index 253 spectroscopy, 13­14, 237; stellar, 68, 79 spectrum, 9­11, 237 Spitzer space telescope, 117­21 138, 147, 225 STARE (STellar Astrophysics and Research on Exploration) telescope, 108­10 star formation, 20­26 star, main-sequence, 233; sub- giant, 237 star mass, and planet migration process, 92 star names: 1RXS J160929.1- 210524, 160; 2MASSW J1207334-393254 (2M1207), 155­57; 16 Cygni B, 76, 78, 87; 47 Ursae Majoris, 76; 51 Pegasi, 70­75, 79­81; 55 Cancri, 76, 86; 61 Cygni, 51, 55; 70 Ophiuchi, OGLE-2006-BLG-109, 101; OGLE TR-56, 112; PPl 15, 133; Proxima Centauri, 195­96; PSR B1257+12, 62, 64­66; PSR B1829-10, 60­64; sigma Orio- nis, 144, 146; tau Bootis, 76; T Tauri stars, 25; TW Hydrae, 93, 155­57; upsilon Androme- dae, 15, 76, 83, 88­89 stars, binary, 112­13, 138, 156­57, 177, 196, 230 stars, mass of, and protoplanetary disks, 91 stars, young, and Doppler searches, 92­93 star spots, 72­73 Stauffer, John, 133 stellar- encounter model, 5­6 stellar evolution, 91 stellar nurseries, 18­19, 23