RED SUPERGIANT STARVariable
Betelgeuse
A nearby red supergiant marking Orion’s shoulder and nearing the end of its stellar life.
- CONSTELLATION
- Orion
NEON ARCHIVE / DEEP SPACE DATABASE
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BINARY STAR SYSTEM-1.46
Sirius
The brightest star in Earth’s night sky, a familiar winter-sky anchor.
- CONSTELLATION
- Canis Major
MULTIPLE STAR SYSTEM1.98
Polaris
The North Star, positioned close to the north celestial pole.
- CONSTELLATION
- Ursa Minor
EMISSION NEBULA4.0
Orion Nebula
A bright stellar nursery visible as the middle fuzzy point in Orion’s sword.
- CONSTELLATION
- Orion
SUPERNOVA REMNANT8.4
Crab Nebula
The expanding debris of a supernova recorded by observers in 1054, powered by a pulsar.
- CONSTELLATION
- Taurus
SPIRAL GALAXY3.44
Andromeda Galaxy
The nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way and a naked-eye dark-sky target.
- CONSTELLATION
- Andromeda
OPEN STAR CLUSTER1.6
Pleiades
A compact, blue-white star cluster also known as the Seven Sisters.
- CONSTELLATION
- Taurus
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLENot visible
Sagittarius A*
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, imaged through its hot surroundings.
- CONSTELLATION
- Sagittarius
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLENot visible
M87*
The black hole whose shadow was first imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope.
- CONSTELLATION
- Virgo
PERIODIC COMETVariable
Halley’s Comet
The famous short-period comet whose returns helped establish that comets are periodic visitors.
- CONSTELLATION
- Variable
DWARF PLANET / ASTEROIDVariable
Ceres
The largest object in the asteroid belt and the first dwarf planet visited by a spacecraft.
- CONSTELLATION
- Variable
PROTOPLANET / ASTEROIDVariable
Vesta
A differentiated world in the asteroid belt explored in detail by NASA’s Dawn mission.
- CONSTELLATION
- Variable
COLLECTION INDEX12 COSMIC OBJECT RECORDS