List of astronomical objects named after people

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This is a list of astronomical objects named after people. While topological features on Solar System bodies — such as craters, mountains, and valleys — are often named after famous or historical individuals, many stars and deep-sky objects are named after the individual(s) who discovered or otherwise studied it.

This list does not include astronomical objects named after mythological or fictional characters.

Clusters and groups

Stars

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  • Ptolemy's Cluster (Messier 7) is an open star cluster in Scorpius, named after Ptolemy.
  • Webb's wreath is a telescopic asterism in Hercules, named after Thomas William Webb.<ref>T. W. Webb, Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, Volume 2: The Stars, page 145 (Wreath of stars)</ref>

Galaxies

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Galaxy clusters and superclusters

Comets

Comet names are often given for the astronomer(s) who discovered it, but they can also be for scientists who gave significant contributions towards their study.

Interstellar comets

Great comets

Periodic comets

Sungrazing comets

Others

Craters

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Galaxies

In most cases, the named individual was the person who discovered the galaxy, who first brought attention to it, or who first studied it scientifically. Many of the brighter galaxies visible from the Northern Hemisphere have Messier numbers, named after Charles Messier. There are a few other comprehensive catalogs that assign the cataloguer's name to galaxies. For instance, Markarian galaxies, named after Benjamin Markarian, are galaxies with excess blue and ultraviolet emission;<ref>B. E. Markarian (1967), A catalog of Markarian galaxies, Astrofizika 3, 55</ref> galaxies in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies are assigned an Arp number after Halton Arp who produced the catalog; etc. Objects in these catalogs are excluded below, except in cases where they carry the name of an additional person.

Minor planets and Solar System features

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Nebulae

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Stars

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Other astronomical features

See also

References

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