Astronomy

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How bright would the night sky be in the galactic center?
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Binoculars 10x50 in light polluted place
Awarded Jun 28 at 18:56
Evaluating Potentials using Galpy
Awarded Jun 28 at 2:01
How can I calculate an orbital elliptic trajectory from the velocity vector?
Awarded Jun 27 at 16:27
How to use Astropy to edit a keyword (not value) in batches of FITS file headers to be used in AstroimageJ (AIJ)? (summer undergrad research project)
Awarded Jun 27 at 9:45
escape velocity of leaving the Milky Way galaxy vertically and horizontally
Awarded Jun 23 at 6:21
Trying to identify something I saw in the sky
Awarded Jun 21 at 10:02
Planets looks like normal stars when I see them using telescope
Awarded Jun 13 at 6:34
Planets looks like normal stars when I see them using telescope
Awarded Jun 12 at 1:27
Why are asteroids so much richer in precious metals than Earth's crust?
Awarded Jun 10 at 22:33
Plotting equatorial grid circles onto stereographic projection
Awarded Jun 7 at 19:57
When did the Moon become tidally locked to Earth?
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How can I calculate an orbital elliptic trajectory from the velocity vector?
Awarded Jun 3 at 13:21
What do the flux letters mean? (U, B, V, R, I, G, J, H, K, u, g, r, i, z)
Awarded Jun 3 at 8:17
How it is not possible to say if Titius–Bode law is a "coincidence" or not?
Awarded Jun 1 at 1:41
Dark energy and light red shifting
Awarded May 28 at 4:51
Can a planet with no atmosphere be orbited at extremely low altitudes?
Awarded May 28 at 4:03
What percentage of the sky could the sun be in?
Awarded May 26 at 16:31
Solar flare generate energetic protons. Where do the electrons go?
Awarded May 23 at 1:17
Mystery CCD camera
Awarded May 22 at 6:17
Does mass create space?
Awarded May 21 at 21:27
Is there a possibility that a white dwarf can turn into a neutron star or a black hole?
Awarded May 21 at 21:27
How could I see Andromeda as large as in this picture?
Awarded May 19 at 18:46
Why won't the Milky Way colliding with Andromeda affect the Solar System?
Awarded May 12 at 14:05
How much energy to shorten a synodic month by about 1.56%?
Awarded May 6 at 21:03
Interpretation of Hubble constant in SI units
Awarded May 5 at 3:08
Why would the side of the moon that faces earth be as dark as the far side of the moon?
Awarded Apr 23 at 19:56
How to locate helpful and instructive books and resources about numerical methods in cosmology?
Awarded Apr 20 at 3:35
Using optical fibers in astronomy
Awarded Apr 16 at 2:31
Do changes in the orbit of the Earth contribute to global warming?
Awarded Apr 15 at 9:27
Why do most dwarf planets have mass comparable to moon?
Awarded Apr 15 at 5:48
Computing orbit positions of Jovian Satellites / Moons using JPL data
Awarded Apr 5 at 4:36
What is this 877-year cycle in the orbits of Jupiter & Saturn, and this multimillion-year cycle in the lunar orbit?
Awarded Apr 1 at 8:04
In what measure James Webb Telescope "exceeded expectations"?
Awarded Mar 30 at 16:47
It takes light roughly 8 minutes to travel to Earth from the Sun, but based on which perspective?
Awarded Mar 29 at 4:05
Are new galaxies being formed and if so where?
Awarded Mar 28 at 23:21
For what aspects of cosmology research can a software engineer contribute?
Awarded Mar 28 at 11:19
Has the Penrose process ever been linked to an observed phenomenon in some way?
Awarded Mar 26 at 20:18
It takes light roughly 8 minutes to travel to Earth from the Sun, but based on which perspective?
Awarded Mar 26 at 17:56
Do circa 1 THz radio telescope front end amplifiers actually down convert before amplifying? At what frequency does amplification become untenable?
Awarded Mar 17 at 19:31
How can I measure the angle between two stars?
Awarded Mar 16 at 20:16
Calculating velocity of Earth from JPL DE
Awarded Mar 16 at 13:50
JWST mirrors each can be "positioned in tip, tilt, piston, horizontal & vertical decentering and clocking". What does this mean?
Awarded Mar 16 at 5:42
Making an application to draw the night sky of other planets
Awarded Mar 11 at 12:18
Why is there no black hole-like activities inside a massive star?
Awarded Mar 8 at 8:47
If the Sun was replaced with a sun-mass black hole, would it be visually detectable?
Awarded Mar 5 at 3:21
If the Sun was replaced with a sun-mass black hole, would it be visually detectable?
Awarded Mar 4 at 21:25
What is the fraction of the time that the JWST could view a short transient event on-demand as a function of position on the celestial sphere?
Awarded Mar 4 at 21:10
Where does the relativistic jet on Messier 87 come from?
Awarded Mar 2 at 11:55
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Is there physical evidence to distinguish between the expansion of space and an anthropocentric universe?
Awarded Mar 1 at 17:20
Is there physical evidence to distinguish between the expansion of space and an anthropocentric universe?
Awarded Mar 1 at 13:47
Is there physical evidence to distinguish between the expansion of space and an anthropocentric universe?
Awarded Mar 1 at 10:35
Can someone explain to me the TEME reference frame in defining orbital coordinates?
Awarded Mar 1 at 8:48
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What if the Earth was hit by a small asteroid having close to the speed of light?
Awarded Feb 20 at 11:26
How to calculate the limb darkening $\mu$ value
Awarded Feb 19 at 11:40
Planet's distance data from JPL Horizons - Mars Curiosity mission
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