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Selection of astronomical bodies and objects:
Moon
Mimas
and
Ida
, an
asteroid
with its own moon, Dactyl
Comet Lovejoy
and
Jupiter
, a giant gas
planet
The
Sun
;
Sirius A
with Sirius B, a
white dwarf
; the
Crab Nebula
, a remnant
supernova
A
black hole
(artist concept);
Vela Pulsar
, a rotating
neutron star
M80
, a
globular cluster
, and the
Pleiades
, an
open star cluster
The
Whirlpool galaxy
and
Abell 2744
, a
galaxy cluster
Superclusters
,
galactic filaments
and
voids
Notable astronomical objects and their known physical features.
This is a list of lists, grouped by type of
astronomical object
.
Solar System
[
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]
List of Solar System objects
List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System
List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun
List of Solar System objects by size
Lists of geological features of the Solar System
List of natural satellites (moons)
Lists of small Solar System bodies
Lists of comets
List of meteor showers
Minor planets
List of minor planets
List of exceptional asteroids
List of minor planet moons
List of damocloids
List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies)
List of trans-Neptunian objects
List of unnumbered minor planets
List of dwarf planets
List of possible dwarf planets
Exoplanets and brown dwarfs
[
edit
]
Lists of planets
List of nearest exoplanets
List of largest exoplanets
List of brown dwarfs
List of Y-dwarfs
Stars
[
edit
]
Lists of stars
List of nearest stars
List of brightest stars
List of hottest stars
List of nearest bright stars
List of most luminous stars
List of most massive stars
List of largest known stars
List of smallest stars
List of oldest stars
List of stars with proplyds
List of variable stars
List of semiregular variable stars
List of stars that dim oddly
List of X-ray pulsars
List of brown dwarfs
List of supernovae
List of supernova remnants
List of gamma-ray bursts
List of white dwarfs
Star constellations
[
edit
]
Lists of constellations
Lists of stars by constellation
List of constellations by area
List of IAU designated constellations
Star clusters
[
edit
]
List of open clusters
List of globular clusters
List of stellar streams
List of nearby stellar associations and moving groups
Nebulae
[
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]
Lists of nebulae
List of dark nebulae
List of diffuse nebulae
List of planetary nebulae
List of protoplanetary nebulae
List of largest nebulae
Galaxies
[
edit
]
Lists of galaxies
List of galaxies
List of largest galaxies
List of galaxies with richest globular cluster systems
List of nearest galaxies
List of galaxies named after people
List of spiral galaxies
List of polar-ring galaxies
List of ring galaxies
List of quasars
Satellite galaxies
List of satellite galaxies of the Milky Way
List of Andromeda's satellite galaxies
List of Triangulum's suspected satellite galaxies
Galaxy groups and clusters
[
edit
]
List of galaxy groups and clusters
List of Abell clusters
List of galaxy superclusters
List of galaxy filaments
List of large quasar groups
Black holes
[
edit
]
Lists of black holes
List of black holes
List of most massive black holes
List of nearest known black holes
Other lists
[
edit
]
List of voids
List of largest voids
List of largest cosmic structures
List of the most distant astronomical objects
List of neutron stars
List of most massive neutron stars
List of multiplanetary systems
Astronomical catalogues
[
edit
]
List of astronomical catalogues
List of NGC objects
List of NGC objects (1–1000)
List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
List of NGC objects (2001–3000)
List of NGC objects (3001–4000)
List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
List of NGC objects (7001–7840)
List of IC objects
List of Messier objects
List of Caldwell objects
List of Herschel 400 objects
List of Melotte objects
List of Collinder objects
Map of astronomical objects
[
edit
]
In this map of the Observable Universe, objects appear enlarged to show their shape. From left to right celestial bodies are arranged according to their proximity to the Earth. This horizontal (distance to Earth) scale is logarithmic.
See also
[
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]
American Astronomical Society
Outline of astronomy
Lists of astronauts
List of government space agencies
List of planetariums
Lists of space scientists
Lists of spacecraft
Portals
:
Astronomy
Stars
Spaceflight
Outer space
Solar System
This article includes an astronomy-related
list of lists
.
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