Astronomical flags

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Contents 1 Star 1.1 Constellation 1.1.1 Crux 1.1.2 Other constellations 1.2 Asterism 1.2.1 Big Dipper/Plough/Saptarshi in Ursa Major 1.3 Star cluster 1.3.1 Pleiades in Taurus 1.4 Specific stars 1.4.1 The Sun 1.4.2 Other specific stars 2 Planet 2.1 Earth 2.2 Venus 3 Moon 4 Flags representing astronomical objects 5 See also

[edit] Star

See also Gallery of flags with stars for designs using star-shaped elements that may or may not refer to actual astronomical stars.

[edit] Constellation

[edit] Crux

See Southern Cross Flag, a large category of flags that depict this constellation.

[edit] Other constellations

Flag of Brazil (in addition to Crux, depicts Canis Major, Hydra, Scorpius, and Triangulum Australe)

[edit] Asterism

[edit] Big Dipper/Plough/Saptarshi in Ursa Major

Flag of Alaska	Flag of All India Home Rule League	Flag of the Irish Citizen Army (1930s)	Flag of the Community of Madrid[1]
Flag of the Cherokee Nation	Cherokee Peace Flag

[edit] Star cluster

[edit] Pleiades in Taurus

Flag of Durham, North Carolina

[edit] Specific stars

[edit] The Sun

Flag of Angola (proposed)	Flag of Antigua and Barbuda	State Ensign of Antigua and Barbuda	Flag of Argentina
Naval Jack of Argentina	Flag of Arizona	Flag of Bangladesh	Civil Ensign of Bangladesh
Naval Ensign of Bangladesh	Presidential Standard, Belarus	Flag of Biafra	Flag of Bolivia
Flag of British Columbia	Flag of the Republic of China	Army Flag of the Republic of China	Civil Ensign of the Republic of China
Naval Jack of the Republic of China	Flag of Colorado	Flag of Costa Rica	Flag of Denver, Colorado
Flag of Donetsk	Flag of Greenland	Flag of Guadeloupe (unofficial)	Naval Ensign of Honduras
Flag of Ingushetia	Flag of Iraq (1959-1963)	Flag of Japan	Naval Ensign of Japan
Flag of Kazakhstan	Flag of Kiribati	Kurdish flag	Flag of Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Greek Macedonia	Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (1991-1995)	Flag of Madison, Wisconsin	Flag of Malawi
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (1995-)	Flag of Moldova	Flag of Mongolia	Flag of Namibia
Flag of Nepal	Flag of Nepal rectangular	Flag of New Caledonian independence movement	Flag of New Mexico
Flag of Niger	Flag of Padania (the "Sun of the Alps")	Flag of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil	Flag of Peru (1820 proposal)
Flag of the Philippines	Flag of Portuguesa, Venezuela	Flag of Recife, Brazil	Flag of Roswell, New Mexico
Flag of Rwanda	Sami flag	Flag of Sakha	Flag of South Peru (1836–1839)
Flag of Tibet	Flag of Tocantins	Flag of Uruguay	Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board

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[edit] Other specific stars

See also Constellation, Asterism, and Star Cluster categories above.

Flag of Alaska (depicting Polaris)

Flag of Maranhão (depicting Graffias)

Flag of Nunavut (depicting Polaris)

Flag of Pará (depicting Spica)

[edit] Planet

[edit] Earth

James Cadle's Flag of Earth (also shows the moon and the sun)

Earth Day flag

Flag of United States of Earth (fictional, from Futurama)

[edit] Venus

See also gallery of flags with crescents (the "star" in the star and crescent design "possibly symbolizes Venus").

Flag of Croatia

Flag of West Papua (The "Morning Star Flag")

[edit] Moon

See also Gallery of flags with crescents.

Flag of Laos	Flag of Moldova	Flag of Mongolia	Flag of Palau
Sami flag	Flag of the Shan State, Myanmar

[edit] Flags representing astronomical objects

Earth flag aka Earth Day flag

James Cadle's Flag of Earth

Planet Mars Flag

[edit] See also

• Sun of May
• Vergina Sun
• Solar symbol