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31 relations: AE Aurigae, Binary star, Bright Star Catalogue, Chinese astronomy, Columba (constellation), Constellation, Delta Columbae, Durchmusterung, Gamma Columbae, Henry Draper Catalogue, Hipparcos, Iota Orionis, Kappa Columbae, Lambda Canis Majoris, Lambda Columbae, Light-year, Pinyin, Proper motion, Radial velocity, Relative velocity, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, Solar System, Star, Stellar classification, Stellar kinematics, Sun, Theta Columbae, Three Stars (Chinese constellation), Trapezium Cluster, Xi Columbae, Zeta Canis Majoris.
AE Aurigae
AE Aurigae (abbreviated as AE Aur) is a runaway star in the constellation Auriga; it lights the Flaming Star Nebula.
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Binary star
A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycenter.
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Bright Star Catalogue
The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars or Yale Bright Star Catalogue, is a star catalogue that lists all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth.
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Chinese astronomy
Astronomy in China has a long history, beginning from the Shang Dynasty (Chinese Bronze Age).
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Columba (constellation)
Columba is a small, faint constellation created in the late sixteenth century.
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Constellation
A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.
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Delta Columbae
Delta Columbae is a binary star system in the constellation Columba.
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Durchmusterung
In astronomy, Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung (BD), is the comprehensive astrometric star catalogue of the whole sky, compiled by the Bonn Observatory (Germany) from 1859 to 1903.
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Gamma Columbae
Gamma Columbae, Latinized from γ Columbae, is a possible wide binary star system in the southern constellation of Columba.
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Henry Draper Catalogue
The Henry Draper Catalogue (HD) is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension (HDE), published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the Henry Draper Extension Charts (HDEC), published from 1937 to 1949 in the form of charts, which gave classifications for 86,933 more stars.
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Hipparcos
Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.
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Iota Orionis
Iota Orionis (ι Orionis, abbreviated Iot Ori, ι Ori) is a multiple star system in the equatorial constellation of Orion the hunter.
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Kappa Columbae
Kappa Columbae, Latinized from κ Columbae, is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Columba.
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Lambda Canis Majoris
Lambda Canis Majoris (λ Canis Majoris) is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the constellation Canis Major.
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Lambda Columbae
Lambda Columbae, Latinized from λ Columbae, is a probable binary star in the southern constellation of Columba.
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Light-year
The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.
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Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin Romanization, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan.
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Proper motion
Proper motion is the astronomical measure of the observed changes in the apparent places of stars or other celestial objects in the sky, as seen from the center of mass of the Solar System, compared to the abstract background of the more distant stars.
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Radial velocity
The radial velocity of an object with respect to a given point is the rate of change of the distance between the object and the point.
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Relative velocity
The relative velocity \vec_ (also \vec_ or \vec_) is the velocity of an object or observer B in the rest frame of another object or observer A.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog is an astrometric star catalogue.
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Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
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Star
A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.
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Stellar classification
In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.
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Stellar kinematics
In astronomy, stellar kinematics is the observational study or measurement of the kinematics or motions of stars through space.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Theta Columbae
Theta Columbae (θ Columbae, abbreviated Theta Col, θ Col), also named Elkurud, is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Columba.
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Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
The Three Stars mansion is one of the twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations.
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Trapezium Cluster
The Trapezium or Orion Trapezium Cluster, also known by its Bayer designation of Theta1 Orionis, is a tight open cluster of stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula, in the constellation of Orion.
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Xi Columbae
Xi Columbae is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Columba.
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Zeta Canis Majoris
Zeta Canis Majoris (ζ Canis Majoris, abbreviated Zeta CMa, ζ CMa), also named Furud, is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation of Canis Major.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_Columbae
