This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Circinus, sorted by decreasing brightness.
Name | B | Var | HD | HIP | RA | Dec | vis. mag. | abs. mag. | Dist. (ly) | Sp. class | Notes | |
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α | 128898 | 71908 | 3.18 | 2.11 | 53 | F1Vp | rapidly oscillating Ap star, | |||||
β | 135379 | 74824 | 4.07 | 1.71 | 97 | A3Va | has a planet (b) | |||||
γ | 136415 | 75323 | 4.48 | −1.49 | 509 | B5III + F8 | γ Cas variable, ; double star | |||||
ε | 135291 | 74837 | 4.85 | −0.44 | 373 | K2.5III | ||||||
δ | 135240 | 74778 | 5.04 | −6.42 | 6392 | O8.5V | Algol variable, | |||||
θ | 131492 | 73129 | 5.08 | −1.96 | 834 | B4Vnp | emission-line star; γ Cas variable, | |||||
η | 132905 | 73776 | 5.16 | 0.59 | 267 | G8III | ||||||
131342 | 73036 | 5.18 | 1.56 | 173 | K1III | |||||||
129422 | 72131 | 5.36 | 2.05 | 150 | A7Vn | double star | ||||||
135591 | 74941 | 5.43 | 3500 | O7Iab: | triple star | |||||||
125835 | 70492 | 5.56 | −4.60 | 3505 | A3Ib | α Cyg variable, | ||||||
136359 | 75308 | 5.65 | 2.55 | 136 | F7V | |||||||
124471 | 69763 | 5.72 | −3.52 | 2296 | B1.5III | double star | ||||||
120404 | 67664 | 5.73 | −1.26 | 815 | K5/M0III | variable star, | ||||||
120913 | 67942 | 5.74 | −2.21 | 1268 | K2III | |||||||
135160 | 74750 | 5.74 | −3.11 | 1918 | B0.5V | emission-line star; double star; suspected variable | ||||||
126862 | 71002 | 5.84 | 1.21 | 274 | K1III | double star | ||||||
126241 | 70657 | 5.87 | −1.38 | 921 | K3III | |||||||
CO | 129954 | 72438 | 5.91 | −1.82 | 1144 | B2.5V | Be star; variable | |||||
AX | 130701 | 72773 | 5.91 | −1.55 | 1012 | F8II + A/F | Cepheid variable, | |||||
121932 | 68455 | 5.96 | 1.53 | 251 | F0V | double star | ||||||
128020 | 71530 | 6.03 | 3.78 | 92 | F7V | |||||||
123377 | 69241 | 6.07 | K4II | triple star; slow irregular variable, | ||||||||
123492 | 69298 | 6.07 | 1.74 | 240 | A6IV | |||||||
ζ | 131058 | 72965 | 6.09 | −1.79 | 1226 | B3Vn | variable star, | |||||
129462 | 72097 | 6.10 | 0.85 | 366 | K0III | |||||||
BU | 129557 | 72121 | 6.10 | −2.52 | 1725 | B2III | β Cep variable, ; double star | |||||
121557 | 68270 | 6.20 | 0.15 | 528 | K0III | double star | ||||||
128917 | 71861 | 6.21 | 2.98 | 144 | F4V | |||||||
130227 | 72471 | 6.21 | 1.31 | 312 | K3III | suspected variable | ||||||
133792 | 74181 | 6.25 | 0.09 | 555 | A0p | |||||||
134468 | 74470 | 6.27 | −5.56 | 7581 | K4Ib | suspected variable | ||||||
134060 | 74273 | 6.29 | 4.38 | 79 | G3IV | has two planets (b & c) | ||||||
125990 | 70528 | 6.36 | 0.82 | 418 | A1V | |||||||
134657 | 74552 | 6.36 | −0.67 | 830 | B5V | double star | ||||||
130942 | 72983 | 6.38 | −0.89 | 926 | B5V | |||||||
129092 | 72000 | 6.39 | −1.47 | 1216 | B3V: | triple star; suspected variable. | ||||||
131491 | 73118 | 6.39 | −1.07 | 1012 | B5V | double star | ||||||
133557 | 74044 | 6.49 | 1.01 | 406 | F2III | |||||||
130021 | 72518 | 6.50 | −0.58 | 851 | B3III | variable star, | ||||||
BP | 129708 | 72264 | 7.52 | F2/F3II+B6.0 | Cepheid variable, | |||||||
129445 | 72203 | 8.81 | 4.66 | 221 | G8V | has a planet (b) | ||||||
137603 | 79863 | 9.71 | 1840 | WC9+B0I | Wolf–Rayet star | |||||||
CC | 134877 | 74634 | 11.34 | WN8(h) | Wolf–Rayet star, | |||||||
13.65 | WC9d+OB | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||||||
11.84 | WN6w | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||||||
16.25 | WN6h | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||||||
17.27 | WC8 | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||||||
15.33 | WN10 | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||||||
13.28 | WC7 | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||||||
13.2 | WN6+O5.5/6 | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||||||
invisible | WN4b | Wolf–Rayet star, completely invisible in the visible spectrum due to dust extinction | ||||||||||
BX | 12.62 | B+... | prototype BX Circini variable, | |||||||||
BW | 16.9 | low-mass X-ray binary | ||||||||||
BR | 21.4 | low-mass X-ray binary | ||||||||||
pulsar | ||||||||||||
pulsar |