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NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) [3] [4] at a distance of 9,100 ly (2,800 pc) from Earth. [2] It is closely associated with the emission nebula IC 2599 , also known as Gum 31 . [ 5 ]
Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds . Charles O'Rear , a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo in January 1998 near the Napa – Sonoma county line, California, after a ...
Beta Canis Majoris is the star's Bayer designation.The traditional names Mirzam, Al-Murzim or Murzim, [11] derive from the Arabic (مرزم) for 'The Herald', and probably refer to its position, heralding (i.e., rising before) Sirius in the night sky.
VY Canis Majoris is a highly evolved star yet less than 10 million years old (Myr old). Some old writings envisaged the star as a very young protostar or a massive pre-main-sequence star with an age of only 1 Myr and typically a circumstellar disk. [15] It has probably evolved from a hot, dense O9 main sequence star of 5–20 R ☉ (solar radii).
The current designation reflects modern consensus on Bayer's decision, that the star belongs in Piscis Austrinus. [26] Under the rules for naming objects in multiple-star systems, the three components – Fomalhaut, TW Piscis Austrini and LP 876-10 – are designated A, B and C, respectively.
Notable variable stars (prototypes, rare or otherwise important). Nearest stars (<20 ly). Stars with planets. Notable neutron stars, black holes, and other exotic stellar objects/remnants. Note that these lists are currently unfinished, and there may be stars missing that satisfy these conditions. If you come across one, please feel free to add it.
Delta Orionis is the star's Bayer designation, 34 Orionis its Flamsteed designation. The name Mintaka itself is derived from an Arabic term for 'belt': منطقة or manṭaqa . [ 18 ] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [ 19 ] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars.
δ Geminorum (Latinised to Delta Geminorum) is the system's Bayer designation.. It bore the traditional name Wasat, which derives from the Arabic word for "middle". [11] [12] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [13] to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars.