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[JCC87] IRAS 2A
NGC 1333-IRAS2A, also written IRAS 2A, is a young, deeply embedded Class 0 protostar in the NGC 1333 region of the Perseus molecular cloud, about 300 parsecs away.
[JCC87] IRAS 4
[JCC87] IRAS 4 is a multiple system of Class 0 protostars in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in Perseus, discovered by the IRAS satellite in 1987.
[JCC87] IRAS 4A
[JCC87] IRAS 4A, also written NGC 1333 IRAS 4A, is a binary of two Class 0 protostars in the NGC 1333 star-forming region of the Perseus molecular cloud.
[JCC87] IRAS 4B
NGC 1333-IRAS 4B, or [JCC87] IRAS 4B, is a Class 0 protostar about 1,000 light-years away in NGC 1333, Perseus, where Spitzer detected water vapor in 2007.
[RLK73] IRc 2
[RLK73] IRc 2, or Orion IRc2, is a compact mid-infrared source in the Kleinmann–Low nebula of Orion, once thought to be the region's dominant energy source.
[WBN74] NGC 7538 IRS 1
NGC 7538 IRS 1 is a very young embedded O-type massive protostar in the H II region NGC 7538, identified as an infrared source in 1974.
10 Canum Venaticorum
10 Canum Venaticorum is a metal-poor F-type main-sequence star in Canes Venatici, about 57 light years away, notable for its high proper motion and thick-disk orbit.
10 Lacertae
10 Lacertae (10 Lac, HD 214680) is an O-type main-sequence star of spectral type O9 V in the constellation Lacerta, a classification standard also studied for its weak stellar wind.
10 Persei
10 Persei is a blue supergiant star of spectral type B2Ia in Perseus, a naked-eye star about 3,540 light years away and a member of Perseus OB1.
107 Piscium
107 Piscium (HD 10476) is a K-type main-sequence star in the constellation Pisces about 24 light-years from the Sun, bright enough to see with the naked eye.
11 Leonis Minoris
11 Leonis Minoris is a chromospherically active G8 V star in Leo Minor, 37 light years away, an RS CVn variable with a red dwarf companion.
110 Herculis
110 Herculis is an F-type star in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye at magnitude 4.19 and lying roughly 62 light-years from the Sun.
111 Tauri
111 Tauri, cataloged as HD 35296, is an F8V main-sequence star in Taurus about 46.9 light-years away, a rotating variable with two wide visual companions.
12 Ophiuchi
12 Ophiuchi, also cataloged as HD 149661, is a nearby orange main-sequence star about 32 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Ophiuchus, a BY Draconis variable.
15 Monocerotis
15 Monocerotis, also designated S Monocerotis, is a bright O-type multiple star in Monoceros and the brightest member of the young open cluster NGC 2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster.
15 Sagittae
15 Sagittae (15 Sge) is a Sun-like G-type main-sequence star about 58 light years away in Sagitta, notable for a brown dwarf companion whose mass was measured dynamically.
18 Scorpii
18 Scorpii (18 Sco) is a G2 Va star in northern Scorpius, regarded as the closest known solar twin. It was identified by Porto de Mello and da Silva in 1997.
19 Cephei
19 Cephei is a blue supergiant star of spectral type O9 Ib in the constellation Cepheus, at the edge of naked-eye visibility and about 2,000 light-years away.
19 Piscium
19 Piscium, also known as TX Piscium, is a bright orange-red carbon star and irregular variable at the eastern edge of the Circlet of Pisces.
20 Tauri
20 Tauri, better known by its proper name Maia, is a blue-white giant star in Taurus, the fourth-brightest member of the Pleiades cluster at about 400 light years away.
23 Tauri
23 Tauri, traditionally known as Merope, is a Be star of spectral type B6IVe in Taurus and the fifth-brightest Pleiades member, surrounded by the Merope Nebula.
28 Tauri
28 Tauri, better known as Pleione (BU Tauri), is a Be star in the Pleiades that alternates among normal B, Be, and shell spectra over decades.
2MA 0415 0935
2MASS J0415-0935 (2MASS J04151954-0935066) is a T8 brown dwarf about 5.7 parsecs away in Eridanus, roughly 700 K, the T8 spectral standard, once the coolest known brown dwarf, now studied with JWST.
2MA 0939 2448
2MASS J09393548−2448279 (2M0939, 2MA 0939−2448) is a T8 brown dwarf 5.34 pc away in Antlia, likely an unresolved equal-mass binary of roughly 500–700 K components.
2MASS J11011926-7732383
2MASS J11011926-7732383, also written 2M1101AB, is a wide-separation binary brown dwarf in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region, about 600 light-years away, discovered by Kevin Luhman in 2004.
31 Comae Berenices
31 Comae Berenices, also known as 31 Com, is a single, rapidly rotating yellow giant in Coma Berenices and one of the few known FK Comae-type variable stars.
48 Librae
48 Librae (FX Librae) is a bright Be shell star in the constellation Libra, a rapidly rotating B-type star with a dense, extended circumstellar disk seen nearly edge-on from Earth.
53 Camelopardalis
53 Camelopardalis (53 Cam) is a strongly magnetic, chemically peculiar A-type star in the constellation Camelopardalis whose field and surface chemistry change visibly over its 8-day rotation.
55 Cygni
55 Cygni is a blue supergiant star in Cygnus, cataloged as HD 198478, about 800 parsecs away, long used as a spectral standard for B-type supergiants.
61 Ursae Majoris
61 Ursae Majoris, or 61 UMa, is a G8 main-sequence star in Ursa Major about 31 light-years away, a solar analog slightly cooler than the Sun.