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Astronomers before Eddy had also named the period after the solar astronomer Edward W. Maunder ( 1851 – 1928 ) who studied how sunspot latitudes changed with time.
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Astronomers use the Julian calendar for years before 1582, including this year 0, and the Gregorian calendar for years after 1582 as exemplified by Jacques Cassini ( 1740 ), Simon Newcomb ( 1898 ) and Fred Espenak ( 2007 ).
Astronomers follow the same calendar conventions that are accepted in the world community: They use the Gregorian calendar for events since its introduction on ( or later, depending on country ), and the Julian calendar for events before that date.
Astronomers inferred that the star had been a red supergiant, and had shed a large amount of matter into space, before evolving into a blue supergiant and exploding.
" Astronomers have never seen anything like this before.
Astronomers and had
Astronomers estimated that the visible fragments of SL9 ranged in size from a few hundred metres to two kilometres across, suggesting that the original comet may have had a nucleus up to acrosssomewhat larger than Comet Hyakutake, which became very bright when it passed close to the Earth in 1996.
Astronomers had expected to see the fireballs from the impacts, but did not have any idea in advance how visible the atmospheric effects of the impacts would be from Earth.
Astronomers were surprised by these " hot Jupiters ," since theories of planetary formation had indicated that giant planets should only form at large distances from stars.
Astronomers had believed for some time that parallax would provide the first accurate measurement of interstellar distances — in fact, in the 1830s there was a fierce competition between astronomers to be the first to measure a stellar parallax accurately.
However, two Astronomers Royal had recently died in quick succession and Maskelyne was appointed to the position soon after his return to England.
Astronomers think that the sun had about 70 – 75 % of the present luminosity, yet temperatures appear to have been near modern levels even within 500 Ma of Earth's formation, which is puzzling ( the faint young sun paradox ).
Astronomers analysing old data found that Ulysses ' instruments had detected a large drop in the number of protons passing, as well as a change in the direction and strength of the local magnetic field.
Astronomers assumed that there was only one body in that orbit, and accordingly had difficulty determining their orbital characteristics.
" Astronomers in Bochum, West Germany, had observed a bright glow on the lunar surface — the same sort of eerie luminescence that has intrigued moon watchers for centuries.
Astronomers had made careful photometric measurements of several stars known to be orbited by planets, in the hope that they might observe a dip in brightness caused by the transit of the planet across the star's face.
Astronomers who had been studying the planet Venus chose Rittenhouse to study the transit path of Venus in 1769 and its atmosphere.
Astronomers had to stare for hours through their telescopes, waiting for a moment of still air when the image was clear, and then draw a picture of what they had seen.
Norman Sperling is a recipient of the National Service Award by the Western Amateur Astronomers, and had been recognized " For special and meritorious service for his unusual dedication and service to the astronomical community in all areas of astronomy " by the Astronomical Association of Northern California.
Astronomers had made careful photometric measurements of several stars known to be orbited by planets, in the hope that they might observe a dip in brightness caused by the transit of the planet across the star's face.
Astronomers had long wished for a way to photograph large swathes of the sky quickly for the purpose of surveying the visible contents of the universe and seeing large-scale structures.
Astronomers had to make thousands of such calculations, and because the best method of multiplication available was long multiplication, most of this time was spent taxingly multiplying out products.
When Pluto was first discovered, it was initially known as Planet X. Astronomers had been searching for another planet past Neptune, hoping to solve the dilemma of its rather irregular orbit.
Astronomers and also
Astronomers also measure the apparent size of objects as an angular diameter.
Astronomers preferentially use the HD designation of a star, as that catalogue also gives spectroscopic information, but as the Durchmusterungs cover more stars they occasionally fall back on the older designations when dealing with one not found in Draper.
Astronomers also found the comet a memorable sight.
Varshni has also contributed three biographies to the " Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers ".
Astronomers can also calculate Earth's mass from its orbit and effects on nearby planetary bodies.
Astronomers also claimed to have seen brilliant points in certain spots on the disk of the planet, suggesting an enormous mountain whose top was higher than the clouds.
Astronomers and named
Astronomers named this star " Lucy " after The Beatles ' song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ".
* Leo Scanlon, American amateur astronomer who co-founded the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh in 1929 and for whom 8131 Scanlon is named
Astronomers and after
Astronomers think the collision between Earth and Theia happened at approximately 4. 53 Gya ; about 30-50 million years after the Solar System began to form.
Astronomers never preposed seriously to replace our era with their astronomical era ( which for that matter coincides exactly with the Christian era where it concerns the calendar years after the year 4 ).
Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.
Astronomers announce this as evidence that the theory of the cosmological constant proposed, but later discarded, by Einstein may have been right after all.
Astronomers were then sent their data on magnetic tape by post, about a week after processing.
Astronomers and solar
The Jalali calendar was introduced by Omar Khayyám alongside other Mathematicians and Astronomers in Nishapur, today it is one of the oldest calendars in the world as well as the most accurate solar calendar in use today.
Astronomers have postulated that this fluctuating emission comes from the first known intermediate-mass black hole, of roughly 200 to 5000 solar masses.
Astronomers Robert Grant and William Swan ( of the United Kingdom ) and Karl Ludwig von Littrow ( of Austria ) observe this eclipse and determine that solar prominences are part of the Sun because the Moon is seen to cover and uncover them as it moves in front.
Astronomers believe that centaurs are recent escapees from the Kuiper belt, a zone of small bodies orbiting in a cloud at the distant reaches of the solar system.
On March 22, 2005, Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope took advantage of this fact to directly capture the infrared light of two previously detected planets orbiting outside our solar system.
Astronomers made over 104, 000 observations using the IUE, of objects ranging from solar system bodies to distant quasars.
Astronomers and W
* 1957, Mathematician Donald B. Gillies, Physicist, James E. Snyder and Astronomers George C. McVittie, S. P. Wyatt, Ivan R. King and George W. Swenson of the University of Illinois used the ILLIAC I computer to calculate the orbit of the Sputnik I satellite within 2 days of its launch.
* God And The Astronomers ( 1978 ), W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 2nd edition, paperback: ISBN 0-393-85006-4.
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