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- thumb|Far East's oldest astronomical observatory constructed between ... *[http://www.observatory-guide.org/ Milkyweb Astronomical Observatory ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory. ... locations on Earth include the Mauna Kea Observatory, situated at 4205 meters ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San ... is located at this observatory. Operating some 290 nights a year in ...11 KB (1,644 words) - 17:07, 10 November 2022
- A space observatory is an artificial satellite equipped with instruments ... Astronomical observations from the Earth's surface are hampered ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- Rise, Set, and Twilight Definitions]. Astronomical Applications Department ... (brightest), nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight (darkest). The ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 20:41, 17 January 2024
- archaeoastronomy. In ancient cultures astronomical observations were often ... * [http://www.saao.ac.za/ South African Astronomical Observatory] ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 18:26, 19 August 2023
- offered him a position in the Panzano Observatory, which he was constructing ... this but also constructed additional astronomical instrumentation, completed ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:28, 26 September 2023
- and the United Kingdom's Royal Observatory at Greenwich translates ... appeared in the fourth century C.E. astronomical treatise Surya Siddhanta ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 18:36, 4 March 2024
- and in 1471 he set up an astronomical observatory in Nuremberg, and ... built at Nuremberg the first astronomical observatory in Germany. He wrote ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 03:03, 8 December 2022
- Satellites in use today include the XMM-Newton observatory (for low ... included ROSAT, the Einstein Observatory, the ASCA observatory ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 14:15, 20 May 2023
- In 1783, he gave Caroline a telescope and she began to make astronomical ... residence, which came to be known as Observatory House. It is no longer ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- Rømer joined the observatory of Uraniborg on the island of Hven, ... as an observer, both at the University Observatory at Rundetårn and in his ...15 KB (2,454 words) - 00:06, 18 November 2022
- observational data (mainly from the observatory of Tycho Brahe) led to ... a drive for progressively more accurate astronomical observations and instruments ...14 KB (1,947 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Earth's magnetic field, and his astronomical observations contributed ... in Islington, where he established an observatory for his own researches ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- The first identified astronomical radio source was one discovered ... Radio astronomy has led to substantial increases in astronomical knowledge ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- in Berlin, he was given space at an observatory in Potsdam, where he continued ... in 1916 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1923. ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2022
- He returned to astronomy at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago ... Carnegie Institution's Mount Wilson Observatory near Pasadena, California ...14 KB (2,031 words) - 23:56, 12 February 2024
- (100-inch) telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory. Helped by John A. Anderson ... star.] Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 286(4):957–962 ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 17:58, 29 September 2023
- This nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical ... Observations,] Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- and astronomer. He became head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain, continuing the mathematical tradition of Varahamihira and Brahmagupta. ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 16:27, 21 January 2022
- giant. Image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).]] ... Ruffle. Blowing Bubbles in the Cosmos: Astronomical Winds, Jets, and Explosions ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- Mass]. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 91:456–466 ... fr/doc/catstd-3.2.htx Standards for Astronomical Catalogues, Version 2 ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- science of priest-kings. An astronomical observatory was from the beginning ... back when the Director of the Astronomical Observatory had asked Shen if ...30 KB (4,747 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- comets situated about 50,000 to 100,000 astronomical unit (AU) from the Sun ... of Comets from the Oort Cloud,”] Astronomical Journal 86 (November 1981 ...10 KB (1,441 words) - 10:34, 11 March 2023
- in a range of areas of contemporary astronomical research. For example ... the Milky Way galaxy, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) established ...10 KB (1,442 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- of France in 1810 for the most original astronomical observation. of Astronomy and Director of the astronomical observatory in Göttingen, a ...24 KB (3,635 words) - 06:45, 5 April 2024
- Hainzell, in the construction of an observatory that included a 19-foot ... was gradually acquiring through his astronomical and astrological pursuits ...28 KB (4,358 words) - 00:39, 3 May 2023
- after the Roman god of the sea. Its astronomical symbol ( ... Galileo's astronomical drawings show that he had first observed ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- Clusters of Galaxies]. Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA. Retrieved February ... Clusters of Galaxies] – Chandra X-ray Observatory. Harvard-Smithsonian Center ...13 KB (1,886 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- possible means to achieve flight, made astronomical observations, and examined ... designing the monument, Royal Greenwich Observatory, and the infamous Bethlem ...11 KB (1,559 words) - 17:09, 15 March 2024
- and physicist best known for his astronomical discoveries, including ... which also displays an important astronomical clock owned and used ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- Piazzi director, at the time, of the observatory of Palermo, in Sicily ... to the approval of the International Astronomical Union) once it is numbered. ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 05:10, 18 August 2023
- either body. However, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has yet to ... searching for a ninth planet at Lowell Observatory. Tombaugh's work ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- :This article is about the astronomical term. [[Image:Solar eclips ... in 1997, with the SOHO space-borne solar observatory, the first platform capable ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- at his home from 1634 until 1637, on astronomical observations and experiments ... him, and he installed a fully equipped observatory in the top of his house ...16 KB (2,441 words) - 23:35, 14 November 2022
- (astronomical). The first symbol derives from the name of its discoverer ... issues of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1827, shows ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- compiled by the United States Naval Observatory, contains over 100,000 ... In 1915 astronomers at the Mount Wilson Observatory determined that Sirius ...43 KB (6,669 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- particles such as WIMPs and axions, astronomical bodies such as dwarf stars ... at a 1975 meeting of the American Astronomical Society [http://www ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- Other Nearby Stars", European Southern Observatory, November 19, 2002. ==External links== All links retrieved December 7, 2022. ...10 KB (1,492 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- years are noted in the table below.U.S. Naval Observatory, [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.php Earth's Seasons: Equinoxes, Solstices ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- which would mark the Pawnee lodge as an observatory: #that a Pawnee ... The earth lodge served as an astronomical observatory and as the priests ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 01:45, 23 November 2022
- located about 50,000ndash;100,000 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun ... of Comets, part I] European Southern Observatory, 2003. ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- Greek name Helios. Its astrological and astronomical symbol is a circle with ... ] Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 221 (1986): 1023 ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines "planet" ... Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical Union.] Retrieved May 6, 2015. ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- orbits. Currently, the International Astronomical Union considers objects ... is picked out with a CCD in the Spanish Observatory of Roque de los Muchachos ...26 KB (3,884 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- a major center of mathematical and astronomical research. ... and hence has proven well-suited for astronomical studies. ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- These devices most probably sacrificed astronomical accuracy for crowd-pleasing ... Max Wolf, former director of the Baden Observatory in Heidelberg, on a new ...27 KB (4,171 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- * [http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/index.en.html Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University] Category:History 220694135 ...13 KB (1,810 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- experiment at the Pierre Auger Observatory is underway to try to ... At a January 12, 2005, conference of the American Astronomical Society ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- conjunction of the sun and moon (the astronomical new moon) was calculated ... beginning at midnight is the day of the astronomical new moon. (Note, however ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
