Astronomical Object - Categories By Location

Categories By Location

The table below lists the general categories of objects by their location or structure.

Solar System Extrasolar objects
Simple objects Compound objects Extended objects
  • Sun
  • Planetary system
    • Planets
      • Mercury
      • Venus
      • Earth
        • Moon
      • Mars
        • satellites
      • Jupiter
        • satellites
      • Saturn
        • satellites
      • Uranus
        • satellites
      • Neptune
        • satellites
    • Dwarf planets
      • Pluto
        • satellites
      • Eris
        • Dysnomia
      • Ceres
      • Makemake
      • Haumea
        • satellites
    • 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
        • Vesta
      • Trojan asteroids
        • Earth trojans
        • Mars trojans
        • Jupiter trojans
        • Neptune trojans
      • Outer-planet crossers
      • Damocloids
      • Centaurs
    • Trans-Neptunian objects
      • Kuiper belt
        • Classical Kuiper-belt objects (cubewanos)
        • Resonant trans-Neptunian objects
          • Plutinos (2:3)
          • Twotinos (1:2)
      • Scattered-disc objects
        • Detached objects
    • Comets
    • Oort cloud
    • Meteoroids
      • Meteors
      • Meteor showers
    • Solar wind
  • Exoplanets
    • Hot Jupiters
    • Eccentric Jupiters
    • Pulsar planets
    • Hot Neptunes / Super-Earths
    • Transiting planets
    • Rogue / Interstellar planets
    • Hypothetical planet types
      • Chthonian planets
      • Ocean planets
      • Trojan planets
  • Brown dwarfs
    • L-type stars
    • T-type stars
    • Sub-brown dwarfs
  • Stars by spectral type
    • O-type (blue) stars
    • B-type (blue-white) stars
    • A-type (white) stars
    • F-type (yellow-white) stars
    • G-type (yellow) stars
    • K-type (orange) stars
    • M-type (red) stars
    • Peculiar stars
      • Carbon 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
        • Hypothetical
          • Collapsars or Hypernovae
    • Extrinsic variables
      • Rotating variables
        • Alpha2 CVn stars
        • Rotating ellipsoidal variables
      • Eclipsing binaries
        • Algol stars, Algol
        • Beta Lyrae stars
        • W Ursae Majoris stars
  • Compact stars
    • White dwarfs
      • Black dwarfs
    • Neutron stars
      • Magnetars
      • Pulsars
    • Hypothetical stars
      • Quark stars
      • Preon stars
    • Black holes
      • Stellar black hole
      • Intermediate-mass black holes
      • Supermassive black holes
  • Gamma ray bursts
  • Planetary systems
  • Star systems
    • Single star systems
      • Solar system
    • Multiple star systems
      • Binary stars
        • Observation method:
          • Optical binaries
          • Visual binaries
          • Astrometric binaries
          • Spectroscopic binaries
          • Eclipsing binaries
        • Close binaries
          • Detached binaries
          • Semidetached binaries
          • Contact binaries
          • Unresolved binaries
        • X-ray binaries
        • X-ray bursters
      • Triple star systems
  • Stellar groupings
    • Star clusters
      • Stellar associations
      • Open clusters
      • Globular clusters
      • Hypercompact stellar system
    • 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
      • Brightest cluster galaxies
      • Giant ellipticals
      • Dwarf galaxies
    • Active galaxies
      • Quasars
        • Blazars
      • Radio galaxies
      • Seyfert galaxies
      • Starburst galaxies
    • Dark galaxies
  • Galaxy groups
  • Galaxy clusters
  • Superclusters
  • Galaxy filaments and Voids
  • Accretion disc
  • Circumstellar matter
    • Debris disks
    • Interplanetary medium
    • Interplanetary magnetic field
    • Circumstellar disk
    • Protoplanetary disks
  • Interstellar medium
    • Interstellar cloud
  • 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
  • Hypothetical
    • Cosmic string
    • Domain wall

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