Lists of astronomical objects

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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.

## Contents

* 1 Solar System
* 2 Exoplanets and brown dwarfs
* 3 Stars
* 4 Star constellations
* 5 Star clusters
* 6 Nebulae
* 7 Galaxies
* 8 Galaxy groups and clusters
* 9 Black holes
* 10 Other lists
* 11 Astronomical catalogues
* 12 Map of astronomical objects
* 13 See also

## Solar System

* 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

* Lists of planets
* Lists of exoplanets
* List of nearest exoplanets
* List of largest exoplanets
* List of brown dwarfs

## Stars

* Lists of stars
* List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs
* 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

* Lists of constellations
* Lists of stars by constellation
* List of constellations by area
* List of IAU designated constellations

## Star clusters

* List of open clusters
* List of globular clusters
* List of stellar streams
* List of nearby stellar associations and moving groups

## Nebulae

* Lists of nebulae
* List of dark nebulae
* List of diffuse nebulae
* List of planetary nebulae
* List of protoplanetary nebulae
* List of largest nebulae

## Galaxies

* 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

* 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

* Lists of black holes
* List of black holes
* List of most massive black holes
* List of nearest known black holes

## Other lists

* 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

* List of astronomical catalogues
* List of Messier objects
* 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)

## Map of astronomical objects

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

* Lists of astronauts
* List of government space agencies
* List of planetariums
* Lists of space scientists
* Lists of spacecraft

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