A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is Sol. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated 1022 to 1024 stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye, all within the Milky Way galaxy.
Subcategories
This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.
B
- Binary Star Systems (4 P)
D
- Dwarf stars (1 P)
F
- Flare stars (1 P)
G
- Giant M-type (1 P)
M
- Main Sequence A-type (6 P)
- Main Sequence B-type (3 P)
- Main Sequence F-type (9 P)
- Main Sequence G-type (17 P)
- Main Sequence K-type (15 P)
- Main Sequence M-type (1 P)
- Main Sequence O-type (1 P)
N
- Neutron (2 P)
U
- Unknown spectral type (2 P)
V
- Variable spectral type (1 P)
W
- White Dwarf A-type (2 P)
Pages in category "Stars"
The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.