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Selection of astronomical bodies and objects:
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Notable astronomical objects and their known physical features.

This is a list of lists, grouped by type of astronomical object.

Solar System

Minor planets

Exoplanets and brown dwarfs

Stars

Star constellations

  • Lists of constellations
    • Lists of stars by constellation
    • List of constellations by area
    • List of IAU designated constellations

Star clusters

  • List of open clusters
  • List of globular clusters
  • List of stellar streams
  • List of nearby stellar associations and moving groups

Nebulae

  • Lists of nebulae
    • List of dark nebulae
    • List of diffuse nebulae
    • List of planetary nebulae
    • List of protoplanetary nebulae
    • List of largest nebulae

Galaxies

  • Lists of galaxies
    • List of galaxies
    • List of largest galaxies
    • List of galaxies with richest globular cluster systems
    • List of nearest galaxies
    • List of galaxies named after people
    • List of spiral galaxies
    • List of polar-ring galaxies
    • List of ring galaxies
    • List of quasars
Satellite galaxies
  • List of satellite galaxies of the Milky Way
  • List of Andromeda's satellite galaxies
  • List of Triangulum's suspected satellite galaxies

Galaxy groups and clusters

Black holes

  • Lists of black holes
    • List of black holes
    • List of most massive black holes
    • List of nearest known black holes

Other lists

  • List of voids
    • List of largest voids
  • List of largest cosmic structures
  • List of the most distant astronomical objects
  • List of neutron stars
  • List of most massive neutron stars
  • List of multiplanetary systems

Astronomical catalogues

  • List of astronomical catalogues
    • List of Messier objects
    • List of NGC objects
      • List of NGC objects (1-1000)
      • List of NGC objects (1001-2000)
      • List of NGC objects (2001-3000)
      • List of NGC objects (3001-4000)
      • List of NGC objects (4001-5000)
      • List of NGC objects (5001-6000)
      • List of NGC objects (6001-7000)
      • List of NGC objects (7001-7840)

Map of astronomical objects

In this map of the Observable Universe, objects appear enlarged to show their shape. From left to right celestial bodies are arranged according to their proximity to the Earth. This horizontal (distance to Earth) scale is logarithmic.

See also

  • Lists of astronauts
  • List of government space agencies
  • List of planetariums
  • Lists of space scientists
  • Lists of spacecraft
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