIbCN-1	+19 10 57	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K		naked eye star	-0.04	orange to red	for many centuries	1.23					asterism	brighter than 5	HR 5340	An old subgiant disk star (K2 IIIp, m_v = 0.06) about 11 pc distant.
Beta Trianguli	2 9 32.5	A5II	+34 59 14	Milky Way	10000 K		naked eye star	3.00	white	for many centuries	0.14		H I			asterism	brighter than 5	HR 622
Mintaka		O9.5II		Orion	35000 K	very high	bright giant		blue-white				He II	rare	3 to 6 million years				One of the three stars in Orion's belt, and the star along whose line of sight interstellar gas was first spectroscopically detected.
Pollux	7 45 18.9	K0IIIb	+28 1 34	Milky Way	3600 to 5000 K		naked eye star	1.14	orange to red	for many centuries	1.00	11 pc				asterism	brighter than 5	HR 2990	A K0 III star.

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