Milky Way
Home galaxy
Our home galaxy: a barred spiral of a few hundred billion stars, with every confirmed exoplanet so far orbiting one of them. We sit about 26,000 light-years from its central black hole.
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
100k ly
across
6,308
confirmed worlds
At the centre
Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*)
A supermassive black hole of 4.3 million ☉.
Black holes here
Notable stars here
Eta CarinaeOne of the most massive and luminous stars in the Galaxy→AlnilamCentral star of Orion's Belt→VY Canis MajorisOne of the largest known stars by radius→AlnitakEasternmost star of Orion's Belt; brightest O-class star in the sky→DenebOne of the most intrinsically luminous stars visible to the naked eye→MintakaWesternmost star of Orion's Belt; sits almost on the celestial equator→AntaresVast red supergiant, the heart of the Scorpion→SaiphMarks Orion's knee; far hotter than Betelgeuse yet looks fainter→BetelgeuseNearby red supergiant nearing supernova→Hadar11th-brightest star in the night sky→AcruxBrightest star in the Southern Cross; most southerly first-magnitude star→MimosaSecond-brightest star in the Southern Cross→SpicaBrightest star in Virgo→CanopusSecond-brightest star in the night sky→MiraPrototype of the Mira (long-period) variables→BellatrixThe Amazon Star; Orion's closest bright star→PolarisThe North Star; nearest Cepheid to Earth→AlbireoFamous gold-and-blue colour-contrast double star→AchernarFlattest known star (extreme oblateness)→AlphardBrightest star in Hydra, the largest constellation→AldebaranBrightest star in Taurus; the eye of the Bull→RegulusBrightest star in Leo; spins so fast it is visibly flattened→ArcturusBrightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere→AlgolThe Demon Star; prototype eclipsing binary that visibly dims every 2.87 days→VegaHistorical zero point of the magnitude scale→MizarFamous naked-eye double with Alcor; first telescopic and first spectroscopic double discovered→RasalhagueBrightest star in Ophiuchus→FomalhautBright nearby star with a famous debris disk→DenebolaMarks the tail of Leo the Lion→AltairOne of the nearest naked-eye stars; extremely rapid rotator→ProcyonBrightest star in Canis Minor→Tabby's StarStar with unexplained irregular deep dimming events→Rigil KentaurusClosest Sun-like star to Earth→TolimanClosest K-type (orange dwarf) star to Earth→SiriusBrightest star in the night sky→CapellaBrightest star in Auriga→RigelBrightest star in Orion→CastorA single point of light that is actually six stars→
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Every world gravityfinder knows orbits a star here: 6,308 planets across 4,717 systems, sorted by the constellation they lie toward. Busiest first.
Cygnus1677Lyra1057Draco303Sagittarius226Virgo199Cancer142Aquarius133Scorpius114Pisces101Taurus101Cetus98Leo91Ursa Major90Eridanus87Ophiuchus85Hydra84Centaurus82Hercules68Cassiopeia45Carina43Cepheus43Libra43Puppis43Andromeda42Boötes40Orion40Pegasus40Vela39Sextans38Camelopardalis37Hydrus36Monoceros34Phoenix34Lepus33Pictor33Canis Major32Fornax32Aquila30Gemini29Reticulum28Aries27Perseus27Ursa Minor27Sculptor26Serpens26Coma Berenices25Pavo25Volans25Tucana24Capricornus23Mensa23Octans23Dorado22Crater21Lupus21Lynx21Auriga20Canes Venatici20Telescopium20Ara19Leo Minor19Horologium18Grus16Microscopium16Columba15Caelum14Corona Borealis14Vulpecula14Apus12Canis Minor12Musca12Chamaeleon11Indus11Lacerta11Piscis Austrinus11Antlia10Pyxis10Corvus9Delphinus9Sagitta8Equuleus7Norma6Circinus5Corona Australis5Scutum5Triangulum4Triangulum Australe4Crux3
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