This is a list of blue straggler stars in order of their distance from Earth.
Cluster and other | Stars | Star system | Median distance (ly) | Stars in system | Spectral type | Apparent magnitude (V) | Comments and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hyades | 5 | 151 | 1 | B8V | The Closest Blue Straggler star to Earth. | ||
153 | 1 | B8V | |||||
153 | 1 | B9.5V | |||||
153 | 1 | B8V | |||||
153 | 1 | B9.5V | |||||
Coma Star Cluster | 3 | 260 ± 20 | 1 | A3 V | 5.17 | ||
266 ± 5 | 1 | F0p | 4.95 | ||||
276 ± 5 | 2 | F6 III + A3 V | 4.80 | ||||
Pleiades Cluster (M45) | 3 | Maia (20 Tauri) | 380 ± 10 | 1 | B8III | 3.87 | |
Atlas (27 Tauri) | 431 ± 13 | 1 | B8III | 3.63 | |||
440 | 2 | B6IV | 4.30 | [1] | |||
Messier 67 (King Cobra or Golden Eye Cluster) | 3 | 2,800 | 1 | B | |||
2,800 | 1 | B | |||||
2,800 | 1 | B | |||||
NGC 6347 | 1 | 4,000 | 1 | B2V | |||
NGC 1907 | 1 | 4,400 | 1 | B9IV-V | |||
NGC 188 (Caldwell 1, Polarissima Cluster) | 3 | 5,000 | 1 | B | |||
5,000 | 1 | B | |||||
5,000 | 1 | B | |||||
NGC 3201 | 2 | 5,400 | 1 | B1V | |||
5,400 | 1 | A1V | |||||
NGC 2420 | 1 | 10,000 | 1 | B | |||
1 | 13,000 | 1 | B | ||||
NGC 6791 | 1 | 13,300 | 1 | B | |||
21 | 15,000 ± 33 | 1 | B | ||||
1 | 15,800 | 1 | B | ||||
Messier 13 (Hercules Cluster) | 1 | 22,200 | 1 | B | |||
Messier 3 (NGC 5272) | 1 | 33,900 | 1 | B | |||