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Regulus:

Regulus (α Leo, α Leonis, Alpha Leonis) is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the
brightest stars in the night sky, lying approximately 77.5 light years from Earth. Regulus is a multiple star
system composed of four stars which are organised into two pairs. The spectroscopic binary Regulus A
consists of a blue-white main-sequence star and its companion which has not yet been directly observed,
but is probably a white dwarf star.


Castor :
castor (α Gem, α Geminorum, Alpha Geminorum) is the second brightest star in the
constellation Gemini and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. Although it has the
Bayer designation "alpha", it is actually fainter than Beta Geminorum (Pollux). Castor is
49.8 light years away from Earth.

SPICA:
Spica is a close binary star whose components orbit about each other every four days. They remain
sufficiently close together that they can not be resolved as individual stars through a telescope.

ATRIA :
Alpha Trianguli Australis (α TrA, α Trianguli Australis, traditionally also Atria) is a star in the constellation
Triangulum Australe.
Alpha Trianguli Australis is an orange K-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +1.91. It is
approximately 415 light years from Earth. There is evidence, though not watertight, that Atria may be a
double star.

AVIOR:
Epsilon Carinae (ε Car, ε Carinae) is a star in the constellation Carina. At apparent magnitude +1.86 it is
one of the brightest stars in the night sky, but is not visible from the northern hemisphere.
It is also known by the name Avior,.It was assigned to the star by Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office in
the late 1930s during the creation of The Air Almanac, a navigational almanac for the Royal Air Force. Of
the fifty-seven navigation stars included in the new almanac, two had no classical names: Epsilon Carinae
and Alpha Pavonis. The RAF insisted that all of the stars must have names, so new names were invented.
Alpha Pavonis was named "Peacock", a translation of Pavo, whilst Epsilon Carinae was called "Avior".

ZAURAK :

Zaurak has an apparent magnitude of +2.95 and is of spectral type M0.5IIICa-ICr


It is 150 light years from Earth.

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