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Lists of astronomical objects

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Astronomical object

Natural physical entity in space

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Ganymede (moon)

Largest moon of Jupiter

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Veil Nebula

Cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus

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Bubble Nebula

Emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia

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16 Psyche

Metallic main-belt asteroid

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173 Ino

Main-belt asteroid

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SN 1961V

1961 supernova-like event in NGC 1058

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Epimetheus (moon)

Moon of Saturn

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2867 Šteins

Main-belt asteroid

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Calypso (moon)

Trojan moon of Saturn

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2675 Tolkien

Asteroid

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Ophelia (moon)

Moon of Uranus

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CfA2 Great Wall

Immense galaxy filament

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5261 Eureka

Trojan asteroid of Mars

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GRB 970228

Gamma-ray burst detected on 28 Feb 1997, the first for which an afterglow was observed

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SN 2002cx

2002 Type Ia supernova event in the constellation Virgo

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6Q0B44E

Object in high Earth orbit

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GRB 060614

June 2006 Gamma-ray burst in the constellation Indus

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SN 2008D
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GRB 090423

Very distant gamma-ray burst detected in 2009

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S/2009 S 1

Small moonlet in Saturn's B ring

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Phoenix Cluster

Galaxy cluster in the constellation Phoenix

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Swift J1644+57

Tidal disruption event in the constellation Draco

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PSR J1719−1438

Millisecond pulsar in the constellation Serpens

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ULAS J1120+0641

One of the most distant quasars known

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SN 2011dh

Supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy

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C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)

Great Comet of 2011

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Styx (moon)

Small natural satellite of Pluto

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WISE 1639−6847

Brown dwarf in the constellation Triangulum Australe

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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)

Non-periodic comet

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Pleiades

Star cluster in the constellation of Taurus

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Omega Centauri

Globular cluster in the constellation Centaurus

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Messier 7

Open star cluster in the constellation of Scorpius

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