Template:Night Sky

Night Sky
Observational Data
Astrometry

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Template: Night Sky
Use on	Article pages
Use for	Astronomic Classification
Category template applies to page	(none)

Template Parameters (See using templates).
Name	Purpose	Required?	Comment
name	Name of celestial object	no	defaults to page name
image	Picture of celestial object	no	only the file name is required
designation	name as given in various star catalouges	no
rightascension	angular distance along celestial equator	no
declination	one of two angles to locate a point in celestial sphere	no
distance	distance from earth	no	in light years
constellation	location of object as part of a constellation	no
type	type of object, i.e. star, nebula, galaxy, etc.	no
dimensions	approximate size of celestial object	no
magnitude	approximate measure of brightness as seen by observer	no
redshift	red end of light spectrum	no
radvelocity	speed of object towards or away from earth observer	no
propmotion	proper motion of star against background	no
parallax	apparent position of object via two lines of sight	no
skymapimg	image location in the sky	no

{{Night Sky
| image           =
| designation     =
| rightascension  = 
| declination     =
| distance        =
| constellation   = 
| type            = 
| dimensions      = 
| magnitude       = 
| redshift        =
| skymapimg       =
| radvelocity     =
| propmotion      =
| parallax        =
}}

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