SKY-MAP.ORG (or WIKISKY.ORG) is an interactive information-management system which encompasses the entire outer space.
Sky
From LoveToKnow 1911
SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence "scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.), the apparent covering of the atmosphere, the overarching heaven.
Sky Diamond
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The Rosetta spacecraft snapped this sequence of images of 2867 Steins as it sped past the asteroid on September 5. The diamond-shaped asteroid is about three miles across, and has a mile-wide impact crater on its top side.
Sky Maps
Click on a city below to see a map of the stars for that city. New cities will continue to be added, so don't worry if you do not see one near you. Each city has a map for one day in each of the twelve months.
Sky merger yields
sparkling dividends
DR EMILY BALDWIN
ASTRONOMY NOW
Posted: October 13, 2009 ...
My Sky: My Astronomy Hobby
Welcome to My Sky. My name is J.D. Knight, and I am the creator and Webmaster of Sea and Sky. I currently live in Orlando, Florida where I work as a graphic artist and web designer at a local technology firm.
Sky luminance distribution models have been recommended by CIE (the International Lighting Commission) for the design of daylighting schemes.
all-sky survey
A survey that makes no prior assumptions about the most likely directions to search for a particular type of object, whether it be distant galaxies or signals from an extraterrestrial civilization.
Deep sky
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Deep sky or Deep Sky Object (DSO, for short), which differs from deep space, ...
Sky & Telescope magazine, and their online site, including this week's sky at a glance, their maps and charts page, binocular and telescope guide, and other tips for backyard astronomers
Beginner's Guide by Astronomy magazine ...
Deep sky observing requires good sky transparency, among the other obvious things like a clear dark sky, and as much aperture as possible.
The winter sky is the prettiest and most interesting time of year for amateur astronomers in the northern hemisphere.
Why is the sky blue?
Sunlight is made up of all the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The gas molecules in the atmosphere interact with the sunlight before the light reaches our eyes.
THE ROYAL SKY
By Jim Kaler
Did the makers of the constellations, both ancient and modern, lack some imagination?
Using an sky chart, find the constellation Cepheus That's where Delta Cephei is located. Cepheus lies in between the constellation Cassiopeia, the star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus, and the star Polaris (the North Star).
Interactive Sky Charts
About the Java applet / Instructions
Note: these all start up the same program, just initally centered on different parts of the sky. Try it and you'll see what I mean.
Science in the Sky
10.17.07
The SLI rockets are designed to reach an altitude of one mile. Image Credit: Al Krause ...
I hope you found the Night Sky Now to be helpful and educational. I invite you to return here frequently for new information.
Wishing you "Clear skies!",
Dr Jamie Love ...
Binoculars - The Sky's The Limit (Part One)
Forget buying a telescope and equip yourself with a good pair of astronomy binoculars for your study of the night sky.
Overview of the Sky
and Planets
We begin our discussion of the development of modern astronomy by giving a quick overview of the sky, with particular attention to the appearance of planets in the sky. ...
Using the Sun for reference, however, gives a shifting reference point in the sky.
A half-hour exposure of the sky in the early morning hours of 19 November 2001. The image shows more than 100 Leonid meteors, all of which appear to emanate from the radiant in the constellation of Leo.
Keep in mind that if you live in a region of the globe where one of these two constellations is circumpolar (in the sky all year long), then the other constellation will never appear in your sky.
What causes fireballs in the sky?
Answer:
Fireballs were much in the news over the past month due to a big one that was seen in the Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana areas around local midnight on March 26 - 27, 2003.
the Earth Water Cycle Greenhouse Effect Why is the Sky Blue? Activities,
Web Links Geologic Time Chart Zoom Astronomy
Why is the sky blue?
Sunlight is made up of all the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
The patterns of the stars (constellations) always stay the same, but during the course of the night they move across the sky from East to West. This is because the earth is rotating.
The Greeks, Romans, babylonians and most if not all ancient cultures all viewed the night time sky and made up constellations but they often saw different pictures based on their own constellation myths.
Sky Atlases and Deep Sky Observing Guides
This is a minimum set of sky charts usuful for both visual observing as well as for locating CCD imaging targets.
Sky & Telescope magazine
articles on the largest telescopes on Earth and future designs ...
Sky Surveys
The Space Telescope Science Institute has created a Digitial Sky Survey for the public. You can find the coordinates (Right Ascension and Declination) of an object and a picture from their survey.
Sky lanterns are airborne paper lanterns traditionally found in Far East cultures. They are constructed from oiled rice paper on a bamboo frame, and contain a small candle or fuel cell composed of a waxy flammable material....
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Sky Diagrams for December
Planets and moon in the evening twilight, December 7 The evening sky, 2010 December 7, looking towards the west-southwest 45 minutes after sunset.
The circle shows a field of view 5 degrees in diameter.
Sky Flat - A flat-field frame that uses the clear sky as a light source.
Deep Sky Objects:
While there are no Messier objects, several clusters are of some interest.
deep-sky objects
objects located beyond the solar system; consist of stars, nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies.
degree ...
deep sky object
An object in our night sky other than the bodies of the solar system and individual stars. Deep sky objects include nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies.
density
The mass of an object divided by its volume.
Deep-Sky. The part of space that lies beyond the Solar System. Star clusters, galaxies and nebulae are frequently termed as 'Deep-sky objects'.
Degree (Deg). Symbol °, 1/360th of a circle.
Night-Sky Light
The faint, diffuse glow of the night sky. It comes from four main sources : airglow, diffuse Galactic light, Zodiacal light, and the light from these sources scattered by the troposphere.
NIR ...
Human-Sky Spirit first contact Edit
A Sky Spirit The earliest known notable Human - extraterrestrial first contact was with the Sky Spirits, a race of humanoid explorers, with warp-capable starships, ...
sky view,
reverted sky view,
sky view with inlined constellation
Southern Calotte: ...
Sky & Telescope: Jupiter Observing Guide
Sounds of Jupiter
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
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Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more
Searching more than 100 credible sources ...
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Plane
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Sky Maps
The Egyptians, like any other culture, watched the sky and mapped it. As early as 2150 B.C., they had identified 36 groups of stars which they called decans.
SKY
The sky on Earth appears blue because our atmosphere scatters the blue colors from the sunlight (which consists of all colors of light). The sky on planets with a different atmospheric composition would appear to be a different color.
(Sky & Telescope March 1990, p. 264. Sky & Telescope July 1989, p. 30. Spaceflight 33, 276--280, 1991. (Planetary Report, pp. 14--15, Sept./Oct 1990)
(--. Sci. Amer., 26--28, Nov. 1992.)
(Sky & Telescope, 284, 1982) ...
The sky, the abode of the stars, is described as a "raḳia'" (a plate); that is, a rigid, broad, solid plate possessing a certain thickness.
The Sky at a Glance - What's Currently visible
Star Gazer
The Earth and Sky
Native American Star Lore
Constellations
Ask an Astronomer
Slacker Astronomy - MP3 shows
Bad Astronomy - Debunks misconceptions
Celestial Sphere Demonstration ...
The sky "surrounds" us from all directions. We placed ourselves at the center of an imaginary sphere, the celestial sphere. Everything on the sky will appear on the celestial sphere.
The Sky Explored by Deborah Jean Warner (Alan R. Liss, New York, and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam, 1979) is an invaluable survey of the history and development of celestial cartography, ...
All Sky Map of IRAS Point Sources
The plane of our galaxy runs horizontally across the image
Exploring the Hidden Universe ...
The sky (both northern and southern hemispheres) is divided into 88 constellations. A constellation is a grouping of stars usually resembling a mythical figure from Greek or Arabic folklore. Many constellations are easily recognisable in the sky e.g.
"The Sky" can read the USNO database files from the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, so I went to their web site and downloaded the 250MByte file that has stars down to the 21st magnitude for the area of the sky where Jupiter was that night.
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deep sky objects
degree
1. a unit of angular size equal to 1/360 the circumference of the celestial sphere; the sun and full moon both appear about half a degree wide
2. a unit of measure for temperature along a graded scale ...
Deep Sky objects
Quasars - Even the brightest star, at a luminosity of 40 million suns, it is still not the brightest object in the universe. This honor belongs to the Quasars, of which several hundred are currently known.
Is the sky blue because it reflects the color of the ocean, or is the ocean blue because it reflects the color of the surrounding sky?
In the sky the Milky Way is a faint, diffuse band of light that stretches across the heavens, clear across the celestial dome.
An all-sky view clearly shows the bright glow of the Milky Way stretching across the night sky. This is the view our home galaxy from the inside.
Credit: A. Mellinger ...
In the sky, Orion and his two dogs, represented by the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, are seen pursuing a hare, Lepus.
 See also: Earth, Light, Star, Sun, Solar
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