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 * || Achernar[[image:http://whillyard.com/science-pages/upload-images/vv-cephei.jpg width="172" height="157" caption="http://www.whillyard.com/science-pages/type-b-stars.html"]] || Adhara[[image:http://astropixels.com/stars/images/Adhara-01w.jpg width="238" height="191" caption="http://astropixels.com/stars/Adhara-01.html"]] ||
 * Aldebaran[[image:http://www.greatdreams.com/constellations/aldebaran.jpg width="180" height="147" caption="http://www.greatdreams.com/constellations/aldebaran.htm"]] || Alpha Centauri [[image:http://images.sky-map.org/star_image/000/000150.jpeg width="251" height="222" caption="http://alpha-centauri-star.seebyseeing.net/"]] || Altair
 * Antares[[image:http://www.mreclipse.com/Store/GH/image/GH-03.JPG width="234" height="153"]] || [[image:http://click.infospace.com/ClickHandler.ashx?du=http%3a%2f%2fbitacoradegalileo.files.wordpress.com%2f2010%2f04%2facrux2.png&ru=http%3a%2f%2fbitacoradegalileo.files.wordpress.com%2f2010%2f04%2facrux2.png&ld=20120317&ap=7&app=1&c=facemoods.v2.17.bwr&s=facemoodsv2&coi=372380&cop=main-title&euip=24.62.86.99&npp=7&p=0&pp=0&pvaid=b32e1eadc54a4f0ab7875d519722be8c&ep=7&mid=9&hash=1AE1CB325944C3CA350FF6226374CF0E width="208" height="177" caption="http://bitacoradegalileo.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/acrux2.png"]] ||  ||

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=__Information about stars__=

//(all in my own words)//

 * Archernar**
 * 9th brightest star in the sky
 * 600 times brighter than the sun
 * 144 light years from Earth
 * Greek meaning is "end of river"
 * Acrux**
 * Brightest star in the constellation Cux
 * 12th brightest star in the sky
 * Location prevents it from being seen by U.S. observers
 * Visual Binary star
 * The two stars of Acurx (referred to as Alpha 1 and 2) make up a visual Binary and take 1,500 years to complate an orbit around each other
 * 321 light-years away from Earth
 * Adhara**
 * Brightest star in constellation Canis Major
 * bluish-white giant
 * 22nd brightest star
 * visual binary star
 * 8,000 times brighter than the sun
 * 430 light-years from Earth
 * Arabic meaning is "virgin"
 * Aldebaran**
 * Brightest star in constellation Taurus
 * 14th brightest star in the sky
 * Orange
 * Binary star
 * Means "follower" in Arabic
 * irregular variable star
 * Alpha Centauri (also known as Rigel)**
 * Brightest star in constellation Centauris
 * 5th brightest star in the sky
 * same spectral class as the sun (G2u)
 * about the same mass and size as the sun
 * a triple-star system
 * also called "Proxmix Centauri because it is the closest star to Earth (besides the sun)
 * Components A&B are 4.34 light-years away
 * Orbits center mass in 250,000 years
 * in 125,000 years, it will be more distant than A&B
 * Altair**
 * Brightest star in constellation Aquila
 * 16th brightest star in the sky
 * 12th brightest star visible from Earth
 * flanked by two other stars, Tarazed and Alshain
 * Star appers ins ky depending on the season
 * Antares**
 * Brightest star in the constellation Scorpius
 * red supergiant
 * Arabic mean is "rival of moons"
 * 520 light-years from Earth
 * the star considered an "unlucky" one for centuries
 * In Greek mythology, Antares represents the Medusa's head
 * 11th brightest star in the sky

=__20 BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE SKY__=
 * 1) Sirius
 * 2) Canopus
 * 3) Arcturus
 * 4) Bungula
 * 5) Rigel
 * 6) Capella
 * 7) Wega
 * 8) Procyon
 * 9) Archernar
 * 10) Betegeuze
 * 11) Antares
 * 12) Acrux
 * 13) Pollux
 * 14) Aldebaran
 * 15) Agene
 * 16) Altair
 * 17) Formalhaut
 * 18) Spica
 * 19) Deneb Aldige
 * 20) Regulus

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