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105 relations: Aldebaran, Alpha Sagittarii, Alpheratz, Andromeda (constellation), Apparent magnitude, Aquarius (constellation), Argo Navis, Asterism (astronomy), Astronomer, Auriga, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Beta Sagittarii, Beta Tauri, Betelgeuse, Binary star, Boötes, Canopus, Carina (constellation), Castor (star), Castor and Pollux, Cygnus (constellation), Delphinus, Double star, Ecliptic, Epsilon Sagittarii, Flamsteed designation, Fomalhaut, Francis Baily, G Scorpii, Gamma Draconis, Gemini (constellation), Genitive case, Gould designation, Greek alphabet, Greek numerals, H Scorpii, HD 102964, Hercules (constellation), HR 3803, IAU designated constellations, International Astronomical Union, Johann Bayer, Kappa Ceti, Kappa1 Ceti, Kappa2 Ceti, Latin, Leo Minor, Libra (constellation), List of stars in Gemini, Lists of constellations, ... Expand index (55 more) »
Aldebaran
Aldebaran (lit) is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus.
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Alpha Sagittarii
Alpha Sagittarii (α Sagittarii, abbreviated Alpha Sgr, α Sgr), also named Rukbat, is a star in the constellation of Sagittarius.
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Alpheratz
Alpheratz, or Alpha Andromedae (α Andromedae, abbreviated Alpha And or α And), is a binary star 97 light-years from Earth and is the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda when Mirach (βAndromedae) undergoes its periodical dimming.
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Andromeda (constellation)
Andromeda is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy, and one of the 88 modern constellations.
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Apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object.
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Aquarius (constellation)
Aquarius is an equatorial constellation of the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces.
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Argo Navis
Argo Navis (the Ship Argo), or simply Argo, is one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, now a grouping of three IAU constellations.
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Asterism (astronomy)
An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky.
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Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
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Auriga
Auriga is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere.
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Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer.
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Beta Sagittarii
Beta Sagittarii (β Sagittarii, abbreviated Beta Sgr, β Sgr) is the common designation shared by two star systems in the constellation of Sagittarius, themselves designated β1 Sagittarii (itself a probable binary star) and β2 Sagittarii.
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Beta Tauri
Beta Tauri is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus.
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Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion.
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Binary star
A binary star or binary star system is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other.
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Boötes
Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere.
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Canopus
Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky.
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Carina (constellation)
Carina is a constellation in the southern sky.
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Castor (star)
Castor is the second-brightest object in the zodiac constellation of Gemini.
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Castor and Pollux
Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces) are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi.
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Cygnus (constellation)
Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan.
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Delphinus
Delphinus (Pronounced or) is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, close to the celestial equator.
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Double star
In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other as viewed from Earth, especially with the aid of optical telescopes.
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Ecliptic
The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.
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Epsilon Sagittarii
Epsilon Sagittarii (Latinised from ε Sagittarii, abbreviated Epsilon Sgr, ε Sgr), formally named Kaus Australis, is a binary star system in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius.
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Flamsteed designation
A Flamsteed designation is a combination of a number and constellation name that uniquely identifies most naked eye stars in the modern constellations visible from southern England. Bayer designation and Flamsteed designation are astronomical catalogues.
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Fomalhaut
Fomalhaut is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
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Francis Baily
Francis Baily (28 April 177430 August 1844) was an English astronomer.
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G Scorpii
G Scorpii (abbreviated G Sco), also named Fuyue, is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.
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Gamma Draconis
Gamma Draconis (γ Draconis, abbreviated Gamma Dra, γ Dra), formally named Eltanin, is a star in the northern constellation of Draco.
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Gemini (constellation)
Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere.
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Genitive case
In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun.
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Gould designation
Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Bayer designation and Gould designation are astronomical catalogues.
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Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC.
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Greek numerals
Greek numerals, also known as Ionic, Ionian, Milesian, or Alexandrian numerals, are a system of writing numbers using the letters of the Greek alphabet.
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H Scorpii
H Scorpii (H Sco) is a single star in the southern constellation Scorpius.
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HD 102964
HD 102964, also known as B Centauri, is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus.
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Hercules (constellation)
Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles.
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HR 3803
HR 3803 or N Velorum (N Vel) is a 3rd-magnitude star on the border between the southern constellations Carina and Vela.
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IAU designated constellations
In contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.
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Johann Bayer
Johann Bayer (1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer).
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Kappa Ceti
The Bayer designation κ Ceti (Kappa Ceti) is shared by two stars in the constellation of Cetus.
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Kappa1 Ceti
Kappa1 Ceti, Latinized from κ1 Ceti, is a variable yellow dwarf star approximately 30 light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Cetus.
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Kappa2 Ceti
Kappa2 Ceti (κ2 Ceti), is a solitary, yellow-hued star located in the equatorial constellation of Cetus.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Leo Minor
Leo Minor is a small and faint constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere.
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Libra (constellation)
Libra is a constellation of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere.
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List of stars in Gemini
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Gemini, sorted by decreasing brightness.
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Lists of constellations
The following lists of constellations are available.
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N Scorpii
N Scorpii, also known as HD 148703, is a solitary, bluish-white hued star located in the southern constellation Scorpius.
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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (15 March 171321 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations.
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Norma (constellation)
Norma is a small constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere between Ara and Lupus, one of twelve drawn up in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and one of several depicting scientific instruments.
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Nu Boötis
The Bayer designation Nu Boötis (ν Boo / ν Boötis) is shared by two star systems, in the constellation Boötes.
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Nu1 Boötis
Nu1 Boötis (ν1 Boötis) is an orange-hued star in the northern constellation of Boötes.
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Nu2 Boötis
Nu2 Boötis is a white-hued binary star system in the northern constellation of Boötes.
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Omicron Scorpii
Omicron Scorpii (ο Sco, ο Scorpii) is a star in the zodiac constellation of Scorpius.
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Orion (constellation)
Orion is a prominent set of stars visible during winter in the northern celestial hemisphere.
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P Cygni
P Cygni (34 Cygni) is a variable star in the constellation Cygnus.
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Pegasus (constellation)
Pegasus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology.
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Pi Orionis
Pi Orionis (π Ori, π Orionis) is a group of fairly widely scattered stars in the constellation Orion that constitute the asterism Orion's Shield or Orion's Bow.
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Pi1 Orionis
Pi1 Orionis (π1 Ori, π1 Orionis) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Orion.
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Pi2 Orionis
Pi2 Orionis (π2 Ori, π2 Orionis) is the Bayer designation for a solitary star in the equatorial constellation of Orion.
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Pi3 Orionis
Pi3 Orionis (π3 Orionis, abbreviated Pi3 Ori, π3 Ori), also named Tabit, is a star in the equatorial constellation of Orion.
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Pi4 Orionis
Pi4 Orionis (π4 Ori, π4 Orionis) is a binary star system in the western part of the Orion constellation.
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Pi5 Orionis
Pi5 Orionis (π5 Ori, π5 Orionis) is a binary star system in the constellation Orion.
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Pi6 Orionis
Pi6 Orionis (π6 Ori, π6 Orionis) is a solitary star in the eastern part of the constellation Orion.
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Piscis Austrinus
Piscis Austrinus is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere.
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Pole star
A pole star is a visible star that is approximately aligned with the axis of rotation of an astronomical body; that is, a star whose apparent position is close to one of the celestial poles.
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Pollux (star)
Pollux is the brightest star in the constellation of Gemini.
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Precession
Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body.
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Proper motion
Proper motion is the astrometric measure of the observed changes in the apparent places of stars or other celestial objects in the sky, as seen from the center of mass of the Solar System, compared to the abstract background of the more distant stars.
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Psi Aurigae
The Bayer designation Psi Aurigae (ψ Aur, ψ Aurigae) is shared by nine star systems in the constellation Auriga and one in Lynx.
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Psi1 Aurigae
Psi1 Aurigae (ψ1 Aur, ψ1 Aurigae) is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Psi2 Aurigae
Psi2 Aurigae, Latinized from ψ2 Aurigae, is a star in the constellation Auriga.
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Psi3 Aurigae
Psi3 Aurigae, Latinized from ψ3 Aurigae, is a single, blue-white hued star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Psi4 Aurigae
Psi4 Aurigae, Latinized from ψ4 Aurigae, is a single, orange-hued star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Psi5 Aurigae
Psi5 Aurigae (ψ5 Aur, ψ5 Aurigae) is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Psi6 Aurigae
Psi6 Aurigae, Latinized from ψ6 Aurigae, is a spectroscopic binary star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Psi7 Aurigae
Psi7 Aurigae, Latinized from ψ7 Aurigae, is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Psi8 Aurigae
Psi8 Aurigae (ψ8 Aur, ψ8 Aurigae) is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Psi9 Aurigae
Psi9 Aurigae, Latinised from ψ9 Aurigae, is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
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Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.
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Puppis
Puppis (meaning "poop deck") is a constellation in the southern sky.
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Q Puppis
The Bayer designations q Puppis and Q Puppis are distinct.
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Rho Aquilae
Rho Aquilae, ρ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Delphinus.
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Rigel
Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Orion.
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Sagittarius (constellation)
Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere.
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Scorpius
Scorpius is a zodiac constellation located in the Southern celestial hemisphere, where it sits near the center of the Milky Way, between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east.
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Sigma Librae
Sigma Librae (σ Librae, abbreviated Sigma Lib, σ Lib) is a binary star in the constellation of Libra.
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SN 1572
SN 1572 (Tycho's Supernova, Tycho's Nova), or B Cassiopeiae (B Cas), was a supernova of Type Ia in the constellation Cassiopeia, one of eight supernovae visible to the naked eye in historical records.
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Star
A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity.
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Star catalogue
A star catalogue is an astronomical catalogue that lists stars. Bayer designation and star catalogue are astronomical catalogues.
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Stellar designations and names
In astronomy, stars have a variety of different stellar designations and names, including catalogue designations, current and historical proper names, and foreign language names.
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Table of stars with Bayer designations
This table lists those stars or other objects which have Bayer designations, grouped by the constellation part of the designation.
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Taurus (constellation)
Taurus (Latin, 'Bull') is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere.
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Thuban
Thuban, with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco.
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Upsilon Librae
Upsilon Librae (υLib, υLibrae) is the Bayer designation for a double star in the zodiac constellation Libra.
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Uranometria
Uranometria is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.
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Variable-star designation
In astronomy, a variable-star designation is a unique identifier given to variable stars.
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Vela (constellation)
Vela is a constellation in the southern sky, which contains the Vela Supercluster.
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Xi Arietis
Xi Arietis, Latinized from ξ Arietis, is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the northern constellation of Aries.
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Zodiac
The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.
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16 Lyncis
16 Lyncis is a star in the constellation Lynx.
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46 Leonis Minoris
46 Leonis Minoris (abbreviated 46 LMi), also named Praecipua, is the brightest star in the constellation of Leo Minor.
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References
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