WORLD GEOGRAPHY (SPACE2)

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

                                              SPACE (2.)

FAMOUS STARS

NAME	REMARKS
Polaris	Pole Star
Sirius
Canopus
Alpha Centauri (RigilKentaurus)	Three Stars – Alpha Centauri A & B & C. Closest star system of Sun.
Arcturus
Vega
Capella

FAMOUS COMETS

NAME	REMARKS
Halley’s Comet	Visits Inner Solar System Every 75-76 Years
Kohoutek
Kirch’s Comet	Brightest of 17th Century
Lovejoy
McNaught
Hale-Bopp
Borrelly
Encke

FAMOUS MOONS

MOON	PLANET	REMARKS
Europa	Jupiter	Frozen Exterior
Io	Jupiter
Ganymede	Jupiter	Largest moon. Magnetic field.
Mimas	Saturn
Enceladus	Saturn
Hyperion	Saturn
Iapetus	Saturn
Titan	Saturn	·         Only moon with dense atmosphere. ·         Huygens Space probe landed on it.
Phobos	Mars
Triton	Neptune	Orbits in a direction opposite of Parent Planet

WORLD GEOGRAPHY ( SPACE PART-1)

WORLD GEOGRAPHY ON TIPS

SPACE(1)

FAMOUS GALAXIES

NAME OF GALAXY	DISTANCE	REMARKS
Milky Way	0 LY
Canis Major Dwarf	25000 LY	Satellite of Milky Way. Nearest Galaxy. But status of galaxy is disputed.
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal	81000LY
Large Magellanic Cloud	158000 LY	Satellite Galaxy
Andromeda	2500000 LY	Closest Spiral & Big Galaxy
Cigar	11500000 LY
Pinwheel	20870000 LY
The Black Eye Galaxy	24000000 LY	Also Called Evil Eye or Sleeping Beauty Galaxy.
Sombrero	29350000 LY
Whirlpool	30000000 LY
NGC 1300	61000000 LY
Tadpole	420000000 LY
Hoag’s objects	600000000 LY

FAMOUS CONSTELLATIONS

NAME	REMARKS
Aquarius, The water Bearer
Aries
Cancer, The Crab
Capricornus, The Sea Goat
Draco, The Dragon
Gemini, The Twins
Leo, The Lion
Libra, the Scales
Ophiuchus, The Snake Bearer
Orion, The Hunter
Pegasus, The Winged Horse
Pisces, The Fishes
Sagittarius	Largest of Southern Hemisphere
Scorpius, The Scorpion
Taurus, The Bull
Virgo, The Virgin	Largest constellation of Zodiac
Ursa Major	Saptarishi is part of it
Hydra	Largest
Crux	Smallest