Help! Notable locations for "local" space opera setting

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Originally Posted by robkelk

Beta Hydri is the closest Class IV star to Sol (IIRC), and it's only 24.4 light years away.

Why should luminosity class of IV be exceptionally significant? Sol is a G2V. Class IV stars are subgiants and are larger than main sequence stars.

Not a place to settle for the long-term - who knows when it'll go nova

It won't, only white dwarfs nova.