Messier 96 (M96) is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. The galaxy lies at a distance of 31 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.1. It has the designation NGC 3368 in the New General Catalogue. Messier 96 has an apparent size of 7.6 by 5.2 arc… Read More »Messier 96| Messier Objects
Messier 95 (M95) is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It lies at a distance of 32.6 million light years from Earth. Messier 95 has the designation NGC 3351 in the New General Catalogue. It occupies an area of 3.1 by 2.9 arc minutes of apparent sky, which corresponds to a spatial… Read More »Messier 95| Messier Objects
Messier 105 (M105) is an elliptical galaxy located in the northern constellation Leo. The galaxy lies at a distance of 32 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.2. Its designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 3379. M105 occupies an area of 5.4 by 4.8 arc minutes of apparent… Read More »Messier 105| Messier Objects
Castor, Alpha Geminorum (α Gem), is a sextuple star system located at a distance of 51 ly from Earth in the constellation Gemini. It consists of three binary pairs.| Star Facts
Messier 66 (M66), the brightest and largest member of the Leo Triplet of galaxies, is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in Leo constellation. The galaxy lies at a distance of about 36 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 8.9. It has the designation NGC 3627 in the New General Catalogue.… Read More »Messier 66| Messier Objects
The Leo Triplet, or the M66 Group, is a group of interacting spiral galaxies located in the northern constellation Leo. The group consists of the galaxies Messier 65, Messier 66 and NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy. The Leo Triplet lies at an approximate distance of 35 million light years from Earth. The… Read More »Leo Triplet| Messier Objects
Asterisms are defined as patterns formed by stars of one or more constellations. These star patterns are commonly recognized by observers across the world and once served as a basis for the modern 88 constellations.| www.constellation-guide.com
The Porpoise Galaxy (NGC 2936), also known as the Penguin Galaxy, is an irregular galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. It is interacting with the neighbouring elliptical galaxy NGC 2937.| www.constellation-guide.com
Mimosa, Beta Crucis (β Cru), is a multiple star system located at a distance of 280 ly in the constellation Crux. It is one of the stars of the Southern Cross.| Star Facts
Leo is one of the largest constellations in the northern sky. It is home to Regulus, one of the brightest stars in the sky, the nearby red dwarf Wolf 359, and the Leo Triplet of galaxies.| www.constellation-guide.com
Mebsuta, Epsilon Geminorum (ε Gem) is a yellow supergiant star located 840 light-years away in the constellation Gemini. It marks Castor's leg in the constellation figure of the Twins.| Star Facts
Centaurus is a large constellation located in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is home to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth, the bright galaxy Centaurus A, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri.| www.constellation-guide.com
Gamma Cassiopeiae (γ Cas) is a spectroscopic binary star located at a distance of 550 light years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is the central star of Cassiopeia's W.| Star Facts
Virgo is the second largest constellation in the sky. It is home to the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, and Spica, one of the brightest stars in the sky.| www.constellation-guide.com
Fomalhaut, Alpha Piscis Austrini (α PsA), is a white main sequence star located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. Its hosts a planet, Dagon (Fomalhaut b), and is known for its vast debris disk.| Star Facts
The nearest stars to the Sun include some of the brightest stars in the sky, but the majority of the 100 nearest stars are faint red dwarfs, like our nearest neighbour Proxima Centauri.| Star Facts
The list of all the named stars (stars with names that have been formally approved by the IAU), with name origins and etymologies explained.| Star Facts
The Southern Cross is a bright, diamond-shaped asterism located in the far southern sky. Formed by the brightest stars of the constellation Crux, the asterism is commonly used to find the south celestial pole.| www.constellation-guide.com
Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri (α Tau), is an orange giant star located at a distance of 65.3 ly from Earth in the constellation Taurus. It marks the eye of the Bull.| Star Facts
The Big Dipper is an asterism formed by the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major. It is also known as the Plough, the Saucepan, and the Great Wagon.| www.constellation-guide.com
Alpha Centauri (α Cen) is a triple star system located at a distance of 4.37 light years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is the nearest star system to the Sun and hosts the nearest extrasolar planets to Earth.| Star Facts
Scorpius is a zodiac constellation located in the southern sky. It is home to Antares, one of the brightest stars in the sky, and to the bright open clusters Messier 6 (the Butterfly Cluster) and Messier 7 (Ptolemy's Cluster).| www.constellation-guide.com
Messier 44 (M44), also known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe (the Manger), is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer. Praesepe is a bright, large cluster with an apparent magnitude of 3.7. It lies at a distance of 577 light years from Earth. It has the designation NGC 2632 in the New General… Read More »Messier 44: Beehive Cluster| Messier Objects
Antares, Alpha Scorpii (α Sco) is a red supergiant and supernova candidate located at a distance of 550 ly from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. It is the brightest star in Scorpius and one of the brightest stars in the sky.| Star Facts
Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is a fast-spinning white main sequence star located 25.04 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. Shining at magnitude 0.026, it is the fifth brightest star in the sky. It forms the Summer Triangle with Altair and Deneb.| Star Facts
Deneb (α Cyg) is a blue-white supergiant located 2,615 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The luminous star forms the Summer Triangle with Vega and Altair.| Star Facts
Zodiac constellations are the 12 constellations that lie along the plane of the ecliptic, which is defined by the circular path of the Sun across the sky, as seen from Earth.| www.constellation-guide.com