| astrometric binary | binary star |
| brown dwarf | cepheid |
| collapsar | dark star |
| double star | dwarf star |
| eclipsing binary | flare star |
| giant | lodestar |
| magnetar | neutron star |
| nova | polar |
| polar star | pulsar |
| quasar | red dwarf |
| red giant | supergiant |
| supernova | variable star |
| visual binary | white dwarf |