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The Sun & stars

Our star and its neighbours across ultraviolet, visible and infrared light.

Sun
The Sun from Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA media (public domain)NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory
Sirius
Artemis I First Rollout
NASA media (public domain)NASA
Betelgeuse
Stars in Orion as Seen from Mars
NASA media (public domain)NASA/JPL/Cornell
Rigel
Cassini: the Profiler
NASA media (public domain)NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Vega
Tiny Particles, So Far Away
NASA media (public domain)NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Polaris
The 2.5-meter infrared telescope in the rear fuselage of NASA's SOFIA flying observatory tracked the star Polaris durin…
NASA media (public domain)NASA/AFRC
Antares
Earth Observations taken by Expedition 41 crewmember
NASA media (public domain)NASA/Johnson
Polaris Australis
Amundsen-Scott marsstation ray h edit
Public domainPhoto by Chris Danals, National Science Foundation
Proxima Centauri
Hubble's Best Image of Alpha Centauri A and B
NASA media (public domain)NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Deneb
Deneb CLP
Public domainRoman Köhler
Altair
Altair
NASA media (public domain)NASA/JPL/Caltech/Steve Golden
Aldebaran
Flickering Aldebaran #3
NASA media (public domain)NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Spica
Spica (band) on Sep 27, 2013
CC BY달덩이
Arcturus
Ancient Comet Spotted Over Southeast Louisiana Near NASA Michoud
NASA media (public domain)NASA/Marshall
Fomalhaut
Circumstellar Disk Around Fomalhaut
NASA media (public domain)NASA/JPL/Caltech/Maxwell Telescope
Denebola
USS Denebola (AF-56) steaming in Hampton Roads, Virginia (USA), March 1971 (K-88516)
Public domainU.S. Navy photo K-88516
Deneb Algedi
Capricornus. Constelación
CC BY-SAFernando de Gorocica
Capella
DS Capella i Hammerfest
Public domainAxel Lindahl
Procyon
Procyon lotor 7 - am Wasser
CC BY-SABS Thurner Hof
Pollux
Pollux Palazzo Reale
CC BY-SAYanez_61
Castor
KSC-01KODI-045
NASA media (public domain)NASA/Kennedy
Regulus
Solar corona photographed from Apollo 15 one minute prior to sunrise
NASA media (public domain)NASA/Johnson
Canopus
Crew Earth Observations (CEO) taken during Expedition Six
NASA media (public domain)NASA/Johnson
Achernar
Earth Observation
NASA media (public domain)NASA/Johnson
Bellatrix
Strumigenys bellatrix casent0178305 label 1
CC BYApril Nobile
Mintaka
Orion Belt
Public domainDavide De Martin (http://www.skyfactory.org); Credit: Digitized Sky Survey, ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator
Alnitak
Alnitak sun comparison
CC BY-SAAlnitak sun comparision.png: CWitte derivative work: Urutseg (talk)
Alcor
Thomas Bresson - Mizar+alcor (by)
CC BYThomas Bresson

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