List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 1975

Gamma Ophiuchi (γ Oph γ Ophiuchi) is a fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is located about 95 light-years from Earth. The system has an age of roughly 184 […]

Nu Ophiuchi (ν Oph ν Ophiuchi) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. This star is sometimes called by the name Sinistra meaning left side in Latin. The […]

CH stars are particular type of carbon stars which are characterized by the presence of exceedingly strong CH absorption bands in their spectra. They belong to the star population II […]

IK Pegasi (or HR 8210) is a binary star system in the constellation Pegasus. It is just luminous enough to be seen with the unaided eye at a distance of […]

NGC 6027 is a lenticular galaxy that is the brightest member of Seyfert’s Sextet a compact group of galaxies. Édouard Stephan discovered the galaxy in 1882.

Delta Lupi (δ Lupi δ Lup) is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Lupus. It is 騎官二 the 2nd (star) of the Cavalry Officer in traditional Chinese astronomy. […]

Gamma Lupi (γ Lupi γ Lup) is a 3rd-magnitude B-type blue giant star in the constellation of Lupus. It is also known in ancient Chinese astronomy as 騎官一 or the […]

Beta Lupi (β Lupi β Lup) is a star in the southern constellation of Lupus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.7 making it readily visible to the naked […]

(91205) 1998 US43 also written as a (91205) 1998 US43 is a plutino so it has a 2:3 resonance with Neptune similar to Pluto. It has a perihelion (closest approach […]

(15809) 1994 JS is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the Kuiper belt beyond Pluto. It is in a 3:5 orbital resonance with Neptune.