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- List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: ...s [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] –...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]]...
26: *[[Harold Alden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1890]] – [[196...
27: *[[Hannes Alfv鮝] ([[Sweden]], [[1908]] – [[1995]]) - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
8: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
10: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
14: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
16: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
3: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
7: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
9: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
13: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
15: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - History of science in early cultures (11033 bytes)
3: ...on|civilizations]] to develop and more time to be devoted to tasks other than survival, such as the se...
7: ...esources from which to draw are http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/sci/history/AHistoryofSci...
9: ... [[Pythagorean theorem|Pythagoras' law]] was recorded, as early as the [[18th century BC]]: the Mesopo...
11: ...] by priests. Indeed, rather than following the modern trend towards [[rational]] science, moving away...
16: ...nd in third millennium cities of [[India]]. Their design can be conservatively dated to the [[1st mill... - Taurus (constellation) (2696 bytes)
5: ... magnitude]] stars in the sky, the bright red [[Aldebaran]], sits in the middle of this constellation....
7: ==Notable deep sky objects==
9: ...le to the eye, the [[Pleiades (star cluster)|Pleiades]].
11: ...hind Aldebaran lie the [[Hyades (star cluster)|Hyades]], the nearest distinct open [[star cluster]], t...
17: ...corresponds with the bull-form [[Zeus]] took in order to win [[Europa (mythical)|Europa]], a mythical ... - Aquarius (4770 bytes)
8: dec= −15 |
13: starmagnitude = 2.9 |
17: *[[Delta Aquarids]] (June 28)
19: bordering =
23: *[[Delphinus]] - Leo (2655 bytes)
5: ...er stars have been named as well, such as Zosma (δ Leonis), Chort (θ Leonis), Al Minliar a...
13: ==Notable deep sky objects==
17: In [[Greek mythology]], it was identified as the [[Nemean Lion]] (and may have been ...
20: ...u astrological sign of the [[Sidereal astrology|sidereal zodiac]] ([[August 10]] - [[September 15]]). - Cancer (constellation) (2093 bytes)
4: == Notable deep sky objects ==
12: ...u astrological sign of the [[Sidereal astrology|sidereal zodiac]] ([[July 21]] - [[August 9]]). - Sagittarius (3908 bytes)
2: ... a [[constellation]] of the [[zodiac]], commonly depicted as a [[centaur]] drawing a bow. Sagittarius...
4: ...rius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy]], located just outside the [[Milky Way]].
7: ...(σ) and τ Sagitarii the handle. [http://deepsky.astroinfo.org/Sgr/] [http://www.flandrau.org...
9: ...ghtest star of the constellation, having a magnitude of only 4.0.
11: ==Notable deep-sky objects==
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