List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2038

NGC 3054 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra. It was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in 1859. It is probably in the same galaxy group as […]

10370 Hylonome (/haɪˈlɒnəmiː/; from Greek: ‘Υλονομη) is a small Solar System body orbiting in the outer Solar System. It belongs to the class of icy objects that are known as […]

Kappa Draconis (κ Draconis κ Dra) is a blue giant star located in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. At an apparent magnitude of 3.88 it is barely visible to […]

(22543) Ranjan is the official name (governed by the International Astronomical Union) of a minor planet between Mars and Jupiter.

OGLE-2005-BLG-169L is a dim and distant magnitude 20 galactic bulge star located about 2700 parsecs away in the constellation Sagittarius. If it is a main sequence star then it is […]

Alpha Pictoris (α Pic α Pictoris) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Pictor. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.27 which is bright enough to be […]

NGC 2859 is a lenticular galaxy located some 83 million light years away in the constellation Leo Minor. The morphological classification is (R)SB(r)0+ where the S0+ notation indicates a well-defined […]

Alpha Pyxidis (Alpha Pyx α Pyxidis α Pyx) is a giant star in the constellation Pyxis. It has a stellar classification of B1.5III and is a Beta Cephei variable. This […]

110393 Rammstein is an asteroid (officially a minor planet) named after the German NDH-Metal band Rammstein. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin.(110393) Rammstein is in a 4.46-year elliptical orbit around […]

Phi2 Pavonis (φ2 Pav φ2 Pavonis) also known as HD 196378 is a yellow-white dwarf star approximately 82 light-years away in the constellation of Pavo (the Peacock). It is evolving […]