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Astronomical Stats

Answers to most asked questions - By Greg Walton

OBJEC

Distance from Earth

Diameter

Rotation

Around the Earth

Temperature

Speed

MOON

384,392 km

3,476 km

27.32 days

27.32 days

-150C to150C

0.51

SUN

149,600,000 km

1,402,500 km

29 days

365.256 days

5,800 K

170

 

PLANET

Distance From SUN

Diameter

Rotation

Around the SUN in

Speed

Number of Moons

Mercury

57,910,000 km

4,878 km

58.65 hours

87.97 days

23.93

0

0 Mag

Venus

108,200,000 km

12,012 km

243 hours

224.7 days

17.5

0

-4.4 Mag

Earth

149,600,000 km

12,750 km

23.93 hours

365.256 days

14.89

1

 

Mars

227,940,000 km

6,786 km

24.62 hours

686.98 days

12.06

2

0.4Mag

Jupiter

778,330,000 km

142,984 km

9.8 hours

4,332.71 days

6.53

62

-2Mag

Saturn

1,426,980,000 km

120,536 km

10.6 hours

10,759.5 days

4.82

31

-0.4Mag

Uranus

2,870,990,000 km

51,118 km

17.9 hours

30,685 days

3.4

22

5.5 Mag

Neptune

4,497,070,000 km

49,500 km

19.2 hours

60,190 days

2.72

11

8 Mag

Pluto

5,913,520,000 km

2,300 km

6.4 hours

90,800 days

2.37

1

14 Mag

 

STAR

Distance in LY

Mag

Ra

Dec

Colour

 

N

Nebula

Proxima Centauri

4.2

11.0

14h30m

-62d42m

Red

O

Open cluster

Alpha Centauri

4.3

-0.3

14h40m

-60d50m

Yellow

G

Globular cluster

Beta Centauri

460

0.6

14h4m

-60d22m

White

Gx

Galaxy

Alpha crux

360

0.9

12h27

-63d5m

White

P

Planetary Nebula

Sirius

8.6

-1.5

6h45m

-16d42m

White

d

Degrees

Antares

330

1.0

16h30m

-26d25m

Orange

h

Hours

Betelgeuse

310

0.5

5h55m

7d24m

Red

m

Minutes

Castor

46

1.6

7h35m

31d53m

White

Km

Kilometres

Aldebaran

68

0.9

4h36m

16d30m

Orange

Mag

Brightness

Canopus

1170

-0.7

6h24m

-52d41m

Yellow

LY

Light Years

Rigel

910

0.1

5h15m

-8d12m

White

Speed

Km per Second

 

OBJECT

Distances in LY

Size in LY

Speed

Mag

Degrees

Ra

Dec

LMC-Gx

180,000

17,000

313

0.1

11x9

5h23.6m

-69d45m

SMC-Gx

190,000

9,000

175

2.3

4.6x2.7

0h52.7m

-72d50m

2070-N  Tarantula

180,000

3,000

 

8.3

0.08

5h38.6m

-69d5m

M42-N  Great Orion

1,500

30

 

4

1.17x1

5h35.4m

-5d27m

3372-N  Eta Carinae

6,000

200

 

6

2

10h43.8m

-59d52m

4755-O  Jewel Box

7,600

23

 

4.2

0.17

12h53.6m

-60d20m

3532-O

1,300

 

 

3

0.83

11h6.4m

-58d40m

5139-G  Omega Centauri

16,000

230

 

3.9

0.83

13h26.8m

-47d29m

104-G  47 Tucanae

15,000

220

 

4

0.83

0h24.1m

-72d5m

M22-G

7,800

75

 

5.1

0.55

18h36.4m

-23d54m

M4-G

10,000

100

 

5.9

0.57

16h23.6m

-26d32m

M8-N   Lagoon

5,000

110

 

5.8

1.5x0.65

18h3.8m

-24d23m

M16-N  Eagle

5,900

28

 

6

0.55x0.45

18h18.8m

-13d47m

M17-N  Omega

5,900

300

 

7

0.75x0.6

18h20.8m

-16d11m

M20-N   Trifid

5,000

60

 

6.3

0.46

18h2.6m

-23d2m

M45-O Pleiades

380

12

 

1.2

1.8

3h47m

24d7m

M44-O Praesepe

580

17

33

3.1

1.7

8h40.1m

19d59m

5128-Gx Ham Burger

14,000,000

50,000

545

6.7

0.45x0.3

13h25.5m

-43d1m

4945-Gx

16,000,000

100,000

560

8.8

0.3x0.08

13h5.4m

-49d28m

253-Gx  Silver Coin

11,000,000

80,000

250

7.6

0.43x0.1

0h47.6m

-25d17m

55-Gx

4,000,000

 

125

8.1

0.5x0.1

0h15.1m

-39d13m

M57-P  Ring Nebula

1,600

 

 

8.8

0.02

18h53.6

33d2m

M31-Gx Andromeda

2,500,000

125,000

-68

3.4

3.2x1

0h42.7m

41d16m

M83-Gx

15,000,000

80,000

514

7.5

0.15

13h37m 

-29d52m

M104-Gx  Sombrero

41,000,000

100,000

1,083

8.3

0.22x0.07

12h40m 

-11d37m

M7-O

800

20

 

3.3

1.33

17h53.9m

-34d49m

M46-O+2438-P

3,200

24

 

6.1

0.43

7h41.8m

-14d49m

Coal Sack

500

60

 

none

6.7x5

12h53m

-63d

Milky Way

30,000 to center

100,000

 

 

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100,000,000,000 stars

 
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