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Quota 900 articles.

Total 902 articles.

Class #Articles
FA 109
FL 3
GA 42
B 131
C 383
LIST 4
FFA 15
DGA 15
FFLC 2
Start 216
Stub 13

Astronomy

This section contains 902 articles.

Astronomy basics

This section contains 35 articles.

Observational astronomy

This section contains 55 articles.

Astronomical objects

This section contains 304 articles.

Solar System

This section contains 134 articles.

Solar System: General

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Solar System (Level 2)
  2. Formation and evolution of the Solar System (Level 4)
    1. Nebular hypothesis (Level 4)
    2. Nice model
  3. Interplanetary medium (Level 4)
    1. Gegenschein
    2. Interplanetary dust cloud
      1. Zodiacal light

The Sun

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Sun (Level 2)
  2. Chromosphere
  3. Coronal mass ejection
  4. Heliosphere
  5. Photosphere
  6. Solar wind (Level 4)
  7. Solar core
  8. Solar cycle
  9. Solar flare
  10. Solar neutrino
  11. Solar phenomena
  12. Solar storm
  13. Stellar corona
  14. Sunspot

Inner Solar System

This section contains 42 articles.

  1. Mercury (planet) (Level 3)
    1. Atmosphere of Mercury
    2. Geology of Mercury
  2. Venus (Level 3)
    1. Atmosphere of Venus
    2. Geology of Venus
  3. Earth (Level 1)
    1. Earth's orbit
    2. Earth's shadow
    3. Earthlight
    4. Future of Earth
    5. Location of Earth
    6. Moon (Level 2)
      1. Geology of the Moon
      2. Internal structure of the Moon
      3. Orbit of the Moon
      4. Origin of the Moon
        1. Giant-impact hypothesis
        2. Theia (hypothetical planet)
      5. Selenography
        1. Near side of the Moon
        2. Far side of the Moon
        3. Lunar south pole
  4. Near-Earth object
    1. 433 Eros
  5. Mars (Level 3)
    1. Atmosphere of Mars
    2. Geology of Mars
      1. Geological history of Mars
      2. Martian polar ice caps
      3. Olympus Mons
    3. Life on Mars
    4. Moons of Mars
      1. Phobos (moon)
      2. Deimos (moon)
  6. Asteroid belt (Level 4)
    1. Ceres (dwarf planet) (Level 4)
    2. 2 Pallas
    3. 3 Juno
    4. 4 Vesta
    5. 10 Hygiea
    6. 243 Ida

Outer Solar System

This section contains 41 articles.

  1. Jupiter (Level 3)
    1. Atmosphere of Jupiter
      1. Great Red Spot
    2. Jupiter trojan
    3. Magnetosphere of Jupiter
    4. Moons of Jupiter
      1. Galilean moons
        1. Io (moon) (Level 4)
        2. Europa (moon) (Level 4)
        3. Ganymede (moon) (Level 4)
        4. Callisto (moon) (Level 4)
    5. Rings of Jupiter
  2. Saturn (Level 3)
    1. Magnetosphere of Saturn
    2. Moons of Saturn
      1. Mimas
      2. Enceladus (Level 4)
      3. Tethys (moon)
      4. Dione (moon)
      5. Rhea (moon)
      6. Titan (moon) (Level 4)
        1. Lakes and rivers of Titan
      7. Iapetus (moon)
    3. Rings of Saturn
    4. Saturn's hexagon
  3. Uranus (Level 3)
    1. Atmosphere of Uranus
    2. Moons of Uranus
      1. Miranda (moon)
      2. Ariel (moon)
      3. Umbriel
      4. Titania (moon)
      5. Oberon (moon)
    3. Rings of Uranus
  4. Neptune (Level 3)
    1. Great Dark Spot
    2. Moons of Neptune
      1. Triton (moon) (Level 4)
    3. Rings of Neptune
  5. Centaur (small Solar System body)
    1. 2060 Chiron

Trans-Neptunian region

This section contains 22 articles.

  1. Trans-Neptunian object
  2. Kuiper belt (Level 4)
    1. Pluto (Level 4)
      1. Atmosphere of Pluto
      2. Moons of Pluto
        1. Charon (moon)
    2. Orcus (dwarf planet)
    3. Haumea
      1. Moons of Haumea
    4. Makemake
    5. Gonggong (dwarf planet)
    6. Quaoar
    7. 486958 Arrokoth
  3. Scattered disc
    1. Eris (dwarf planet) (Level 4)
      1. Dysnomia (moon)
  4. Oort cloud (Level 4)
    1. Hills cloud
    2. Sednoid
      1. Sedna (dwarf planet)
  5. Planets beyond Neptune
    1. Planet Nine

Notable comets

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Halley's Comet (Level 4)
  2. Comet Hyakutake
  3. Comet Hale–Bopp
  4. Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
  5. Kreutz sungrazer

Interstellar objects passing through the solar system

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. 1I/ʻOumuamua
  2. 2I/Borisov

Milky Way galaxy

This section contains 104 articles.

Stars

This section contains 47 articles.

  1. Achernar
  2. Aldebaran
  3. Algol
  4. Alpha Centauri (Level 4)
    1. Proxima Centauri
  5. Acrux
  6. Altair
  7. Antares
  8. Arcturus (Level 4)
  9. Barnard's Star
  10. Beta Centauri
  11. Beta Pictoris
  12. Betelgeuse (Level 4)
  13. Canopus (Level 4)
  14. Capella (Level 4)
  15. Castor (star)
  16. Crab Pulsar
  17. CW Leonis
  18. Cygnus X-1 (Level 4)
  19. Deneb
  20. Epsilon Canis Majoris
  21. Epsilon Eridani
  22. Eta Carinae
  23. Fomalhaut
  24. Gamma Cassiopeiae
  25. LBV 1806−20
  26. Mimosa (star)
  27. Mira
  28. Polaris (Level 4)
  29. Pi Puppis
  30. Pollux (star)
  31. Procyon (Level 4)
  32. PSR B1937+21
  33. Regulus
  34. Rigel (Level 4)
  35. Scorpius X-1
  36. Sirius (Level 4)
  37. Spica
  38. Tabby's Star
  39. Tau Ceti
  40. TRAPPIST-1
  41. TW Hydrae
  42. UY Scuti
  43. Vega (Level 4)
  44. VY Canis Majoris
  45. WISE 0855−0714
  46. Zeta Ophiuchi

Exoplanets

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. 51 Pegasi b
  2. 55 Cancri Ae
  3. Gliese 581d
  4. HD 189733 b
  5. HD 209458 b
  6. K2-18b
  7. Kepler-22b
  8. Kepler-186f
  9. Kepler-442b
  10. Kepler-452b
  11. Proxima Centauri b

Nebulae

This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Carina Nebula (Level 4)
  2. Cassiopeia A
  3. Cat's Eye Nebula
  4. Coalsack Nebula
  5. Crab Nebula (Level 4)
  6. Cygnus Loop
  7. Dumbbell Nebula
  8. Eagle Nebula (Level 4)
  9. Horsehead Nebula (Level 4)
  10. Lagoon Nebula
  11. NGC 6302
  12. NGC 7027
  13. Omega Nebula
  14. Orion Nebula (Level 4)
  15. Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
  16. Ring Nebula (Level 4)
  17. Rosette Nebula
  18. Sagittarius B2
  19. Trifid Nebula
  20. Westerhout 40

Star clusters

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. 47 Tucanae
  2. Beehive Cluster
  3. Double Cluster
  4. Hyades (star cluster) (Level 4)
  5. Messier 4
  6. Messier 7
  7. Messier 13
  8. Messier 15
  9. Messier 22
  10. Omega Centauri (Level 4)
  11. Pleiades (Level 4)
  12. Trapezium Cluster

Transient events in the Milky Way galaxy

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Kepler's Supernova
  2. SN 1006
  3. SN 1054
  4. SN 1572

Milky Way galaxy: general

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Milky Way (Level 3)
  2. Galactic Center (Level 4)
    1. Sagittarius A
      1. Sagittarius A* (Level 4)
  3. Local Bubble
    1. Local Interstellar Cloud
    2. G-Cloud
  4. Orion Arm
  5. Perseus Arm
  6. Scutum–Centaurus Arm

Outside the Milky Way galaxy

This section contains 63 articles.

Galaxies

This section contains 35 articles.

Local Group

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Andromeda Galaxy (Level 4)
  2. Triangulum Galaxy (Level 4)
Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Magellanic Clouds
    1. Large Magellanic Cloud (Level 4)
      1. Tarantula Nebula
      2. R136
    2. Small Magellanic Cloud (Level 4)
    3. Magellanic Stream
  2. Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Other galaxies

This section contains 26 articles.

  1. 3C 273 (Level 4)
  2. Antennae Galaxies
  3. Arp 220
  4. BL Lacertae
  5. Cartwheel Galaxy
  6. Centaurus A (Level 4)
  7. Cygnus A
  8. Hoag's Object
  9. IC 1101
  10. Markarian 421
  11. Markarian 501
  12. Messier 49
  13. Messier 77
  14. Messier 81
  15. Messier 82
  16. Messier 83
  17. Messier 87 (Level 4)
  18. Messier 106
  19. NGC 1275
  20. NGC 4151
  21. NGC 5548
  22. NGC 6946
  23. Pinwheel Galaxy (Level 4)
  24. Sculptor Galaxy
  25. Sombrero Galaxy
  26. Whirlpool Galaxy (Level 4)

Galaxy clusters, superclusters and larger structures

This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Virgo Supercluster (Level 4)
    1. Local Group (Level 4)
      1. Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way
      2. Virgocentric flow
    2. Virgo Cluster (Level 4)
    3. Centaurus A/M83 Group
    4. IC 342/Maffei Group
    5. M81 Group
    6. Local Sheet
  2. Laniakea Supercluster
  3. Coma Cluster
  4. Fornax Cluster
  5. Perseus Cluster
  6. Great Attractor (Level 4)
  7. Bullet Cluster
  8. Shapley Supercluster
  9. Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex
  10. South Pole Wall
  11. Huge-LQG
  12. BOSS Great Wall

Cosmic voids

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Local Hole
  2. Boötes Void
  3. Local Void
  4. Giant Void
  5. Dipole repeller

Transient events outside the Milky Way galaxy

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. SN 1972E
  2. SN 1987A
  3. GW170817

Notable patches of universe

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Hubble Deep Field
  2. Hubble Ultra-Deep Field
  3. CMB cold spot

Celestial mechanics

This section contains 72 articles.

Celestial sphere

This section contains 121 articles.

Celestial sphere: General

This section contains 29 articles.

  1. Celestial sphere (Level 4)
  2. Celestial cartography
  3. Constellation (Level 4)
  4. Asterism (astronomy)
  5. Spherical astronomy
  6. Epoch (astronomy)
  7. Astronomical coordinate systems (Level 4)
    1. Equatorial coordinate system (Level 4)
    2. Equinox (celestial coordinates)
      1. Right ascension
      2. Declination
    3. Galactic coordinate system
  8. List of Chinese star names
  9. Equinox (Level 4)
    1. March equinox
    2. September equinox
  10. Ecliptic (Level 4)
  11. Horizon (Level 4)
  12. Solstice (Level 4)
    1. Summer solstice
    2. Winter solstice
  13. Hour angle
  14. Position angle
  15. Meridian (astronomy)
  16. Nadir
  17. Zenith
  18. Celestial equator
  19. Tropical year
  20. Zodiac (Level 4)

Constellations

This section contains 92 articles.

Zodiac

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Aquarius (constellation)
  2. Aries (constellation)
  3. Cancer (constellation)
  4. Capricornus
  5. Gemini (constellation)
  6. Leo (constellation)
  7. Libra (constellation)
  8. Pisces (constellation)
  9. Sagittarius (constellation)
  10. Scorpius
  11. Taurus (constellation)
  12. Virgo (constellation)

Other

This section contains 78 articles.

  1. Andromeda (constellation)
  2. Antlia
  3. Apus
  4. Aquila (constellation)
  5. Ara (constellation)
  6. Auriga
  7. Boötes
  8. Caelum
  9. Camelopardalis
  10. Canes Venatici
  11. Canis Major (Level 4)
  12. Canis Minor
  13. Carina (constellation)
  14. Cassiopeia (constellation) (Level 4)
  15. Centaurus (Level 4)
  16. Cepheus (constellation)
  17. Cetus (constellation)
  18. Chamaeleon
  19. Circinus
  20. Columba (constellation)
  21. Coma Berenices
  22. Corona Australis
  23. Corona Borealis
  24. Corvus (constellation)
  25. Crater (constellation)
  26. Crux (Level 4)
  27. Cygnus (constellation)
  28. Delphinus
  29. Dorado
  30. Draco (constellation)
  31. Equuleus
  32. Eridanus (constellation)
  33. Fornax
  34. Grus (constellation)
  35. Hercules (constellation)
  36. Horologium (constellation)
  37. Hydra (constellation)
  38. Hydrus
  39. Indus (constellation)
  40. Lacerta
  41. Leo Minor
  42. Lepus (constellation)
  43. Lupus (constellation)
  44. Lynx (constellation)
  45. Lyra
  46. Mensa (constellation)
  47. Microscopium
  48. Monoceros
  49. Musca
  50. Norma (constellation)
  51. Octans
  52. Ophiuchus
  53. Orion (constellation) (Level 4)
    1. Orion's Belt
  54. Pavo (constellation)
  55. Pegasus (constellation)
  56. Perseus (constellation)
  57. Phoenix (constellation)
  58. Pictor
  59. Piscis Austrinus
  60. Puppis
  61. Pyxis
  62. Reticulum
  63. Sagitta
  64. Sculptor (constellation)
  65. Scutum (constellation)
  66. Serpens
  67. Sextans
  68. Telescopium
  69. Triangulum
  70. Triangulum Australe
  71. Tucana
  72. Ursa Major (Level 4)
    1. Big Dipper
  73. Ursa Minor (Level 4)
  74. Vela (constellation)
  75. Volans
  76. Vulpecula

Obsolete constellations

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Argo Navis
  2. Quadrans Muralis

Planetary science

For specific planets and minor planets, see Solar system and Notable exoplanets This section contains 52 articles.

Stellar astronomy

For specific stars, see Notable stars This section contains 118 articles.

  1. Star (Level 3)
  2. Star system (Level 4)
    1. Planetary system (Level 4)
    2. Binary star (Level 4)
      1. Binary pulsar
      2. Common envelope
      3. X-ray binary
      4. Roche lobe
  3. Star cluster (Level 4)
    1. Stellar association
    2. Open cluster
    3. Globular cluster
      1. Blue straggler
    4. Super star cluster
  4. Compact object
    1. White dwarf (Level 4)
      1. Black dwarf
      2. Chandrasekhar limit
    2. Neutron star (Level 4)
      1. Pulsar (Level 4)
      2. X-ray pulsar
      3. Magnetar
      4. Radio-quiet neutron star
    3. Exotic star
      1. Quark star
  5. Intergalactic star
  6. Stellar evolution (Level 4)
    1. Red-giant branch
    2. Helium flash
    3. Asymptotic giant branch
    4. Horizontal branch
  7. Star formation (Level 4)
    1. Starburst galaxy (Level 4)
    2. Starburst region
    3. Jeans instability
    4. Pre-stellar core
    5. Protostar (Level 4)
    6. Hayashi track
    7. Pre-main-sequence star
    8. Young stellar object
    9. Herbig–Haro object
  8. Stellar kinematics (Level 4)
  9. Stellar magnetic field (Level 4)
  10. Stellar nucleosynthesis
    1. Proton–proton chain
    2. CNO cycle
    3. Triple-alpha process
    4. Carbon-burning process
    5. s-process
    6. r-process
  11. Stellar structure (Level 4)
    1. Stellar core
    2. Radiative zone
    3. Convection zone
    4. Stellar atmosphere
  12. Stellar rotation
  13. Stellar mass
    1. Initial mass function
  14. Stellar wind
  15. Metallicity (Level 4)
    1. Chemically peculiar star
  16. Circumstellar disc
    1. Debris disk
    2. Protoplanetary disk
    3. Proplyd
  17. Brown dwarf (Level 4)
    1. Sub-brown dwarf
  18. Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (Level 4)
  19. Double star
  20. Protoplanetary nebula
  21. Planetary nebula (Level 4)
  22. Supernova (Level 3)
    1. Hypernova
    2. Type Ia supernova
    3. Type Ib and Ic supernovae
    4. Type II supernova
    5. Superluminous supernova
    6. Pair-instability supernova
    7. Supernova nucleosynthesis
    8. Supernova remnant
  23. Gamma-ray burst (Level 4)
    1. Gamma-ray burst emission mechanisms
    2. Gamma-ray burst progenitors
  24. Fast radio burst
  25. Kilonova
  26. Asteroseismology
  27. Mass–luminosity relation

Stellar classification

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Stellar classification (Level 4)
  2. Main sequence (Level 4)
    1. Red dwarf
  3. Subdwarf
  4. Subgiant
  5. Giant star (Level 4)
    1. Blue giant
    2. Red giant (Level 4)
  6. Carbon star
  7. S-type star
  8. Supergiant (Level 4)
    1. Blue supergiant
    2. Yellow supergiant
    3. Red supergiant
  9. Hypergiant
  10. Wolf–Rayet star (Level 4)
  11. Be star
  12. B[e] star

Variable star

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Variable star (Level 4)
  2. Cataclysmic variable star
    1. Nova (Level 4)
  3. Cepheid variable (Level 4)
    1. Classical Cepheid variable
    2. RR Lyrae variable
    3. Type II Cepheid
  4. Flare star
  5. Luminous blue variable
  6. Mira variable
  7. T Tauri star
  8. Herbig Ae/Be star
  9. Instability strip

Galactic and extragalactic astronomy

For specific galaxies, see Notable galaxies This section contains 92 articles.

Basics

This section contains 55 articles.

  1. Galactic astronomy
  2. Extragalactic astronomy
  3. Outer space (Level 3)
  4. Galaxy (Level 3)
    1. Galaxy formation and evolution (Level 4)
  5. Astrophysical jet
  6. Cosmic dust
  7. Black hole (Level 3)
    1. Supermassive black hole (Level 4)
    2. Stellar black hole (Level 4)
    3. Intermediate-mass black hole
    4. Micro black hole
    5. Accretion disk
    6. Event horizon (Level 4)
      1. Schwarzschild radius
  8. Interstellar medium (Level 4)
    1. Interstellar cloud
    2. Interstellar ice
    3. Nebula (Level 4)
    4. Dark nebula (Level 4)
      1. Bok globule
    5. Reflection nebula
    6. Emission nebula
    7. Molecular cloud (Level 4)
    8. Superbubble
    9. H I region
    10. H II region (Level 4)
  9. High-velocity cloud
  10. Cosmic ray (Level 4)
    1. Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
  11. Galactic plane
    1. Thin disk
    2. Thick disk
  12. Galactic bulge
  13. Galaxy rotation curve
  14. Galactic halo
    1. Dark matter halo
  15. Interacting galaxy
    1. Galaxy merger
      1. Andromeda–Milky Way collision
    2. Galactic tide
  16. Satellite galaxy
  17. Galaxy groups and clusters (Level 4)
    1. Galaxy cluster
    2. Galaxy group
    3. Supercluster (Level 4)
  18. Gravitational lens
    1. Strong gravitational lensing
    2. Weak gravitational lensing
  19. Intergalactic dust
    1. Intracluster medium
  20. Warm–hot intergalactic medium
  21. Field galaxy
  22. Dark flow
  23. Wormhole

Large-scale structures

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Galaxy filament
  2. Large quasar group
  3. Void (astronomy) (Level 4)

Galaxy classification

This section contains 24 articles.

  1. Galaxy morphological classification (Level 4)
  2. Hubble sequence
  3. Spiral galaxy (Level 4)
    1. Unbarred spiral galaxy
    2. Barred spiral galaxy (Level 4)
    3. Grand design spiral galaxy
    4. Flocculent spiral galaxy
    5. Magellanic spiral
    6. Density wave theory
    7. SSPSF model
    8. Tully–Fisher relation
  4. Elliptical galaxy (Level 4)
    1. Dwarf elliptical galaxy
    2. Type-cD galaxy
    3. Faber–Jackson relation
  5. Lenticular galaxy (Level 4)
  6. Irregular galaxy (Level 4)
  7. Dwarf galaxy (Level 4)
  8. Dark galaxy
  9. Brightest cluster galaxy
  10. Ring galaxy
  11. Low surface brightness galaxy
  12. Peculiar galaxy
  13. Lyman-alpha emitter

Active galactic nucleus

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Active galactic nucleus (Level 4)
  2. Eddington luminosity
  3. Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region
  4. Seyfert galaxy (Level 4)
  5. Luminous infrared galaxy
  6. Radio galaxy (Level 4)
  7. Quasar (Level 4)
  8. Blazar (Level 4)
    1. BL Lacertae object
  9. Lyman-alpha forest

Physical cosmology

This section contains 53 articles.