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astronomical object An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists within the observable universe. In astronomy, the terms ''object'' and ''body'' are of ...

Solar System

* List of Solar System objects *

List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System This is a list of most likely gravitationally rounded objects (GRO) of the Solar System, which are objects that have a rounded, ellipsoidal shape due to their own gravity (but are not necessarily in hydrostatic equilibrium). Apart from the Sun i ...

* List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun * List of Solar System objects by size * Lists of geological features of the Solar System * List of natural satellites (moons) * Lists of small Solar System bodies *

Lists of comets Non-periodic comets are seen only once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever. Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to th ...

* List of meteor showers ; Minor planets *

List of minor planets The following is a list of minor planets in ascending numerical order. Minor planets are Small Solar System bodies, small bodies in the Solar System: asteroids, Distant minor planet, distant objects, and dwarf planets, but not comets. As of 2022 ...

** List of exceptional asteroids **

List of minor planet moons A minor-planet moon is an astronomical object that orbits a minor planet as its natural satellite. , there are #List, 457 minor planets known or suspected to have moons. Discoveries of minor-planet moons (and binary objects, in general) are imp ...

** List of damocloids ** List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies) ** List of trans-Neptunian objects ** List of unnumbered minor planets ** List of dwarf planets ** List of possible dwarf planets

Exoplanets and brown dwarfs

* Lists of planets ** List of nearest exoplanets ** List of largest exoplanets ** List of proper names of exoplanets *

List of brown dwarfs A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, bu ...

** List of Y-dwarfs * List of rogue planets

Stars

* Lists of stars **

List of nearest stars This list covers all known stars, white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and sub-brown dwarfs within of the Sun. So far, 131 such objects have been found. Only List of nearest bright stars, 22 are bright enough to be visible without a telescope, for whi ...

** List of brightest stars ** List of hottest stars **

List of nearest bright stars The following nearest bright stars are found within of the closest star, the Sun, and have an absolute magnitude of +8.5 or brighter, which is approximately comparable to a listing of stars more luminous than a red dwarf. Right ascension and ...

** List of most luminous stars ** List of most massive stars **

List of largest stars A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, bu ...

** List of stars with resolved images ** List of smallest stars ** List of oldest stars ** List of stars with proplyds ** List of variable stars *** List of Wolf-Rayet stars *** List of luminous blue variable stars *** List of O-type stars *** List of stars that have unusual dimming periods ** List of X-ray pulsars **

** List of novae in the Milky Way galaxy *** List of novae in 2018 *** List of novae in 2019 *** List of Recurrent novae *** List of Nova remnant ** List of supernovae *** List of supernova candidates *** List of supernova remnants *** List of gamma-ray bursts ** List of white dwarfs

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 This is a list of dark nebulae (absorption nebulae), also called "dark clouds". List * Finger of God Globule *E Nebula (Barnard 142 and 143) *Barnard 68, possibly the closest to Earth at about 400 light-years. *Le Gentil 3 *Sandqvist 111 *Sandqv ...

** 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

* List of galaxy groups and clusters ** List of Abell clusters * List of galaxy superclusters * List of galaxy filaments * List of large quasar groups

Black holes

* Lists of black holes **

List of black holes This list of black holes (and stars considered probable candidates) is organized by mass (including black holes of undetermined mass); some items in this list are Galaxy, galaxies or star clusters that are believed to be organized around a black ...

** List of fastest rotating 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 least massive black holes *

List of multiplanetary systems From the total of stars known to have exoplanets (as of ), there are a total of known multiplanetary systems, or stars with at least two confirmed planets, beyond the Solar System. This list includes systems with at least three confirmed plan ...

* List of resolved circumstellar disks * List of brightest natural objects in the sky

Astronomical catalogues

Map of astronomical objects