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Beta Carinae (β Car β Carinae) is the second brightest star in the constellation Carina and one of the brightest stars in the night sky with apparent magnitude 1.68. It […]

Helene (/ˈhɛlɨniː/ HEL-ə-nee; Greek: Ἑλένη) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory and […]

Rhea (/ˈriːə/; Ancient Greek: Ῥέᾱ) is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System. It is the smallest body in the Solar System confirmed to […]

Ganymede /ˈɡænɨmiːd/ (Jupiter III) is a satellite of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System. It is the seventh moon and third Galilean satellite outward from Jupiter. Completing […]

Betelgeuse (/ˈbiːtəldʒuːz/ /ˈbɛtəldʒuːz/ or /ˈbiːtəldʒuːs/) also known by its Bayer designation Alpha Orionis (α Orionis α Ori) is the ninth-brightest star in the night sky and second-brightest in the constellation […]

2060 Chiron is a minor planet in the outer Solar System. Discovered in 1977 by Charles T. Kowal (precovery images have been found as far back as 1895) it was […]

Puck (/ˈpʌk/ PUK) is an inner moon of Uranus. It was discovered in December 1985 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The name Puck comes from Celtic mythology and English folklore. […]

Phobos (systematic designation: Mars I) is the larger and closer of the two natural satellites of Mars. Both moons were discovered in 1877. A small irregularly shaped object with a […]

Charon is the largest satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in 1978 at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS). Following the 2005 discovery of two […]

Albireo (β Cyg β Cygni Beta Cyg Beta Cygni) is the fifth brightest star in the constellation Cygnus. Although it has the Bayer designation beta it is fainter than Gamma […]