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1 CHAPTER 6 THE CELESTIAL SPHERE 6.1. Introduction If you look up in the sky, it appears as if you are at the centre of a vast crystal sphere with the stars fixed on its surface. This sphere is the celestial sphere. It h

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Source URL: astrowww.phys.uvic.ca

Language: English - Date: 2011-09-04 15:43:12
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    1 CHAPTER 8 PLANETARY MOTIONS 8.1 Introduction The word “planet” means “wanderer” (πλάνητες αστέρες − wandering stars); in contrast to the “fixed stars”, the planets wander around on the cele

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    Language: English - Date: 2011-11-09 15:20:26
      3Pseudoscience / Celestial coordinate system / Zodiac / Astrological sign / Horoscope / Tetrabiblos / Sidereal and tropical astrology / Hindu astrology / Axial precession / Astrology / Constellations / Western astrology

      FIXED STARS A Solar Writer Report for Barak Obama Written by Diana K Rosenberg

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      Source URL: www.esotech.com.au

      Language: English - Date: 2009-05-07 03:12:27
      4Oor Wullie / Scots language / The Broons / The Beano / D. C. Thomson & Co. / The Sunday Post / Annual publication / Comic book / Dudley D. Watkins / British comics / Comics / United Kingdom

      Annuals The tradition of buying and giving annuals based on popular comics, characters, TV programmes or even pop stars has become a fixed part of the Christmas calendar. Most of these will originate with one Scottish pu

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      Source URL: sapphire.ac.uk

      Language: English - Date: 2014-06-20 10:47:06
      5Chrystie Street

      January 10, 2013 Louise Despont: ‘Tide Fulcrum & the Motion of Fixed Stars’ By KAREN ROSENBERG

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      Source URL: nicellebeauchene.com

      Language: English - Date: 2013-07-11 15:09:33
        6Calendars / Climate / Climatology / Orders of magnitude / Equinox / Season / Circle / Year / Measurement / Units of time / Geometry

        Corrections for Chapter 2 Page 32, right column, lines 9 and 10. Omit the parenthetical remark. The sphere of fixed stars rotates around its axis (see Figure 2.1) at a constant rate of one revolution per day. So every st

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        Source URL: www3.nd.edu

        Language: English - Date: 2007-08-06 15:41:56
        7Ecliptic / Right ascension / Sidereal time / Hour angle / Declination / Meridian / Horizontal coordinate system / Celestial sphere / Equinox / Astrology / Celestial coordinate system / Equatorial coordinate system

        1 CHAPTER 6 THE CELESTIAL SPHERE 6.1. Introduction If you look up in the sky, it appears as if you are at the centre of a vast crystal sphere with the stars fixed on its surface. This sphere is the celestial sphere. It h

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        Source URL: orca.phys.uvic.ca

        Language: English - Date: 2011-09-04 15:43:12
        8Space / Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi / Nebula / Book of Fixed Stars / Ptolemy / Asterism / Andromeda Galaxy / Zodiac / Almagest / Astronomy / Astrology / Constellations

        A Medieval Reference to the Andromeda Nebula P. KUNITZSCH, Institute of Semitic Studies, University of Munich, F. R. Germany Nebulous objects among the fixed stars, in the southern as weil as in the northern hemisphere,

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        Source URL: www.eso.org

        Language: English - Date: 2010-03-24 14:51:29
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        Figure 2.3: Right ascension and declination are measured on an imaginary sphere that surrounds the earth, on which the stars have fixed positions. 32 How to Use a Computerized Telescope - Author’s Manuscript

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        Source URL: www.covingtoninnovations.com

        - Date: 2004-05-08 16:47:29
          10Astrological aspects / Observational astronomy / Astrodynamics / Planetary science / Elongation / Mercury / Orbital period / Planet / Orbit / Astrology / Astronomy / Celestial mechanics

          1 CHAPTER 8 PLANETARY MOTIONS 8.1 Introduction The word “planet” means “wanderer” (πλάνητες αστέρες − wandering stars); in contrast to the “fixed stars”, the planets wander around on the cele

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          Source URL: orca.phys.uvic.ca

          Language: English - Date: 2011-11-09 15:20:26
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