List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 1974

Vela X-1 is a pulsing eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) system associated with the Uhuru source 4U 0900-40 and the supergiant star HD 77581. The X-ray emission of the neutron […]

GRO J1655-40 is a binary star consisting of an evolved F5 primary star and a massive unseen companion which orbit each other once every 2.6 days in the constellation of […]

Asteroid 18883 Domegge was discovered by Gina Fedon and Mark Abraham from their EverStaR Observatory. The name was chosen by Gina who grew up in Domegge di Cadore a village […]

Alpha Muscae (α Muscae α Mus) is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Musca. With an apparent visual magnitude of +2.7 it is the brightest star in the […]

5 Tauri (5 Tau) is a star in the constellation Taurus. 5 Tauri is an orange K-type giant a spectroscopic binary with an apparent magnitude of +4.14. It is approximately […]

6457 Kremsmünster is an asteroid discovered by the German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel on September 2 1992. It is named in honour of the Kremsmünster Abbey in […]

Pismis 24-1 (also known as HDE 319718) is part of the open cluster Pismis 24 within the nebula NGC 6357 about 8150 light-years away. Pismis 24-1 is the largest and […]

67 Ophiuchi (67 Oph) is a Class B5 fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is considered to be a member of the open cluster Collinder 359 (Melotte 186).

Kappa Ophiuchi (κ Oph κ Ophiuchi) is a star in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus. It is a suspected variable star with an average apparent visual magnitude of 3.20 making it […]

Theta Ophiuchi (θ Oph θ Ophiuchi) is a multiple star system in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. It lies on the right foot of the serpent-bearer and is only a […]