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July 8, 2025. Astronomy Concepts 4. Right Ascension and Declination Right ascension (RA) and declination (Dec) are the celestial equivalents of longitude and latitude on Earth, used by astronomers to pinpoint objec

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July 5, 2025. Astronomy Concepts 3. Angular Distance Angular distance, measures the apparent distance between two objects in the sky as seen from an observer's perspective. Instead of a linear measur

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November 15, 2024. Tracking Apophis 1. Introduction Apophis (99942 Apophis)is a near-Earth asteroid, discovered in 2004 measuring 450 meters by 170 meters which caused alarm because of the possibility o

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September 11, 2024. Astronomy Concepts 2. Altitude and Azimuth Altitude and Azimuth are coordinates used to describe the position of a celestial object in the sky at a specific time. This is called the Horizon

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September 2, 2024. Stargazing 2. The Big Dipper and Ursa Major In this post I will show the Big Dipper and Ursa Major. The Big Dipper is not a constellation, it is called an asterism, which is only a pattern

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