# All Questions

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### Calculating azimuth from equatorial coordinates

I try to get the azimuth of an object from its equatorial coordinates using this formula: $a = \arctan2(\sin(θ - α), \sin φ * \cos(θ - α) - \cos φ * \tan δ)$ Where φ = geographic latitude of the ...
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### How to orientate a telescope using an accelerometer and magnetometer?

For a project with my astronomy professor, we are hooking up an array of 4 smaller telescopes to observe objects in space together. To do this, we wanted to put an accelerometer and magnetometer on ...
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### Is there any proof of space being created?

Is there any proof for space being created? Because I guess an explanation for the dark energy (dark = our understanding of it) could be that there is a gigantic amount of matter/dark matter that we ...
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### Reclaimed bodies in planetary formation?

This question on Worldbuilding.SE got me thinking... We currently think that many bodies that condensed during star/planet system formation, many bodies are ejected. I've heard it stated that there ...
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### In a finite universe, what happens when light reaches the boundary?

If a universe is finite and is not expanding at a speed equal to or greater than c, what happens when light or another form of electromagnetic radiation traveling reaches the boundary?
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### Mass limit of planetary ring

Is there a limit to how massive a planet's ring can be? If there is, how does it depend on the mass of the planet, presence/absence of moons, distance to the star or other parameters?