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List of blue straggler stars

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This is a list of blue straggler stars in order of their distance from Earth.[1][2][3]

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Cluster and other Stars Star system Median distance (ly) Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references
Hyades 5 HD 27482 151 1 B8V The Closest Blue Straggler star to Earth.
HD 27130 153 1 B8V
Chi Tauri 153 1 B9.5V
71 Tauri 153 1 B8V
HD 283579 153 1 B9.5V
Coma Star Cluster 3 13 Comae Berenices 260 ± 20 1 A3 V 5.17
14 Comae Berenices 266 ± 5 1 F0p 4.95
12 Comae Berenices 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
Taygeta 440 2 B6IV 4.30 [4]
Messier 67 (King Cobra or Golden Eye Cluster) 3 HD 73727 2,800 1 B
BD+11°2661 2,800 1 B
HD 73684 2,800 1 B
NGC 6347 1 HD 164278 4,000 1 B2V
NGC 1907 1 HIP 20867 4,400 1 B9IV-V
NGC 188 (Caldwell 1, Polarissima Cluster) 3 2MASS J00433286+8511080 5,000 1 B
2MASS J00444204+8510387 5,000 1 B
2MASS J00443207+8510066 5,000 1 B
NGC 3201 2 TYC 4299-1082-1 5,400 1 B1V
TYC 4299-1237-1 5,400 1 A1V
NGC 2420 1 HD 101205 10,000 1 B
NGC 6752 1 13,000 1 B
NGC 6791 1 HD 187573 13,300 1 B
47 Tucanae 21 15,000 ± 33 1 B
Omega Centauri 1 15,800 1 B
Messier 13 (Hercules Cluster) 1 22,200 1 B
Messier 3 (NGC 5272) 1 33,900 1 B

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References

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  1. ^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ Barry, Don C. (January 1970), "Spectral Classification of a and F Stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 19: 281, Bibcode:1970ApJS...19..281B, doi:10.1086/190209.
  3. ^ Frost, E. B. (December 1924), "Fourteen spectroscopic binaries", Astrophysical Journal, 60: 319–320, Bibcode:1924ApJ....60..319F, doi:10.1086/142868.
  4. ^ "* q Tau". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2014-08-18.