# Lists of stars

The following are lists of stars. Stars are astronomical objects that spend some portion of their existence generating energy through thermonuclear fusion.

## By location

* Lists of stars by constellation

## By name

* List of proper names of stars
* List of Arabic star names
* Chinese star names
* Nakshatra
* Stars named after people

## By proximity

* List of nearest stars (up to 20 light-years)
* List of star systems within 20–25 light-years
* List of star systems within 25–30 light-years
* List of star systems within 30–35 light-years
* List of star systems within 35–40 light-years
* List of star systems within 40–45 light-years
* List of star systems within 45–50 light-years
* List of star systems within 50–55 light-years
* List of star systems within 55–60 light-years
* List of star systems within 60–65 light-years
* List of star systems within 65–70 light-years
* List of star systems within 70–75 light-years
* List of star systems within 75–80 light-years
* List of star systems within 80–85 light-years
* List of star systems within 85–90 light-years
* List of star systems within 90–95 light-years
* List of star systems within 95–100 light-years
* List of nearest stars by spectral type
* List of nearest bright stars
* List of brightest stars
* List of nearest giant stars
* List of nearest supergiants

## By distance (above 100 light-years)

* List of star systems within 100-150 light-years
* List of star systems within 150-200 light-years
* List of star systems within 200-250 light-years
* List of star systems within 250-300 light-years
* List of star systems within 300-350 light-years
* List of star systems within 350-400 light-years
* List of star systems within 400-450 light-years
* List of star systems within 450-500 light-years

## By physical characteristic

* List of brightest stars
* List of most luminous stars
* List of most massive stars
* List of largest known stars
* List of smallest known stars
* List of oldest stars
* List of least massive stars
* List of hottest stars

## By variability or other factor
### By spectral type

* List of Wolf-Rayet stars
* List of luminous blue variable stars
* List of O-type stars

### By variability or other factors

* List of blue straggler stars
* List of brown dwarfs
* List of collapsars (black holes)
* List of notable variable stars
* List of semiregular variable stars
* List of stars that have unusual dimming periods
* List of stars with multiplanetary systems
* List of supernova candidates
* List of white dwarfs
* List of red dwarfs

## By Astronomical Catalog

* Table of stars with Bayer designations
* Table of stars with Flamsteed designations

## Other star listings

* List of extremes in the sky
* List of hypothetical stars
* List of selected stars for navigation
* List of star extremes
* List of stars with resolved images
* List of supernovae
* Solar twins (Solar analogs)

### Other stars

The following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above.
* BPM 37093 — a diamond star
* Cygnus X-1 — X-ray source
* EBLM J0555-57Ab — is one of the smallest stars ever discovered.
* GY Andromedae — chemically peculiar variable star
* MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus) — second most distant star, 9 billion light years away.
* P Cygni — suddenly brightened in the 17th century
* WNC4 — Messier Object 40
* Zeta Boötis — speckle binary test system