Stars
22 entries in the Cosmos Codex compendium.
SiriusThe brightest star in the night sky.CanopusThe second-brightest star in the night sky.ArcturusThe brightest star of the northern sky.RigelThe blue supergiant foot of Orion.VegaThe bright standard star of Lyra.ProcyonA nearby binary star in Canis Minor.CapellaA quadruple star system in Auriga.AltairA fast-spinning star of the Summer Triangle.AldebaranThe red eye of Taurus.AchernarThe hot blue star at the end of Eridanus.AntaresThe red heart of the scorpion.HadarHadar, the second-brightest star of Centaurus.SpicaThe brightest star in Virgo.FomalhautA bright star with a debris disk.Proxima CentauriThe nearest star to the Sun.PolarisThe North Star.DenebA distant, extremely luminous blue supergiant in Cygnus.Eta CarinaeA violent, unstable star system in Carina.Alpha CentauriThe nearest star system to the Sun.Gliese 581A red dwarf with a planetary system.Cygnus X-1The first widely accepted black hole.TRAPPIST-1An ultra-cool red dwarf with seven planets.
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