Lists of astronomical objects
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This is a list of lists, grouped by type of astronomical object.
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
- Sagittarius A* black hole image; 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
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
Exoplanets, exomoons, and brown dwarfs
- Lists of planets
- List of nearest exoplanets
- List of largest exoplanets
- List of smallest exoplanets
- List of directly imaged exoplanets
- List of exoplanet extremes
- List of exoplanet firsts
- List of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope
- List of exoplanets observed during Kepler's K2 mission
- List of hottest exoplanets
- List of coolest exoplanets
- List of extrasolar candidates for liquid water
- List of terrestrial exoplanet candidates for atmosphere detection
- List of potentially habitable exoplanets
- List of proper names of exoplanets
- List of exomoon candidates
- List of brown dwarfs
- List of rogue planets
Stars and star systems
- Lists of stars
- List of brightest stars
- List of hottest stars
- List of coolest stars
- List of nearest bright stars
- List of most luminous stars
- List of most massive stars
- List of largest stars
- List of stars with resolved images
- List of smallest stars
- List of oldest stars
- List of star extremes
- List of stars with proplyds
- List of variable stars
- List of X-ray pulsars
- List of brown dwarfs
- List of white dwarfs
- List of multiplanetary systems
Lists of stars by distance
- List of nearest stars (from 0ly to 20ly)
- List of star systems within 20–25 light-years
- List of star systems within 25–30 light-years
- List of star systems within 30–35 light-years
- List of star systems within 35–40 light-years
- List of star systems within 40–45 light-years
- List of star systems within 45–50 light-years
- List of star systems within 50–55 light-years
- List of star systems within 55–60 light-years
- List of star systems within 60–65 light-years
- List of star systems within 65–70 light-years
- List of star systems within 70–75 light-years
- List of star systems within 75–80 light-years
- List of star systems within 80–85 light-years
- List of star systems within 85–90 light-years
- List of star systems within 90–95 light-years
- List of star systems within 95–100 light-years
- List of star systems within 100–150 light-years
- List of star systems within 150–200 light-years
- List of star systems within 200–250 light-years
- List of star systems within 250–300 light-years
- List of star systems within 300–350 light-years
- List of star systems within 350–400 light-years
- List of star systems within 400–450 light-years
- List of star systems within 450–500 light-years
- List of most distant stars
Lists of stars by luminosity
Supernovae
Star constellations
Star clusters
Nebulae
Galaxies
- Lists of galaxies
- List of galaxies (general list)
- List of largest galaxies
- List of smallest galaxies
- List of galaxies by surface brightness
- 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
- Satellite galaxies
Galaxy groups and clusters
Black holes
Other lists
Astronomical catalogues
Galaxies
Nebulae
Stars
Exoplanets
Map of astronomical objects
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See also
- American Astronomical Society
- Outline of astronomy
- Lists of astronauts
- List of government space agencies
- List of planetariums
- Lists of space scientists
- List of telescopes
- Outline of space exploration
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