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What's the map on Sheldon & Leonard's refrigerator of?
Mar 12 at 17:15
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On the consistency of different well-polished astronomy software
Aug 5 '19 at 6:51
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Does anything orbit the Sun faster than Mercury?
Dec 16 '20 at 20:33
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Are stars near the ecliptic the only stars from which Earth would appear to transit the Sun?
Nov 17 '20 at 22:53
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What did I photograph?
Aug 6 '18 at 15:03
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Has anyone back-calculated previous close encounters between the Apophis asteroid and Earth?
Mar 28 at 18:02
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Is it possible that the shadow of The Moon is a single dot during solar eclipse?
Sep 15 '19 at 19:14
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How do you call it when two celestial bodies come as close to each other as they will in their current orbits?
Aug 19 '19 at 19:13
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If the solar system is nearly flat, then why don't all the planets appear to lie on the same axis when viewed from earth?
Aug 10 '20 at 19:09
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Help understanding this unsettling image of Titan, Epimetheus, and Saturn's rings?
Mar 29 '19 at 19:24
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Can the Moon eclipse Venus?
Aug 23 '18 at 15:40
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How early could we detect an asteroid the size of the one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Nov 15 '20 at 21:27
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Shouldn't this cause a fire?
Nov 10 '20 at 17:47
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Hypothetically, would we be able to see the moon from Saturn's North Pole?
May 28 '18 at 3:37
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Solar Analemma - but with a star instead
Oct 21 '20 at 20:55
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Why do transits of Earth across the Sun seen from Mars follow a pattern of occurring after 26, 79 then 100 years?
Aug 11 '19 at 19:32
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What is the highest angle the moon ever makes above the horizon at the North Pole?
Mar 19 '19 at 6:04
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Can I leave a planet without achieving escape velocity?
May 30 '16 at 21:50
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Why were two galaxies named “The Sagittarius Galaxy”? Is this common?
May 26 '20 at 14:15
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Why is there no concavity in the orbit of the moon around the Sun?
Mar 3 '20 at 22:33
8
Are we seeing a conjunction these mornings?
Feb 20 '20 at 17:46
8
Get a table of Moon phase angle per day
Sep 16 '19 at 21:15
8
Daylight Time Expansion
Feb 12 '19 at 1:50
8
We are in Green Lake, WI, 8/12/18, seeing bright orange “planet”/“star” almost due South, perhaps 20 degrees above horizon, what is it?
Aug 13 '18 at 4:41
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Why oddly shaped constellation areas?
May 22 '18 at 19:59
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Why do we use solar filters instead of simply reducing aperture of the telescope?
May 9 '18 at 15:55
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Is there a term for “path of the Sun at a given point of the Earth”
Mar 6 at 16:49
7
Sorting out Julian Day, Julian Date, Julian Day number, Julian Day Calendar, and Julian Day Table
Jun 10 '19 at 6:30
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What is the period of Jupiter being visible in the sky?
Sep 14 '20 at 15:34
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Are we less safe now that Arecibo is no more?
Aug 24 '20 at 15:02
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