Sentences with phrase «celestial objects as»

A spectrograph spreads out the light gathered by a telescope so that it can be analyzed to determine such properties of celestial objects as chemical composition and abundances, temperature, radial velocity, rotational velocity, and magnetic fields.

A group of scientists is proposing a new definition that would classify celestial objects as planets.

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Designed primarily for celestial viewing, this product is equally comfortable scanning the night sky as it is looking at objects here on Earth.

These bright, celestial objects serve as beacons across the sky, helping astronomers peer deep into space and calculate the size, shape and mass of the universe.

However, if your goal is to see stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial objects then the best time to bring out your telescope is when the moon is new or young (i.e. as dark as possible).

That would be a scientific boon, but laypeople might perceive it as reckless demolition of a celestial object.

Satellite galaxies are small celestial objects that orbit larger galaxies, such as our own Milky Way.

The crude lunar map he sketched from his observations dates him as the earliest person known to have used a telescope to study a celestial object, beating Galileo Galilei by nearly four months.

This will help to pinpoint sources of high - energy cosmic rays, shed light on mysterious celestial objects such as microquasars, reveal any dark matter at the centre of the sun, and see further and at higher energies than with any other telescope.

As astronomers learned more about celestial objects, the specter of supernatural influence naturally began to fade.

THE Milky Way's brightest satellite galaxy stands accused of the same crime as itself: tearing apart a celestial object that wandered too close.

Kuiper belt objects are therefore gaining recognition as a completely separate class of celestial bodies.

His course provided an introduction to stellar and galactic astronomy, with special emphasis on the multifrequency observations that have formed the foundation stone of the subject as well as the physical tools that have enabled astronomers to understand celestial objects.

As with any other celestial object, quasars are constantly moving through space, but they are so far away from Earth that from our perspective they appear to stand still.

An unusual celestial object called CX330 was first detected as a source of X-ray light in 2009.

This could mean that graphene - based chips, already held as promising candidates for the next generation of ultra-thin electronics, could not only bring us much faster number crunching but also help scientists understand the complex quantum phenomena that take place inside celestial objects at the other end of our universe.

The transit is used to measure the precise moment that a celestial object passes through its highest point in the sky (also know as the meridian).

Even if you're lucky enough to have access to a ground - based telescope, whose clarity depends on atmospheric factors such as clouds and weather, it still doesn't offer the kind of lucidity these stunning celestial objects deserve.

Given the large orbital eccentricities of these two objects (which move beyond 500 AUs of the Sun), some astronomers have argued that they were likely to have been strongly perturbed by a massive celestial object (which is unlikely to have been Neptune as they do not come close enough to feel its gravitational influence) such as the passing of a rogue planet (perturbed from its primordial orbit by the gas giants of the inner Solar Sylstem) or one or more passing stars, which could have dragged the two objects farther out after initial orbital perturbation by Neptune or as part of a «first - generation» Oort Cloud.

A spectrograph spreads out the light gathered by a telescope so that it can be analysed to determine properties of celestial objects such as chemical composition or their radial velocity through the Doppler effect.

As determined by the International Astronomical Union, any celestial object with a mass greater than 13 Jupiters should be considered a star.But according to Jonathan Fortney, an exoplanet and brown dwarf theorist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this definition leaves a lot of researchers cold because it doesn't take into account how the object was formed.

REVIEW This site provides teachers and students as well as the general surfing public useful and interesting information about celestial objects and phenomena that exist outside the Earth's atmosphere.

Withstand cosmic chaos as chunks of exploding planets, asteroids and other celestial objects threaten your planet, with explosive chain reactions eventually destroying the sun itself

The Celestial Guidebook contains detailed information and mythology on distant objects and constellations as well as a helpful glossary of astronomy terms used in observation.

Most of them focus on the Celestial Brush, so watch as Amaterasu uses its special techniques to cut down objects and create a handy waterspout in the clips after the jump.

Discovered in 1912 by the American book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in the basement of a Jesuit library near Rome, the 230 page manuscript, completed in the 15th century, portrays a diverse array of astonishing fauna and flora, celestial objects, mysterious figures, as well as a huge quantity of script as of yet undeciphered.

Highlights include: a unique collection of Asian ceramics from Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar; sculptural masterpieces such as the magnificent Japanese Amida Nyorai, the Sino - Tibetan White and the Jain Shri Mallinath and Vijayanagara period Siva nataraja from India; craftworks like the Javanese ninth - century Kala and Batak Mortuary puppet (si gale gale); a definitive collection of Indian textiles dating from 1350s to the 19th century; ukiyo - e woodblock prints like the Thirty - six views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige; plus rare objects such as a Celestial globe (1780 — 81), and a heterodox Mughal portrait of Prophet Muhammad riding the bouraq steed.

Reminiscent of objects used to study outer space, such as radio satellite dishes, the installation draws on Cameron - Weir's interest in reinterpreting the Globe of Death in dialogue with natural forms, and celestial or otherworldly concepts.