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Acrux is the brightest star in Crux (the Southern Cross), a multiple star system about 320 light-years away used for navigation in the southern hemisphere.
Castor is the second-brightest star in Gemini and a famous sextuple star system about 51 light-years away, comprising three pairs of binary stars.
Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's Belt, a multiple system dominated by a blue supergiant about 800 light-years away and near the Flame Nebula.
Delta Orionis, the westernmost star in Orion's Belt, a multiple-star system roughly 900 light-years away that lies almost precisely on the celestial equator.
Shaula is the second-brightest star in Scorpius, a multiple-star system about 570 light-years away that marks the tip of the scorpion's tail.
Almach (Gamma Andromedae) is a multiple star system in Andromeda celebrated as a showpiece telescopic double for its contrasting gold and blue-green components.
Gamma Velorum is the brightest Wolf-Rayet star visible to the naked eye, a multiple-star system in Vela containing a WC8-type component about 1,100 light-years away.
An arm relic venerated as belonging to John the Baptist, with a prominent example held in the Cetinje Monastery in Montenegro; a separate claimed right hand was long kept in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.
4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople (398–404) and Doctor of the Church renowned for his preaching; a portion of his relics is venerated in Moscow, with principal relics in Rome.
Iron nails believed to have fastened Christ to the cross; numerous claimed examples exist across Europe, with notable specimens in Rome, Milan, and Trier venerated since the 4th century.
Located in Yellowstone National Park, USA, the Gibbon Geyser Basin features a diverse collection of acidic thermal pools, mudpots, and minor geysers.
