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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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August 20, 2024. Facts of the Solar System Planets. Earth 1 Today I continue the section on Facts about the Solar System planets with the planet Earth. Earth is the third planet in distance from the S

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August 14, 2024. Astronomy Concepts 1. The Celestial Sphere The Celestial Sphere is an imaginary sphere that contains a smaller sphere called Earth. When we look from Earth towards the Celestial Sphere we s

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August 4, 2024. Stargazing 1. Polaris Today I am starting the section called Stargazing. Polaris is a very easy to find star in the northern hemisphere. It is also called the North

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August 1, 2024. Facts of the Solar System Planets. Venus 1 Today I continue the section on Facts about the Solar System planets with the planet Venus. Venus is the second planet in distance from the S

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July 23, 2024. Facts of the Solar System Planets. Mercury 1 Today I will start the section on Facts about the Solar System planets with the planet Mercury. Mercury is a rocky planet, the closest to th

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Introduction of Astronomy Fan Hello. I am introducing myself to the HIVE community. I have decided to create a blog exclusively for the topic of astronomy. This blog will go t

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