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The Astronomy Workgroup will organize and coordinate efforts to create and improve articles relating to Astronomy. If you are interested in participating, you may add yourself to Category:Astronomy Authors, then simply dive in and begin contributing!
Please note that information below may be out-of-date.
Core articles
Core articles are those that are as-yet unwritten and so should be prioritised. Please start articles on the topics below. Click here to edit this transcluded list.
Articles
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Parent Topics
Subtopics
- Astrophysics [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Amateur Astronomy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- History of astronomy [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subdisciplines
- Planetary science [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stellar astronomy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Galactic astronomy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Extragalactic astronomy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cosmology [r]: Add brief definition or description
High priority articles
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Main subject areas
Astronomy | Astrology | Astrophysics | Cosmology | History of astronomy
Sub-disciplines
Archaeoastronomy | Astrometry | Gamma ray astronomy | Infrared astronomy | Radio Astronomy | Ultraviolet astronomy | X-ray astronomy
Astronomical objects and concepts
Constellations, Star Groups and Galaxies
Constellation | Galaxy | Nebula
- IAU Constellations: Andromeda | Antlia | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Boötes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Australis | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Vela | Virgo | Volans | Vulpecula
- Other Star Groups: Pleiades | Great Square
- Nebulae and Galaxies: Andromeda Galaxy | Crab Nebula | Magellanic Clouds | Milky Way | Orion nebula
Solar system
- Typology: Asteroid | Comet | Dwarf Planet | Meteor | Planet |
- Planets: Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune
- Dwarf Planets: Ceres | Pluto | Eris
- Satellites: Moon | Galilean satellites
- Comets: Halley's comet | Hale-Bopp
Position Astronomy
Celestial coordinates | Poles | Polar Circles | Proper motion | Tropic
Astrophysical Objects & Concepts
- Sun: Solar wind | Sun | Sunspots
- Stars: Binary star | Black Hole | Cepheid variable | Flare star | HR Diagram | Neutron star | Nova | Pulsar | Star | Star formation | Stellar evolution | Supernova | Variable star | White dwarf
- Inter- and set of stars: Globular cluster | H I region | H II region | Interstellar matter | Open cluster | Planetary nebula | Quasar | Stellar populations
Mechanical Concepts
Celestial mechanics | Kepler's laws | Precession | Tides
Cosmology
Big Bang | Cosmic microwave background | Cosmic rays | Dark matter | Hubble constant | Olber's paradox | Universe
People and Works
Biography
Walter Baade | Friedrich Bessell | Tycho Brahe | Annie Jump Cannon | Alvan Clark | Nicholas Copernicus | Galileo Galilei | George Ellery Hale | William Herschel | Edwin Hubble | Jacobus Kapteyn | Johannes Kepler | Gerard Kuiper | Henrietta Leavitt | Isaac Newton | Edward C. Pikering | Ptolemy | Henry Norris Russell | Harlow Shapley
Books and publications
Almagest | De Revolutionibus | Nuncius Sidereus | Astronomia Nova | Principia | Astronomical Journal | Astrophysical Journal | BD Catalogue | Henry Draper Catalogue | New General Catalogue | Messier Catalogue
Astronomical Instruments and Techniques
Instruments
Techniques
Photometry | Stellar parallax | Spectroscopy
Space Exploration
Galileo (interplanetary space probe) | Sputnik | ISS | Voyager
Measuring
- Space: Astronomical Unit | Light year | Parsec
- Time: Calendar
Organizations
AAVSO | AURA | IAU | ESA | NASA | RAS | Webb Society
Observatories
Greenwich Observatory | Harvard College Observatory | Lick Observatory | Arecibo Observatory | Palomar Observatory | International Space Station | Hubble Space Telescope | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | Kitt Peak National Observatory | Mauna Kea Observatory