Lists of astronomical objects

Selection of astronomical bodies and objects:

Moon Mimas and Ida, an asteroid with its own moon, Dactyl
Comet Lovejoy and Jupiter, a giant gas planet
The Sun; Sirius A with Sirius B, a white dwarf; the Crab Nebula, a remnant supernova
A black hole (artist concept); Vela Pulsar, a rotating neutron star
M80, a globular cluster, and the Pleiades, an open star cluster
The Whirlpool Galaxy and Abell 2744, a galaxy cluster
Superclusters, galactic filaments and voids

Notable astronomical objects and their known physical features

This is a list of lists, grouped by type of astronomical object.

Solar System

Minor planets

List of minor planets
- List of exceptional asteroids
- List of minor planet moons
- List of damocloids
- List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies)
- List of trans-Neptunian objects
- List of unnumbered minor planets
- List of dwarf planets
- List of possible dwarf planets
- List of predicted asteroid impacts on Earth

Exoplanets, Exomoons and brown dwarfs

Stars and star systems

Lists of stars
- List of brightest stars
- List of hottest stars
- List of coolest stars
- List of nearest bright stars
- List of most luminous stars
- List of most massive stars
- List of largest stars
- List of stars with resolved images
- List of smallest stars
- List of oldest stars
- List of stars with proplyds
- List of variable stars
  - List of Wolf-Rayet stars
  - List of luminous blue variable stars
  - List of O-type stars
  - List of stars that have unusual dimming periods
- List of X-ray pulsars
- List of brown dwarfs
- List of white dwarfs
List of multiplanetary systems

lists of stars by distance

List of nearest stars (from 0ly to 20ly)
- List of nearest stars by spectral type
- List of nearest bright stars

List of most distant stars

by Luminosity

List of nearest giant stars
List of nearest supergiants
List of nearest hypergiants

20 light years to 50 light years

50 light-years to 100 light-years away

List of star systems within 50–55 light-years
List of star systems within 55–60 light-years
List of star systems within 60–65 light-years
List of star systems within 65–70 light-years
List of star systems within 70–75 light-years
List of star systems within 75–80 light-years
List of star systems within 80–85 light-years
List of star systems within 85–90 light-years
List of star systems within 90–95 light-years
List of star systems within 95–100 light-years

100–250 light-years away

List of star systems within 100–150 light-years
List of star systems within 150–200 light-years
List of star systems within 200–250 light-years

250-500 light-years away

List of star systems within 250–300 light-years
List of star systems within 300–350 light-years
List of star systems within 350–400 light-years
List of star systems within 400–450 light-years
List of star systems within 450–500 light-years

Supernova

Star constellations

Lists of constellations
- Lists of stars by constellation
- List of constellations by area
- List of IAU designated constellations

Star clusters

Nebulae

Lists of nebulae
- List of dark nebulae
- List of diffuse nebulae
- List of planetary nebulae
- List of protoplanetary nebulae
- List of largest nebulae

Galaxies

Lists of galaxies

Satellite galaxies

Galaxy groups and clusters

Black holes

Lists of black holes
- List of black holes
- List of fastest rotating black holes
- List of most massive black holes
- List of nearest known black holes
- List of quasars

Other lists

List of voids
- List of largest voids
List of largest cosmic structures
List of the most distant astronomical objects
List of neutron stars
List of most massive neutron stars
List of least massive black holes
List of resolved circumstellar disks
List of brightest natural objects in the sky
List of gravitational wave observations

Astronomical catalogues

List of astronomical catalogues

By Galaxies

By Nebulae

By Stars

List of Winnecke Objects

By Exoplanets

List of Kepler Objects
- List of Kepler Objects (1-500)
- List of Kepler Objects (501-1000)
- List of Kepler Objects (1001-1500)
- List of Kepler Objects (1501-2000)
- List of Kepler Objects (2001-2500)
List of Kepler's K2 Objects
List of HAT-P objects
List of WASP Objects
List of XO Objects
List of CoRoT Objects
List of MOA Objects
List of OGLE Objects

Map of astronomical objects

In this map of the Observable Universe, objects appear enlarged to show their shape. From left to right celestial bodies are arranged according to their proximity to the Earth. This horizontal (distance to Earth) scale is logarithmic.