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  2. Star chart - Wikipedia

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    A celestial map by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit, 1670. A star chart is a celestial map of the night sky with astronomical objects laid out on a grid system. They are used to identify and locate constellations, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and planets. [1]

  3. File:Constellations, equirectangular plot, Menzel families.svg

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    Add constellation family. 23:23, 27 August 2013: 512 × 256 (85 KB) Cmglee: Colour-code by year established. 01:09, 26 August 2013: 512 × 256 (47 KB) Cmglee {{Information |Description ={{en|1=Equirectangular plot of declination vs right ascension of constellations with a dotted line denoting the ecliptic. Constellations of the zodiac have bold ...

  4. Night sky - Wikipedia

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    Paranal Observatory nights. [3] The concept of noctcaelador tackles the aesthetic perception of the night sky. [4]Depending on local sky cloud cover, pollution, humidity, and light pollution levels, the stars visible to the unaided naked eye appear as hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of white pinpoints of light in an otherwise near black sky together with some faint nebulae or clouds ...

  5. IAU designated constellations by geographical visibility

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    The International Astronomical Union (IAU) designates 88 constellations. [1] In the table below, they are listed by geographical visibility according to latitude as seen from Earth, as well as the best months for viewing the constellations at 21:00 (9 p.m.).

  6. Lists of constellations - Wikipedia

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    The following lists of constellations are available: IAU designated constellations – a list of the current, or "modern", constellations; Former constellations – a list of former constellations; Chinese constellations – traditional Chinese astronomy constellations; List of Nakshatras – sectors along the Moon's ecliptic

  7. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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    The brightest, most massive and most luminous object among those 131 is Sirius A, which is also the brightest star in Earth's night sky; its white dwarf companion Sirius B is the hottest object among them. The largest object within the 20 light-years is Procyon.

  8. Star-painted ceiling - Wikipedia

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    A starry mural in New York's Grand Central Terminal depicts a semi-accurate night sky. The ceiling is decorated with over 2,500 stars and illustrates a North American winter night sky around December 1 - February 28. [24] The constellation arrangement was a replicant of the 1603 star atlas that was created by Johann Bayer. However, the mural is ...

  9. Sky-Map.org - Wikipedia

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    Sky-Map.org (or WikiSky.org) is a wiki and interactive sky map that covers over half a billion known celestial bodies. [1] WikiSky is designed, in part, as a wiki.Users can edit information about different stars by writing articles, adding Internet links, uploading images, or creating a special interest group for a specific task.

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