List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2220

Delta Canis Majoris (δ CMa δ Canis Majoris) is a star in the constellation Canis Major. It has the traditional name Wezen or Wesen. It is a yellow-white F-type supergiant […]

Gamma Velorum (γ Vel γ Velorum) is a star system in the constellation Vela. At magnitude +1.7 it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has […]

Alpha Gruis (α Gruis α Gru) or Alnair is the brightest star in the southern constellation Grus. Its first depiction in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer’s Uranometria of […]

Gamma Crucis (γ Cru γ Crucis) often called Gacrux is the nearest red giant star to the Sun. The distance to Gacrux has been determined using parallax measurements made during […]

Epsilon Canis Majoris (ε CMa ε Canis Majoris) is the second brightest star in the constellation Canis Major and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has […]

R Coronae Borealis is a yellow supergiant star and is the prototype of the RCB class of variable stars which fade by several magnitudes at irregular intervals. R Coronae Borealis […]

SDSS J090744.99+024506.8 (SDSS 090745.0+024507) is a star that is leaving the Milky Way galaxy at twice the galactic escape velocity (0.002 the speed of light). Christened by the astronomer Warren […]

AU Microscopii (AU Mic) is a small star located 32.3 light-years (9.9 parsecs) away – about 8 times as far as our closest star after the Sun. The apparent visual […]

EZ Aquarii is a triple star system approximately 11.3 ly (3.5 pc) from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius. It is also known as Luyten 789-6 and Gliese 866 and […]

Epsilon Sagittarii (Epsilon Sgr ε Sagittarii ε Sgr) is a binary star system in the southern zodiac constellation Sagittarius. Its traditional name is Kaus Australis. The apparent visual magnitude of […]