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The purpose of this project is to guide the organization and style of Astronomy-related articles, organize Category:Astronomy and maintain Portal:Astronomy.

Subprojects of WikiProject Astronomy include WikiProject Astronomical objects, The Constellations Task Force and the Astronomy Image Review. Related WikiProjects include WikiProject Space, WikiProject Solar System, WikiProject Mars, WikiProject Moon and WikiProject Unmanned space missions.

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Recognized content

Featured articles

Also see Category:FA-Class Astronomy articles
Solar systems and smaller:
Image:LinkFA-star.png Asteroid belt
Image:LinkFA-star.png Callisto (moon)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Ceres (dwarf planet)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Comet
Image:LinkFA-star.png Comet Hale-Bopp
Image:LinkFA-star.png Comet Hyakutake
Image:LinkFA-star.png Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Image:LinkFA-star.png Definition of planet
Image:LinkFA-star.png Dwarf planet
Image:LinkFA-star.png Earth
Image:LinkFA-star.png Enceladus (moon)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Eris (dwarf planet)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Europa (moon)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Extrasolar planet
Image:LinkFA-star.png Formation and evolution of the Solar System
Image:LinkFA-star.png Ganymede (moon)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Jupiter
Image:LinkFA-star.png Io (moon)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Kreutz Sungrazers
Image:LinkFA-star.png Kuiper belt
Image:LinkFA-star.png Mars
Image:LinkFA-star.png Mercury (planet)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Moon
Image:LinkFA-star.png Neptune
Image:LinkFA-star.png Oort cloud
Image:LinkFA-star.png Planet
Image:LinkFA-star.png Planetary habitability
Image:LinkFA-star.png Pluto
Image:LinkFA-star.png Rings of Jupiter
Image:LinkFA-star.png Saturn
Image:LinkFA-star.png Solar System
Image:LinkFA-star.png Solar eclipse
Image:LinkFA-star.png Titan (moon)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Triton (moon)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Uranus
Image:LinkFA-star.png Venus
Image:LinkFA-star.png Venus transit


Stellar objects and remnants:
Image:LinkFA-star.png Barnard's Star
Image:LinkFA-star.png Binary star
Image:LinkFA-star.png Cat's Eye Nebula
Image:LinkFA-star.png Crab Nebula
Image:LinkFA-star.png Cygnus X-1
Image:LinkFA-star.png Globular cluster
Image:LinkFA-star.png H II region
Image:LinkFA-star.png Herbig-Haro object
Image:LinkFA-star.png IK Pegasi
Image:LinkFA-star.png Nebular hypothesis
Image:LinkFA-star.png Open cluster
Image:LinkFA-star.png Planetary nebula
Image:LinkFA-star.png Sirius
Image:LinkFA-star.png Star
Image:LinkFA-star.png Sun
Image:LinkFA-star.png Supernova
Image:LinkFA-star.png Tau Ceti
Image:LinkFA-star.png Vega
Image:LinkFA-star.png White dwarf
Galaxies and larger:
Image:LinkFA-star.png Big Bang
Image:LinkFA-star.png Redshift
Image:LinkFA-star.png Galaxy
Image:LinkFA-star.png Hubble Deep Field
Others:
Image:LinkFA-star.png Astrophysics Data System
Image:LinkFA-star.png Fermi paradox
Image:LinkFA-star.png Hubble Space Telescope

Featured lists

Image:LinkFA-star.png Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Image:LinkFA-star.png List of molecules in interstellar space
Image:LinkFA-star.png List of space telescopes
Image:LinkFA-star.png Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons

Featured pictures

See Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Astronomy.

Featured topics

Image:LinkFA-star.png Solar System

Good articles

Also see Category:GA-Class Astronomy articles
Solar systems and smaller:
Good article 16 Cygni
Good article 16 Cygni Bb
Good article 2 Pallas
Good article 253 Mathilde
Good article 4 Vesta
Good article 47 Ursae Majoris b
Good article 47 Ursae Majoris c
Good article 55 Cancri b
Good article 55 Cancri c
Good article 55 Cancri d
Good article 55 Cancri e
Good article 90377 Sedna
Good article Amalthea (moon)
Good article Asteroid
Good article Atmosphere of Venus
Good article Gliese 876 b
Good article Gliese 876 c
Good article Gliese 876 d
Good article Great Comet of 1882
Good article HD 209458 b
Good article HD 217107 b
Good article HD 217107 c
Good article Upsilon Andromedae b
Good article Upsilon Andromedae c
Good article Upsilon Andromedae d
Galaxies and larger:
Good article Andromeda Galaxy
Good article Cosmic inflation
Good article Cosmic microwave background radiation
Good article Hubble's law
Good article Milky Way
Stellar objects and remnants:
Good article 47 Ursae Majoris
Good article 55 Cancri
Good article 61 Cygni
Good article Algol
Good article Gliese 876
Good article HD 217107
Good article Main sequence
Good article Mu Arae
Good article PSR B1620-26c
Good article Type II supernova
Good article Type Ia supernova
Good article Upsilon Andromedae
Others:
Good article Astronomy
Good article Deep Impact (space mission)
Good article Diffuse interstellar band
Good article Dyson sphere
Good article Galileo Galilei
Good article Gamma ray burst
Good article Granat
Good article Heliocentrism
Good article History of supernova observation
Good article Islamic astronomy
Good article Jodrell Bank Observatory
Good article Lovell Telescope
Good article Space Interferometry Mission
Good article Space weathering
Good article University of Illinois Observatory
Good article Warner and Swasey Observatory

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Article ratings

Also see Category:Astronomy articles by quality
Astronomy
articles
Importance
None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 67 67
A 1 1
Good article GA 60 60
B 85 85
Start 385 385
Stub 4144 4144
List 1 1
Assessed 4743 4743
Unassessed 12172 12172
Total 16915 16915

You can add articles using {{WPAstronomy}}. Recent additions are listed here. The vital and prioritized articles for this project are detailed on the worklist.

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  1. Geremia (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. Kushan I.A.K.J (talk) 09:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
  3. Exodio 14:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  4. Dr. Submillimeter 19:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  5. Stebbins 19:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mike Peel 23:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
  7. Miraculousrandomness 20:31, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  8. Aerobird 21:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  9. Anonymous Dissident 15:31 19 January 2007 (UTC) Interested in astronomy, here to help!
  10. mikeu 19:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC) Also working on the astronomy learning project at wikiversity
  11. Oldfield 10:00, 6 Febrary 2007 (UTC)
  12. Icez 19:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
  13. Rursus 19:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  14. Branson03 21:48, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
  15. WilliamKF 20:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
  16. Jet123 10:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
  17. IvoShandor 14:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  18. Greg Woodhouse 20:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
  19. Rwboa22 21:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
  20. NealMcB 03:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  21. Pulsar 14:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
  22. Retiono Virginian 15:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC). Love space and the universe.
  23. Clh28800 Chris H 23:37, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  24. GhostTrain 23:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  25. *bloodspiller*
  26. WilyD 14:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  27. Goutham787 08:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  28. GalacticExplorer 18:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  29. FeanorStar7--FeanorStar7 12:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC); will help where I can (mainly proofreading)
  30. GalaxyHound 20:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
  31. Raddick 19:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
  32. DMeyering 14:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  33. Madkayaker 02:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC) Willing to help wherever I can, am interested in astronomy
  34. Nojika 04:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
  35. Cosmo0 16:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
  36. Poison the Well 04:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
  37. HunterTruth 20:40, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  38. Orcahuman (talk) 03:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  39. Oth (talk) 17:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
  40. Cam (complaints/Discussion) 04:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
  41. Wwheaton (talk) 20:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
  42. Coolgyingman (talk) 15:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  43. Tj999 (talk) 16:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
  44. Ginogrz (talk) 06:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
  45. JoshuaKuo (talk) 11:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  46. ASHill (talk) 02:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
  47. Razorflame 15:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC) assessing articles
  48. Sapphire Flame (talk) 16:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC) Willing to help however I can.
  49. Neffyring I',m very interested in astronomy. Hope my knowledge helps.
  50. Proxima Centauri 2 Please check my edits. I'm an amateur astronomer.
  51. AtheWeatherman (talk) 08:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC). Loads of stuff on Astronomy. Hope I can help.
  52. Jepetto armature extraodinaire!
  53. Scapler (talk) 16:56, 7 June 2008 (UTC) expanding and categorizing articles

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