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[edit] Welcome to AstroWiki

Astrowiki is a wiki that is about astronomy. We have (or hope to have) articles on astronomy concepts , major astronomers , Observatories and telescopes,astronomy related organizations , manned and unmanned space missions,informaiton on astronomy gatherings , astronomy tools & software, and celestial bodies of all kinds.

[edit] Articles

[edit] Concepts

[edit] Events

astrowiki/Big Bang

[edit] Types of Objects

[edit] star

Red Dwarf

Brown Dwarf

Yellow Dwarf

White Dwarf

Black Dwarf

Protostar

Variable Star

[edit] Galaxies

Spiral Galaxies

Barred spiral galaxy

Dwarf galaxy

Ring galaxy

[edit] Closest Stars to Earth

Sun 1 AU away

Nemesis (hypothetical) 50,000 to 100,000 AU away

Proxima Centauri 4.2 Light Years away

Alpha Centauri A 4.3 Light Years away

Alpha Centauri B 4.3 Light Years away

Barnard's Star 6.0 Light Years away

Wolf 359 7.7 Light Years away

BD 36 2147 8.2 Light Years away

Lalande 21185 8.3 Light Years away

Luyten 726-8A 8.4 Light Years away

Luyten 726-8B 8.4 Light Years away

Sirius A 8.6 Light Years away

Sirius B 8.6 Light Years away

Ross 154 9.4 Light Years away

Ross 248 10.4 Light Years away

Epsilon Eri 10.8 Light Years away

Ross 128 10.4 Light Years away

61 Cyg A 11.1 Light Years away

61 Cyg B 11.1 Light Years away

Epsilon Ind 11.2 Light Years away

BD 43 44 A 11.2 Light Years away

BD 43 44 B 11.2 Light Years away

Luyten 789-6 11.2 Light Years away

Procyon A 11.4 Light Years away

Procyon B 11.4 Light Years away

BD 59 1915 A 11.4 Light Years away

BD 59 1915 B 11.4 Light Years away

CoD 36 15693 11.6 Light Years away

[edit] Other Types of Objects

Black Hole

Fuzzball

Supermassive Black Hole

[edit] Space Flight

Timeline of Space Flight

[edit] Earily Airplane Flights

Wright Brothers' Flight

[edit] Manned Space Missions

Apollo Missions

Space Shuttle

[edit] Unmanned

[edit] Editing This Wiki

Citing Sources

[edit] Quizzes

[edit] What Not to Post On this wiki

Link Spam

Vandalism