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Definitions of words used within this website

aperture

arcminute

arcsecond

asteroid

blue-shift

CCD (Camera)

comet

declination (Dec)

emission nebula

galaxy

galaxy morphological classification

globular cluster

H-Alpha (Hydrogen-Alpha) Region

H-II Region

HST (Hubble Space Telescope)

ionization

IRAS

Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis

lightyear

LINEAR

Local Group

Lord Rosse

maser

metal (Metallicity)

Milky Way

The Moon

nebula

neutron star

OB stars

open cluster

planetary nebula

red-shift

reflection nebula

right ascension (RA)

ROSAT

spectroscopy

stellar classification

supernova remnant

T Tauri star

ultra-violet

universe

Wolf-Rayet star

X-ray









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