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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
- * Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory, the oldest astronomical observatory in China. * Mount Jigong, on the southern border. * Mount Song, near ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- motion in the twilight sky. The astronomical symbol for Mercury (displayed ... seen by John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. R. W. Sinnott ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- on his scientific career at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago ... *Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1953) *National Medal ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37284 astronomical units (AU) (compared to ... orientalist Percival Lowell founded an observatory that had 12- and 18-inch ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- rings carried out by James Keeler of Lick Observatory. ===Physical ... so in his 1847 publication Results of Astronomical Observations made at the ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- a museum of art and archaeology, and an astronomical observatory. ==Culture== Until 1869, all buildings within the city proper were of wood or ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- Edward C. Pickering at Harvard College Observatory had developed a method ... quot; and "dwarf" stars,] The Observatory 36: 324–329. Retrieved ...39 KB (5,825 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- seventeen enormous folios," at the Observatory of Paris. It was begun ... allowed all calculations needed for astronomical navigation to be reduced ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
- Based on his open mind and painstaking analysis of astronomical data ... " At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the lunar eclipse ...31 KB (4,812 words) - 07:18, 5 April 2024
- :This article is about the astronomical object. [[Image:Pleiades large ... used today, and they invented numerous astronomical instruments which could ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- work, he was able to demonstrate an astronomical or calendrical role in ... who claimed to see a large number of astronomical alignments, both lunar ...37 KB (5,831 words) - 02:27, 26 February 2023
- events for people unaware of their astronomical nature, as the Sun suddenly ... The Director (of the Astronomical Observatory) asked me about the ...35 KB (5,853 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2023
- one of world's oldest surviving astronomical observatories]] Cheomseongdae, a 9.4-meter high observatory built in 634, stands out ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- Seondeok (623-647), is the oldest extant astronomical observatory in East Asia, while some disagree on its exact functions. Muslim traders brought ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- . He was especially interested in the astronomical observatory, in the temple and in the ceremonial courtyard. ===Mayan pyramids=== ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- system was adopted by the International Astronomical Union, the body that oversees ... to directly determine the size of the astronomical unit, and hence of the ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- roads, canals, a national university, an astronomical observatory, and other initiatives. The support for his proposals was limited, even among his ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- The principal component of the solar system is the Sun (astronomical symbol ... distances within the solar system in astronomical units (AU). One AU is ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- Core.] National Radio Astronomy Observatory, November 10, 2005. Retrieved ... In the astronomical literature, the capitalized word 'Galaxy ...57 KB (8,514 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- study of radioisotopes as well as an astronomical observatory. During those decades the university continued to restructure its graduate school and ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- July 19–23, 2004. (San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific ... Cosmochronology.] Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ...72 KB (10,792 words) - 18:14, 4 May 2023
- scale"]. The Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2001. Retrieved June 28, 2017. * Sizes.com. [http://www.sizes ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- Being a henge and stone circle site, astronomical alignments are a common ... have been used as an accurate solar observatory by means of the shadows ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:14, 23 August 2023
- worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... for Planetary Science of the American Astronomical Society, as president ...18 KB (2,690 words) - 12:47, 27 November 2023
- in which he discussed how numerous astronomical observations should be ... Most of the papers sent to Paris were on astronomical questions, and ...29 KB (4,634 words) - 07:15, 10 August 2022
- nebulae] Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 91 (1931):483–490 ... inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory. This allowed him to estimate ...58 KB (8,668 words) - 03:46, 1 October 2023
- improvements to the telescope, various astronomical observations, and initial ... He published his initial telescopic astronomical observations in March ...28 KB (4,354 words) - 03:55, 18 April 2024
- Anders Celsius], Uppsala University - Astronomical Observatory. Retrieved April 23, 2008. One year later Frenchman Jean Pierre Cristin proposed to invert ...25 KB (3,599 words) - 01:20, 19 April 2023
- and the Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory, built in 1844, ... Image:Georgetown University Observatory.jpg|Georgetown's observatory ...40 KB (5,605 words) - 08:22, 23 January 2023
- it as a sacred site and was used as an astronomical observatory. ==Looking to the future== The revelation of the old Inca site of Machu Picchu ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- X-ray telescopes are important for astronomical observations. As technology ... In the 1990s, the Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched, allowing ...25 KB (3,822 words) - 14:14, 20 May 2023
- Percent of the Moon Illuminated US Naval Observatory, August 10, 2017. ... bodies are arranged ingeniously from an astronomical point of view such that ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- reported from the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.A. McKellar, Dominion ... universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (1972):160. Rashid ...47 KB (6,936 words) - 08:12, 10 January 2024
- between 1767 and 1777 into an astronomical observatory known as Specola, and the other buildings were used as prisons during the nineteenth and ...25 KB (3,594 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- On Eagle's Wings: The Parkes Observatory's Support of the ... partly because of storms near Parkes Observatory. More recent digital analysis ...97 KB (14,466 words) - 15:45, 11 August 2023
- god Jupiter (also called Jove). The astronomical symbol for the planet ... with the 36-inch refractor at Lick Observatory in California. The discovery ...33 KB (5,016 words) - 16:30, 14 May 2024
- spiral staircase inside. This structure was an observatory with its doors aligned to view the vernal equinox, the Moon's greatest northern and ...32 KB (4,966 words) - 20:59, 9 December 2023
- the Jantar Mantar (an 18th century astronomical observatory) and the Purana Qila (a sixteenth century fortress). The Lotus Temple, Laxminarayan Temple ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- Hindu geographers. Jai Singh II built the observatory, one of the four such observatories in India and features ancient astronomical devices. The Simhastha ...38 KB (5,752 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- Many astronomical observations are better made from the interior of ... [https://www.livescience.com/9164-world-largest-neutrino-observatory ...41 KB (6,181 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- for its numerous branches. There are two major astronomical observatories: the Rozhen Observatory, which is the biggest in South Eastern Europe, and ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ... typhoon Tiny Typhoon?] NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved June 18, 2020. ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- employed as an Assistant in Harvard's astronomical observatory, doing important work on determining the brightness of stars and the shape of the ...60 KB (9,018 words) - 22:24, 4 December 2023