Wiki143:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Infoboxes

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This page is where work is being done to come up with a generic table template to be used for organizing a list of facts about various astronomical bodies such as planets, natural satellites, and maybe also smaller bodies such as asteroids and comets (though I suspect that both asteroids and comets will be better served by having their own template design).

Non-stellar astronomical objects

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Main template: Infobox planet

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This template has been designed for the presentation of information on non-stellar astronomical objects: planets (including extrasolar planets), dwarf planets, moons and minor planets. For Template:Section link and Template:Section link, alternative templates exist.

The adjunct infobox-example is generated by the Template:Tl template for the minor planet Template:Mpl. This example uses the following wikicode:

<templatestyles src="Pre/styles.css"/>

{{Infobox planet
 | minorplanet     = yes
 | name            = {{mp|(78799) 2002 XW|93}}
 | background      = #C2E0FF
 | image           = 
 | caption         = 
 | discovery_ref   = &thinsp;ref name="MPC-78799" /><ref name="MPEC2003-Y55" />
 | discovered      = 10 December 2002
 | discoverer      = [[Palomar Observatory|Palomar]] {{small|team}}
 | discovery_site  = [[Palomar Observatory|Palomar Obs.]]
 | mp_name         = {{mp|(78799) 2002 XW|93}}
 | alt_names       = {{mp|2002 XW|93}}
 | named_after     = 
 | mp_category     = [[Trans-Neptunian object|TNO]]&thinsp;<ref name="MPC-78799" />
 | orbit_ref       = <ref name="jpldata" />
 | epoch           = 31 July 2016 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2457600.5)
 | uncertainty     = 3
 | observation_arc = {{nowrap|18.76 yr (6,852 days)}}
 | aphelion        = 46.780 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
 | perihelion      = 28.193 AU
 | semimajor       = 37.487 AU
 | eccentricity    = 0.2479
 | period          = 229.52 [[Julian year (astronomy)|yr]] (83,833 days)
 | mean_anomaly    = 141.33[[Degree (angle)|°]]
 | mean_motion     = {{Deg2DMS|0.0043|sup=ms}} / day
 | inclination     = 14.382°
 | asc_node        = 46.926°
 | arg_peri        = 247.23°
 | dimensions      = 584 [[Kilometre|km]]<ref name="Brown" /><br />565 km<ref name="tnolist" />
 | mass            = 
 | rotation        = 
 | albedo          = 
 | spectral_type   = 
 | abs_magnitude   = 5.5<ref name="jpldata" />
}}

Note

  • for a clean syntax, citations should be listed separately in the article's "References" section Template:Crossreference.
  • The above example uses a basic parameter selection for minor planets with some parameters such as |image= and |mass= left empty.
  • The template has an optional astron argument whose default value is helion; this allows its use to describe asteroid moons, as in the [[S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1|S/2000 (Template:Mp) 1]] example.
  • Formatting unnamed minor planets

References: segregated citations used in infobox

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Comets

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". As discussed above, comets might be served better by a different template. Here is a suggestion for Template:Tl we can toy with until we are happy with it. Awolf002 00:23, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Useful sources

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Planets

Planetary moons

Dwarf planets

Moons of dwarf planets

Minor planets

Cometary objects

Any small Solar System body

Footer template examples

Particularly useful are the footer templates Template:Tl for minor planets, the footer template Template:Tl for comets, and the footer template Template:Tl for both minor planets and comets.

Example
Template:Tl for asteroid 61 Danaë

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Example
Template:Tl for comet 9P/Tempel
Numbered comets

Template:S-break

Previous
8P/Tuttle 		9P/Tempel Next
10P/Tempel

Template:S-break

Example
Template:Tl for any small Solar System body

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Stellar objects

Starbox tree

Alpha Centauri
File:Position Alpha Cen.png
The position of Alpha Centauri.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 14h 39m 36.2s
Declination -60° 50′ 8.2″
Apparent magnitude (V) -0.01
Characteristics
Spectral type G2 V
U−B Template:Engvar 0.24
B−V Template:Engvar 0.65
Variable type N/A
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)21.6 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -3678.19 mas/yr
Dec.: +481.84 mas/yr
Parallax (π)747.23±1.17 mas
Distance4.38 ly
(1.33 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)4.40
Details
Mass1.10/0.91 Template:Solar mass
Radius1.23/0.87 Template:Solar radius
Luminosity1.57/0.51 Template:Solar luminosity
Temperature5,800/5,300 K
Metallicity130-230% Sun
Rotation?
Age5-6 × 109 years
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Orbit
CompanionAlpha Centauri B
Period (P)79.92 yr
Semi-major axis (a)17.515″
Eccentricity (e)0.516
Inclination (i)79.24°
Longitude of the node (Ω)204.87° (ascending)°
Periastron epoch (T)1955.56
Other designations
α1 Cen, CP -60° 5483 A, Gliese 559A, FK5 538, HD 128620, HIP 71683, HR 5459, LHS 50, SAO 252838, YPC 3309.00

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This table is composed of the following sub-templates:

References: [1] [2] [3]

Short star template

Alpha Centauri
Observation data
Epoch 2000      Equinox 2000
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 14h 39m 36.5s
Declination -62° 50' 2.72"
Apparent magnitude (V) -0.01
Distance4.38 ly
(1.33 pc)
Spectral typeG2 V
Other designations
α1 Cen, HD 128620, CP-60°5483 A, HR 5459, HIP 71683

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This template is for stubby star articles, and should be replaced with the full template when the article is expanded.


Footers

Obsolete:

Replaced by:

Extrasolar planets

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Supernovae

  1. REDIRECT Template:Infobox astronomical event

Template: Template:Tl

This is a table template that should be used for supernovae. It automatically assigns the article to Category:Supernovae.

Open Clusters

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Sample table for M22. Please modify and improve as needed.

The template is for open clusters.

Globular Clusters

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Sample table for M22. Please modify and improve as needed.

The template is for globular clusters.

Galaxies

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Template: Template:Tl

This example table should be edited and used for galaxies.

Notes: Please see List of galaxies to find galaxies that do not yet have infoboxes/factsheets.
Please categorise your galaxy in a subcategory of Category:Galaxies

Galaxy cluster

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Template: Template:Tl

This example table should be edited and used for galaxy groups, clusters, and superclusters. It automatically assigns the article to Category:Galaxy clusters.

The sample data for this group was taken from the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) on 2006-09-18. However, NED may not be the best reference for all galaxy groups. It can be reliably used for compact groups such as the one in this example, and it can be used reliably for most Abell clusters and other moderate and high-redshift clusters, but it should be used cautiously (if used at all) for nearby galaxy groups such as the M81 Group.

Quasar

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Template: Template:Tl

This example table should be edited and used for quasars.

Nebulae

Template:Infobox nebula Template: Template:Tl

To the right is an example using Template:Infobox nebula. This example can be copied and used for all nebulae, but pay close attention to the parameters like "type". For more information, see the template's documentation.

Categories and lists

Add articles to the appropriate Lists of nebulae and to the categories as given below, the category of its constellation, and the category of its catalog (ex:Category:Messier objects), in that order.

planetary nebulae
List of planetary nebulae, Category:Planetary nebulae
protoplanetary nebulae
List of protoplanetary nebulae, Category:Protoplanetary nebulae
diffuse nebulae.
List of diffuse nebulae, Category:Diffuse nebulae
dark nebulae
List of dark nebulae, Category:Dark nebulae

Useful links

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