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# [[List of globular clusters|globular cluster]] – [[globular cluster]]s within the Milky Way # [[Stellar kinematics|kinematics, and dynamics]] – the motions of stars and clusters ...

The following are '''lists of stars'''. [[Star]]s are [[astronomical objects]] that spend some portion of their existence * [[List of Arabic star names]] ...

...in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including [[galaxy|galaxies]], [[star cluster]]s and [[emission nebula]]e. Dreyer published two supplements to th ...e Herschel]], and [[John Herschel]]'s ''[[General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars]]''. Objects south of the [[Celestial sphere|celestial equator]] a ...

...ery pixel seen in the image is a [[galaxy]], each containing billions of [[Star|stars]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A scattering of spiral and elliptical galax ...oups and clusters may contain ten to thousands of individual galaxies. The clusters themselves are often associated with larger, non-gravitationally bound, gro ...

...ame time and held together by [[self-gravitation]]. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished: [[globular cluster]]s, tight groups of ten thousand t ...more members and more mass, remain intact for far longer and the globular clusters observed are usually billions of years old. ...

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* c. 1800 BCE&nbsp;— [[Babylonia]]n star catalog (see [[Babylonian star catalogues]]) * c. 350 BCE&nbsp;— [[Shi Shen]]'s star catalog has almost 800 entries ...

...hed an [[astronomical catalogue]] consisting of 110&nbsp;[[nebula]]e and [[star cluster]]s, which came to be known as the ''[[Messier object]]s'', referred ...[open cluster|open star cluster]]s and 29&nbsp;[[globular cluster|globular star cluster]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hubble's Messier Catalog |url=https://www ...

...y group]]s rather than clusters of galaxies. Together, [[galaxy groups and clusters]] form superclusters. Galaxy clusters typically have the following properties: ...

...=Barentine |first=John |title=A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore |date=2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-22795-5 |pages=72–73 |u ...l |title=Argo Navis |author=Ridpath, Ian |author-link=Ian Ridpath |website=Star Tales}}</ref> it was sub-divided into three sections in 1752 by the French ...

.... The primary is a blue-white star of magnitude 4.4 and the secondary is a star of magnitude 7.4.{{sfn|Ridpath|Tirion|2001|pp=170-171}} ...2009/02/090218103517.htm]</ref> [[RX Leporis]] is a [[semiregular variable star|semi-regular]] [[red giant]] that has a period of 2 months. It has a minimu ...

...g [[radiation pressure]] or to a [[black hole]] in the case of a [[neutron star]]. ...denser compressed cores. Degenerate matter objects (white dwarfs; neutron star pulsars) have radial density gradients plus relativistic corrections. ...

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...which attract further matter and eventually become dense enough to form [[star]]s. The remaining material is then thought to form [[planet]]s and other [[ ...es and special filters. Some nebulae are variably illuminated by [[T Tauri star|T Tauri]] variable stars. ...

...=de Góes Brennand |first15=E. |date=2002-04-01 |title=Detection of neutron clusters |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.65.044006 |journal=Physical ...rvations with different methods have not successfully detected any neutron clusters.<ref name="aleksandrov05">{{cite journal ...

...pposedly related to the Greek constellation of Centaurus.<ref>''Babylonian Star-lore'' by Gavin White, Solaria Pubs, 2008, page 145 & 59ff</ref> ...com/constellations2.html | title=Constellations: Lacerta–Vulpecula | work= Star Tales |author=Ridpath, Ian|publisher=Self-published |access-date=1 Septembe ...

...lue, so [[George Rieke]] gives Nichols credit for the first detection of a star other than our own in the infrared.<ref name="rieke">{{cite journal | autho ...5MNRAS.450.4150C|title=Tracing the Galactic spiral structure with embedded clusters|last1=Camargo|first1=D.|last2=Bonatto|first2=C.|last3=Bica|first3=E.|journa ...

{{Short description|Type of star cluster}} |caption = The [[Pleiades]] is among the nearest open clusters to Earth ...

...ter]], large spherical formations in the universe, composed of many galaxy clusters * [[Star cluster]] ...

...Coast Guard Commendation Medal are authorized gold and silver [[5/16 inch star]]s to denote additional awards. The [[Operational Distinguishing Device]] ( ...n enemy but of a lesser degree than required for the award of the [[Bronze Star Medal]], a Commendation Medal with [["V" Device]] or Combat "V" (Navy/Mari ...