Astronomical object

From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)

Solar system Extrasolar objects
Simple objects Compound objects Extended objects
  • Sun
  • Planetary system
    • Planets
    • Asteroids
      • "Vulcanoids"
      • "Apoheles"
      • Near-Earth asteroids
        • "Arjunas"
        • Atens
        • Apollos
        • Amors
      • Mars-crossers
      • Asteroid belt
        • Hungarias
        • Phocaeas
        • Nysas
        • Alindas
        • Hildas
        • Pallas
        • Marias
        • Koronis
        • Eos
        • Themis
        • Griquas
        • Cybeles
        • Thule
      • Trojan asteroids
        • Mars trojans
        • Jupiter trojans
        • Neptune trojans
      • Outer planet crossers
      • Damocloids
      • Centaurs
    • Trans-Neptunian objects
      • Kuiper Belt
        • Plutinos
        • Cubewanos
        • Twotinos
      • Scattered Disk Objects
        • Sedna
    • Comets
      • Periodic comets
      • Long-period comets
      • Lost comets
    • Oort cloud
    • Meteoroids
  • Exoplanets
    • Very hot Jupiters
    • Hot Jupiters
    • Eccentric Jupiters
    • Pulsar planets
    • Hot Neptunes / Super-Earths
    • Transiting planets
    • Rogue / Interstellar planets
    • Hypothetical planet types
      • Chthonian planets
      • Oceanic planets
      • Trojan planets
  • Brown dwarfs
    • Lithium dwarfs
    • Methane dwarfs
    • Sub-brown dwarfs
  • Stars by spectral type
    • Blue stars
    • Blue-white stars
    • White stars
    • Yellow-white stars
    • Yellow stars
    • Orange stars
    • Red stars
    • Peculiar stars
      • Carbon stars
        • C-type stars
        • S-type stars
      • Shell stars
      • Wolf-Rayet stars
      • Peculiar A-type stars
      • Metallic A-type stars
      • Barium stars
      • P Cygni stars
      • Blue stragglers
  • Stars by luminosity class
    • Subdwarf stars
    • Dwarf (Main sequence) stars
    • Subgiant stars
    • Giant stars
    • Bright giant stars
    • Supergiant stars
    • Hypergiant stars
  • Stars by population
    • Population III stars
    • Population II stars
      • Halo stars
      • Thick disk stars
    • Population I stars
  • Stars by stellar evolution
    • Protostars
    • Young stellar objects
    • Main sequence stars
    • Red giant stars
    • Red supergiant stars
    • Blue supergiant stars
    • Wolf-Rayet stars
    • White dwarf stars
    • Neutron stars
  • Variable stars
    • Intrinsic variables
      • Pulsating variables
        • Cepheid variables
        • W Virginis variables
        • Delta Scuti variables
        • RR Lyrae variables
        • Mira variables
        • Semiregular variables
        • Irregular variables
        • Beta Cephei variables
        • Alpha Cygni variables
        • RV Tauri variables
      • Eruptive variables
        • Flare stars
        • T Tauri variables
        • FU Orionis variables
        • R Coronae Borealis variables
        • Luminous blue variables
      • Cataclysmic variables
        • Symbiotic variables
        • Dwarf novae
        • Novae
        • Supernovae
          • Type I supernovae
          • Type II supernovae
        • Gamma ray bursts
          • Long GRBs
            • Collapsars
            • Hypernovae
          • Short GRBs
          • Dark GRBs
    • Extrinsic variables
      • Rotating variables
        • Alpha2 CVn stars
        • Rotating ellipsoidal variables
      • Eclipsing binaries
        • Algol stars
        • Beta Lyrae stars
        • W Ursae Majoris stars
  • Compact stars
  • Planetary systems
  • Star systems
    • Single star systems
      • Solar system
    • Multiple star systems
      • Binary stars
        • Optical binaries
        • Visual binaries
        • Astrometric binaries
        • Spectroscopic binaries
        • Eclipsing binaries
        • Close binaries
          • Detached binaries
          • Semidetached binaries
          • Contact binaries
          • Unresolved binaries
        • X-ray bursters
      • Triple star systems
  • Stellar groupings
    • Star clusters
      • Stellar associations
      • Open clusters
      • Globular clusters
    • Constellations
    • Asterisms
  • Galaxy components
    • Galactic bulges
      • Galactic bars
    • Galactic rings
    • Spiral arms
    • Thin disks
    • Thick disks
    • Galactic halos
    • Galactic coronae
  • Galaxies
    • Galaxies by morphology
      • Spiral galaxies
      • Barred spiral galaxies
      • Lenticular galaxies
      • Elliptical galaxies
      • Ring galaxies
      • Irregular galaxies
    • Galaxies by size
      • Giant diffuse galaxies
      • Giant ellipticals
      • Dwarf galaxies
      • Ultracompact dwarfs
    • Active galaxies
    • Dark galaxies
  • Galaxy clusters
  • Galaxy cluster clouds
  • Superclusters
  • Filaments / Voids
  • Circumstellar matter
    • Dust disks
    • Interplanetary medium
    • Protoplanetary disks
  • Interstellar medium
  • Nebulae
    • Emission nebulae
      • Planetary nebulae
      • Supernova remnants
      • Plerions
      • H II regions
    • Reflection nebulae
    • Dark nebulae
      • Molecular clouds
      • Bok globules
      • Proplyds
    • H I regions
  • Intergalactic medium
  • Cosmic microwave background radiation
  • Dark matter
    • MACHOs
    • WIMPs

See also

  • Lists of astronomical objects
  • List of light sources


--Angel 16:14, 27 May 2006 (CDT)