2010 KZ39 also written as 2010 KZ39 is a trans-Neptunian object with an absolute magnitude of 4.0. Mike Brown’s website lists it as a highly likely dwarf planet.Although more research […]
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NGC 6503
NGC 6503 is a dwarf spiral galaxy located in a region of space called the Local Void. It spans 30000 light-years and lies approximately 17 million light-years away in the […]
NGC 4697
NGC 4697 (also known as Caldwell 52) is an elliptical galaxy some 40 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
NGC 5248
NGC 5248 (also known as Caldwell 45) is a compact intermediate spiral galaxy about 59 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. It is a member of the NGC 5248 […]
R Scuti
R Scuti (R Sct) is a star in the constellation of Scutum. It is a yellow supergiant and is a pulsating variable known as a RV Tauri variable.It was discovered […]
Mu Normae
Mu Normae is a blue supergiant star in the constellation Norma. Though it has an apparent magnitude of only 4.914 its absolute visual magnitude -5.86 and a bolometric luminosity of […]
Phi Draconis
Phi Draconis (φ Dra / φ Draconis) is a fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Draco. It has the Flamsteed designation 43 Draconis.In Chinese astronomy Phi Draconis is called 柱史 Pinyin: […]
HIP 13044
HIP 13044 is a red horizontal-branch star about 2300 light years (700 pc) away from the Earth in the constellation Fornax. The star is part of the Helmi stream a […]
Theta Draconis
Theta Draconis (θ Dra / θ Draconis) is a fourth-magnitude star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. Parallax measurements place it at an estimated distance of 68.6 light-years (21.0 […]
Type II Cepheid
Type II Cepheids are variable stars which pulsate with periods typically between 1 and 50 days. Like all Cepheid variables Type IIs exhibit a relationship between the star’s luminosity and […]