Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Templates

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[edit] Templates

Astronomical object articles need an infobox to show basic data about them. A complete list of the templates to be used is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Infoboxes.

When filling in scientific data, you may find the following templates useful:

• {{±|pos|neg}} which produces: ^+pos_−neg used thus: 500 ⁺³⁵₋₂₂ km. (Avoid using it in a link, though: it looks bad)
• {{e|n}} which produces: ×10ⁿ used thus: 5.97{{e|24}} kg, which gives 5.97×10²⁴ kg.

The DEC and RA templates have been improved to allow the omission of the third argument to result in a less precise location that is useful in the case of galaxy groups. For example:

• {{DEC|degrees|minutes}} which produces: degrees° minutes′ used thus: 23° 47′.
• {{RA|hours|minutes}} which produces: hours^h minutes^m used thus: 12^h 17^m.

Other useful templates:

• {{astronomy-stub}}