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Sections

Catalogues

Tools and Links

Concepts

Index

The Sun, Venus and Mercury

Location of the Vernal Equinox

Relative Galactic Position of the Solar System

Relative Galactic Position of the Northern Celestial Pole

Schematic map of the Milky Way

The Tuning Fork diagram of galactic morphologies

Messier objects within the Virgo Cluster

Diagram of the Northern Celestial Pole

Location of the Northern Celestial Pole

A Typical K-type Star

Seeing a Light Year

Location of the Galactic Centrepoint

The First Point of Aries

Illustration of a Comet

Image of a Typical Open Cluster

Comparative Size of a Dwarf

The Sky at the Northern Celestial Pole

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2 Micron All-Sky Survey

A

B

Bright Star Catalogue

Barred Spiral Galaxy

Bright Yellow Stars

Bayer Designation

C

Celestial Quadrant NQ3

Cluster, Ursa Major

Celestial Quadrant NQ4

Caldwell Catalogue

Celestial Quadrant SQ1

Cluster of Galaxies

Canes Venatici Cloud

Celestial Quadrant SQ2

Collinder Catalogue

Canes Venatici I Group

Celestial Quadrant SQ3

Celestial Quadrant SQ4

Coma Galaxy Cluster

Celestial Sphere

Catalogue of stars with proper motions exceeding 0"5 annually

Centaurus A Group

Centaurus A/M83 Group

Constellation Family

Celestial Equator

Circumstellar Disc

Celestial Meridian

Classical Kuiper Belt Object

Cosmic Background Radiation

Celestial Pole, Northern

Celestial Pole, Southern

Cluster, Galactic

Celestial Quadrant

Cluster, Globular

Celestial Quadrant NQ1

Celestial Quadrant NQ2

D

Disc, Circumstellar

Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky

E

Earth-mass Planet

Elliptical Galaxy

Equinox, Vernal

Emission Nebula

Equator, Celestial

Ecliptic Pole, Northern

Equinox, Autumnal

Extrasolar Planet

F

First Point of Aries

Family, Constellation

Flamsteed Numbers

G

H

Henry Draper Catalogue

Heavenly Waters Family

Hercules Family

Hubble Classification

I

Index Catalogue

Interstellar Medium

Inner Solar System

Irregular Galaxy

Intermediate Spiral Galaxy

J

K

Kepler Input Catalogue

Kepler Object of Interest

Kuiper Belt, Classical Object

L

La Caille Family

Lenticular Galaxy

Luyten Half-Second Catalogue

M

N

O

Orbit, Retrograde

Orbital Eccentricity

Orbital Inclination

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

P

Q

Quadrant, Celestial

R

Reflection Nebula

Right Ascension

Retrograde Motion

Retrograde Orbit

S

T

TESS Object of Interest

Terrestrial Planets

Two Micron All-Sky Survey

Tertiary System

U

Ursa Major Cluster

Ursa Major Family

Ursa Major I Cluster

Ursa Major North Group

Ursa Major Cloud

V

Variable Stars, Pulsating

W

Wide Angle Search for Planets

Winter Solstice

Wolf-Rayet Stars

Y

Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars

Yellow Stars (G-type)

Yellow Stars (F-type)

Z

#

2 Micron All-Sky Survey

A

A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates

Absolute Magnitude

Absolute Temperature

Absorption Nebula

Apparent Magnitude

Apparent Retrograde Motion

Arcturian Stars

Aries, First Point of

Arm, Sagittarius

Arm, Scutum-Crux

Asteroid Number

Astronomical Unit

Autumnal Equinox

B

Barred Spiral Galaxy

Bayer Designation

Bright Star Catalogue

Bright Yellow Stars

C

Caldwell Catalogue

Canes Venatici Cloud

Canes Venatici I Group

Catalogue of stars with proper motions exceeding 0"5 annually

Celestial Equator

Celestial Meridian

Celestial Pole, Northern

Celestial Pole, Southern

Celestial Quadrant

Celestial Quadrant NQ1

Celestial Quadrant NQ2

Celestial Quadrant NQ3

Celestial Quadrant NQ4

Celestial Quadrant SQ1

Celestial Quadrant SQ2

Celestial Quadrant SQ3

Celestial Quadrant SQ4

Celestial Sphere

Centaurus A Group

Centaurus A/M83 Group

Circumstellar Disc

Classical Kuiper Belt Object

Cluster, Galactic

Cluster, Globular

Cluster, Ursa Major

Cluster of Galaxies

Collinder Catalogue

Coma Galaxy Cluster

Constellation Family

Cosmic Background Radiation

D

Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky

Disc, Circumstellar

E

Earth-mass Planet

Ecliptic Pole, Northern

Elliptical Galaxy

Emission Nebula

Equator, Celestial

Equinox, Autumnal

Equinox, Vernal

Extrasolar Planet

F

Family, Constellation

First Point of Aries

Flamsteed Numbers

G

Galactic Cluster

Galactic Nucleus

Galactic Pole, Northern

Galaxy Cluster, Coma

Gliese Catalogue

Gliese-Jahreiß Catalogue of Nearby Stars

Globular Cluster

Gravitational Lensing

Green Bank Equation

Group of Galaxies

H

Heavenly Waters Family

Henry Draper Catalogue

Hercules Family

Hubble Classification

I

Index Catalogue

Inner Solar System

Intermediate Spiral Galaxy

Interstellar Medium

Irregular Galaxy

J

K

Kepler Input Catalogue

Kepler Object of Interest

Kuiper Belt, Classical Object

L

La Caille Family

Lenticular Galaxy

Luyten Half-Second Catalogue

M

Magellanic Clouds

Magnitude, Absolute

Magnitude, Apparent

Main Sequence Stars

'Mel' Catalogue

Melotte Catalogue

Meridian, Celestial

Messier Catalogue

Minor Planet Designation

Minor Planet Number

N

Nebula, Absorption

Nebula, Emission

Nebula, Planetary

Nebula, Reflection

New General Catalogue

North Polar Sequence

Northern Celestial Pole

Northern Ecliptic Pole

Northern Galactic Pole

NQ1, Celestial Quadrant

NQ2, Celestial Quadrant

NQ3, Celestial Quadrant

NQ4, Celestial Quadrant

Nubeculae Magellani

O

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

Orbit, Retrograde

Orbital Eccentricity

Orbital Inclination

P

Pale Yellow Stars

Parallax Second

Planetary Nebula

Planets, Earth-mass

Planets, Jovian

Planets, Terrestrial

Precession Circle

Pulsating Variable

Q

Quadrant, Celestial

R

Reflection Nebula

Retrograde Motion

Retrograde Orbit

Right Ascension

S

S-type Asteroid

SAB-type Galaxy

Sagittarius Arm

Schwarzchild Radius

Scutum-Centaurus Arm

Scutum-Crux Arm

Semi-Major Axis

Sidereal Period

Silicaceous Asteroid

Solar System, Inner

Solstice, Summer

Solstice, Winter

Southern Celestial Pole

Southern Ecliptic Pole

Spectral Classification

SQ1, Celestial Quadrant

SQ2, Celestial Quadrant

SQ3, Celestial Quadrant

SQ4, Celestial Quadrant

Star-forming Region

Stellar Nursery

Stellar Parallax

Summer Solstice

T

Terrestrial Planets

Tertiary System

TESS Object of Interest

Two Micron All-Sky Survey

U

Ursa Major Cloud

Ursa Major Cluster

Ursa Major I Cluster

Ursa Major Family

Ursa Major North Group

V

Variable Stars, Pulsating

W

Wide Angle Search for Planets

Winter Solstice

Wolf-Rayet Stars

Y

Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars

Yellow Stars (G-type)

Yellow Stars (F-type)

Z

Indexes

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