About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Astronomer, Theoretical astronomy, Fine-tuned Universe, Astronomical infrared source, Metal mesh optical filters, Patronage in Astronomy, Astronomical visual source, Astronomical ultraviolet source, Astronomical source, Outline of astronomy, Stellar parallax, Planetshine, Goetz Oertel, Chord, Wilson-Bappu effect, LightBuckets, Zanstra method, Asemaneshab, James Maxime DuPont, George Darwin Lectureship, Local standard of rest, Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment, Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey, Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Virial mass, Blazhko effect, Arvind Bhatnagar, Cosmoscopic scale, MPG/ESO telescope, EURONEAR, Wavefront sensor, Commensurability, Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy, Astroinformatics, Zij al-Sindhind, Ostriker-Peebles criterion, Stellarium, Lunar mansion, Tycho Brahe Prize, Quaquaversal, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Astronomy, Terrestrial exoplanet. Excerpt: Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, nebulae, star clusters and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation). It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the formation and development of the universe. Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. Prehistoric cultures left behind astronomical artifacts such as the Egyptian monuments, Nubian monuments and Stonehenge, and early civilizations such as the Babylonians, Greeks, Chinese, Indians, and Maya performed methodical observations of the night sky. However, the invention of the telescope was required before astronomy was able to develop into a modern science. Historically, astronomy has included disciplines as diver...
