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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. The significance of an article to this project is shown by the WPAstronomy importance rating.

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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Solar systems and smaller:

Asteroid belt

Atmosphere of Jupiter

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

Formation and evolution of the Solar System

Makemake (dwarf planet)

Planetary habitability

Stellar objects and remnants:

Sun

Galaxies and larger:

Others:

Astrophysics Data System

Fermi paradox

Hubble Space Telescope

Featured lists

Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

List of molecules in interstellar space

List of solar eclipses in the 21st century

List of space telescopes

Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons

Featured pictures

See Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Astronomy.

Featured topics

Solar System

Good articles

Also see Category:GA-Class Astronomy articles

Solar systems and smaller:

Galaxies and larger:

Andromeda Galaxy

Cosmic inflation

Cosmic microwave background radiation

Hubble's law

Milky Way

Stellar objects and remnants:

Others:

Deep Impact (space mission)

Diffuse interstellar band

History of supernova observation

Islamic astronomy

Jodrell Bank Observatory

Lovell Telescope

Space Interferometry Mission

Space weathering

University of Illinois Observatory

Warner and Swasey Observatory

Did you know?

Starshade - 7 December 2006
Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region - 6 January 2007
Protoplanetary nebula - 11 January 2007
Stingray Nebula - 21 January 2007
Doppler spectroscopy 2 May 2007
Type II supernova - 6 May 2007
Stellar magnetic field - 6 June 2007
Frosty Leo Nebula - 28 June 2007
planetary nebula luminosity function - 18 September 2007
Kuiper quadrangle - 11 December 2007
2007 WD5 - 27 December 2007
OJ 287 - 17 January 2008
Terzan 7 - 1 February 2008
Draco Dwarf - 14 April 2008
Dorado Group - 2 July 2008
NGC 1553 - 9 July 2008
Abell 39 - 10 September 2008
40-foot_telescope - 27 November 2008
NGC 300 - 11 September 2009

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Proposed deletion

18 Oct 2009 – Modern Minimum (talk) has been deleted.
1 Oct 2009 – PROD tag removed from Royal College Astronomical Society (talk).
27 Sep 2009 – PROD tag removed from Astronomical Society of Dharmaraja College (talk).
13 Sep 2009 – PROD tag removed from The Three Kings (talk).

Articles for deletion

26 Oct 2009 – Cosmochemical Periodic Table of the Elements in the Solar System (talk) has been deleted; see discussion.
24 Oct 2009 – Paul LaViolette (talk) has been deleted; see discussion.

Templates for deletion

26 Sep 2009 – Template:Coor Mars (talk) has been deleted; see discussion.
26 Sep 2009 – Template:Moon (talk) has been deleted; see discussion.
20 Sep 2009 – Template:Ecliptical constellations (talk) has been deleted; see discussion.

Featured article candidates

20 Nov 2009 – Nicholas Mayall (talk) is nominated by WilliamKF.
12 Oct 2009 – Titania (moon) (talk) is promoted to FA status.

Featured article reviews

26 Nov 2009 – Planetary nebula (talk) retains FA status.
23 Sep 2009 – Cat's Eye Nebula (talk) retains FA status.

Good article nominations

17 Sep 2009 – Controversy over the discovery of Haumea (talk) is not promoted.

Peer review

5 Dec 2009 – Peer review opened for Halley's Comet (talk) by Serendipodous.
16 Nov 2009 – Peer review for Nicholas Mayall (talk) closed.
7 Nov 2009 – Peer review for Future of the Earth (talk) closed.
18 Oct 2009 – Peer review for Discovery of Neptune (talk) closed.

Requested moves

6 Dec 2009 – Astrosat (talk) was not moved; see discussion.

Did you know

1 Dec 2009 – A fact from Rotating radio transient (talk) appeared on the main page.
29 Nov 2009 – A fact from Steve Mandel (talk) appeared on the main page.
8 Nov 2009 – A fact from Ulugh Beg Observatory (talk) appeared on the main page.
29 Oct 2009 – A fact from Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex (talk) appeared on the main page.
28 Oct 2009 – A fact from Leo Goldberg (talk) appeared on the main page.
16 Oct 2009 – A fact from Eridanus Group (talk) appeared on the main page.
3 Oct 2009 – A fact from 51 Ophiuchi (talk) appeared on the main page.
17 Sep 2009 – A fact from Nicholas U. Mayall (talk) appeared on the main page.
11 Sep 2009 – A fact from Caroline Moore (talk) appeared on the main page.
11 Sep 2009 – A fact from NGC 300 (talk) appeared on the main page.

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Other news

30 Nov 2009 – The new book-class is released. See the Signpost article and the setup guide for details.
30 Nov 2009 – A new edition of the Wikipedia Signpost is out.
28 Nov 2009 – A new database dump is available.
6 Nov 2009 – The cleanup listings from WolterBot have updated.

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Former featured articles

Black hole demoted 19 November 2006

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Article ratings

This table is automatically updated by Oleg Alexandrov's WP 1.0 bot. See Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Astronomy articles by quality log for the latest changes.

Astronomy articles		Importance
Astronomy articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	21	34	17	1		73
	FL			3	3	1	7
	GA	1	6	40	24	3	74
	B	12	57	68	41	6	184
	C	6	62	122	79	12	281
	Start	2	106	544	923	1132	2707
	Stub	1	26	123	15655	1635	17440
	List	2	2	33	2176	9	2222
	Assessed	45	293	950	18902	2798	22988
	Unassessed					1	1
	Total	45	293	950	18902	2799	22989

Assessment categories

Assessment categories
Importance→ Class↓	Top	High	Mid	Low	Bottom	NA	???	Rated	Total
FA	8	23	12	0	0	0	0	74	74
FL	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	8	8
A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
GA	1	6	33	0	0	0	2	73	75
B	11	55	67	38	0	0	3	182	185
C	6	58	115	75	0	0	7	275	282
Start	2	105	539	562	0	0	20	2,691	2,711
Stub	1	26	122	15,614	0	0	1,633	15,811	17,444
List	2	2	33	87	0	3	3	2,224	2,227
Template	0	0	0	0	0	103	0	105	105
Category	0	0	0	0	0	200	0	203	203
Disambig	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	21	21
Image	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	8	8
NA	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	7	7
Redirect	0	1	0	0	0	124	0	126	126
Unassessed	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Assessed	45	294	952	18,906	38	497	2,762	21,809	23,477
Total	45	294	952	18,906	38	497	2,763	21,810	23,479

Progress
Assessment	Assessed/Total	Percentage	Updated
Quality	15,041/21,452	98.60%	14:42, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Importance	21,452/21,452	70.11%	14:42, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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User:Keri Marie Davis love astronomy and everything about it
Star fox Roy 00:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC) Glad to help with online/computer astronomical programs (Google Maps, Virtual Earth)
Geremia (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Kushan I.A.K.J (talk) 09:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Exodio 14:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Jake200493
Dr. Submillimeter 19:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Stebbins 19:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Mike Peel 23:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Miraculousrandomness 20:31, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Aerobird 21:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Anonymous Dissident 15:31 19 January 2007 (UTC) Interested in astronomy, here to help!
mikeu 19:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC) Also working on the astronomy learning project at wikiversity
Oldfield 10:00, 6 Febrary 2007 (UTC)
Icez 19:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Rursus 19:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Branson03 21:48, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
WilliamKF 20:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Jet123 10:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 14:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Greg Woodhouse 20:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Rwboa22 21:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
NealMcB 03:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Pulsar 14:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Retiono Virginian 15:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC). Love space and the universe.
Clh28800 Chris H 23:37, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
GhostTrain 23:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Wily D 14:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Goutham787 08:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
GalacticExplorer 18:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
FeanorStar7--FeanorStar7 12:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC); will help where I can (mainly proofreading)
GalaxyHound 20:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Raddick 19:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
DMeyering 14:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Madkayaker 02:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC) Willing to help wherever I can, am interested in astronomy
Nojika 04:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Cosmo0 16:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Poison the Well 04:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
HunterTruth 20:40, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Orcahuman (talk) 03:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Oth (talk) 17:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Cam (complaints/Discussion) 04:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Wwheaton (talk) 20:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Coolgyingman (talk) 15:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Ginogrz (talk) 06:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
JoshuaKuo (talk) 11:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
ASHill (talk) 02:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Razorflame 15:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC) assessing articles
Sapphire Flame (talk) 16:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC) Willing to help however I can.
Neffyring I',m very interested in astronomy. Hope my knowledge helps.
Proxima Centauri 2 Please check my edits. I'm an amateur astronomer.
AtheWeatherman (talk) 08:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC). Loads of stuff on Astronomy. Hope I can help.
Jepetto armature extraodinaire!
Scapler (talk) 16:56, 7 June 2008 (UTC) expanding and categorizing articles
Pico del Teide (talk) member of the British Astronomical Association.
Ketsuekigata (talk) 23:57, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Jdrewitt (talk) 16:59, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Nuclear Vacuum 22:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC): I am primarily working on extrasolar planets
Henryodell
Gr8opinionater (talk) Fascinated by the universe in general, im an Amateur astronomer with my own telescope.
Olaf Davis | Talk Beginning PhD student interested in astronomy (of course) and also public outreach.
friendlystar (talk) 15:35, 30 July 2008 (UTC) Mostly dealing with astronomical images
Keflavich PhD student studying massive star formation
Thor Dockweiler (talk) 02:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC); astronomer.
PoizonMyst (talk) Wikifairy who loves astronomy.
RJH (talk)—Lifetime astronomy enthusiast.
Vuerqex (talk) 03:37, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
User:CielProfond (talk) Ciel profond means Deep Sky in French; it's my favorite part of astronomy, but I also like planetary observation, and will be glad to help in any way
Starstriker7 (talk) As if my name didn't already give it away. Lol.
User:Myrecovery/Template:Myrecovery ::Date : 2008-11-01
Albertgenii12 (talk) 22:27, 18 November 2008
Vegasbri (talk) 17:25, 25 November 2008 (UTC) Astronomy major in college; amateur observer now. :)
Autarch Autarch (talk) 22:41, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Jjnishiyama (talk) 04:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC) Amateur observer - primarily in the radio spectrum.
Jehochman ^Talk 16:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Cryptod i really like astronomy
Anthony Rushton I study high energy astrophysics and radio astronomy 11:23, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
B00P (talk) 23:54, 24 January 2009 (UTC) On Objects & Constellations already
Raydekk (talk) 18:05, 26 January 2009 (UTC) I'm working on a 3D map of the Milky Way, the Orion Arm with the possibility of viewing all known stars and planets (of certain catalogs).
Jose A. Fadul I was a Science Education Specialist; I am an amateur astronomer who once in a while shares with others my telescopes, some of which I myself constructed. I also have photographs of the moon, the planets visible to the naked eye, star clusters, some recent comets, sunspots, and solar and lunar eclipses.
LaughingReaper (talk) 21:54, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Terry0051 (talk) ...researching topics in history of astronomy
Micasta (talk) 11:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC) I don't do stargazing, but I sure would love to contribute to theoretical side of astronomy.
Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC), I take the class, so why not join the project
Astrojon (talk) 11:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Former astronomer, now a medic, but would like to see articles well-kept
Aldaron (talk) 5:42, 30 April 2009 (UTC) Exoplanets and astrobiology.
--T'Shael MindMeld 04:44, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Some Old Man (talk) I am just Some Old Man who likes his cane, rocking chair, and rational thought.
Pradeep (talk) Working in articles related to Indian astronomy and space.
Jayhawke (talk) 01:33, 29 May 2009 (UTC) I guess I'll do whatever strikes my fancy!
Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:48, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
Marasama / CarpD, starting to read AJ papers again and will update if I notice issues.
Marx01 (talk) 06:02, 24 June 2009 (UTC) I'm a huge fan of astronomy, and hope to actually make a career out of it!!!!!
Arlen22 (talk) 14:11, 24 June 2009 (UTC) I have a small retractor on an Equatorial mount.
Fire 55 (talk) 02:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC) I'm a University student studying physics and astronomy.
Dark dude (talk) 02:53, 23 July 2009 (UTC) Computer scientist interested in astronomy/astrophysics. Hope I can contribute to the project in some way!
DiverDave (talk) interested in solar observatories.
User:Fact-of-the-matter (talk) I'm good at reasearch.
Dan (talk) 02:39, 25 August 2009 (UTC) Telescope operator on Mauna Kea.
Imzogelmo (talk) 21:11, 8 September 2009 (UTC) Tidying up where I can.
Sjenauvodi (talk) Research
Stratt3000 (talk) 19:52, 6 October 2009 (UTC) - Hope to help!
Marshallsumter (talk) 00:04, 7 October 2009 (UTC) I would like to have X-ray astronomy be the first science feature article of WikiProject Astronomy and help where I can.
Nick Klose (t c) 15:11, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Puzl bustr (talk) 19:43, 8 November 2009 (UTC) interested in astronomy and astrophysics
Trilobitealive (talk) 01:26, 22 November 2009 (UTC) Amateur telescope builder
User:Intro96 6:48 1 December (UTC) Intrested in astronomy . Would be happy to contribute to this project.

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