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The McMath-Hulbert Solar Observatory is a solar observatory in Lake Angelus, Michigan, USA.It was established in 1929 as a private observatory by father and son Francis Charles McMath and Robert Raynolds McMath and their friend, Judge Henry Hulbert.
Observational Astronomy for Amateurs (Enslow Publishers, 1982) [5] [7] Observer's Guide to Halley's Comet (Arco Pub, 1985) [8] A Rhyming History of Britain (Walker and Company, 2003) [9] [10] The Cosmic Verses: A Rhyming History of the Universe (Walker and Company, 2007) [11]
Michael Rutter (died 2021) English child psychiatrist. September 6 – Juliet Clutton-Brock (died 2015), English zooarchaeologist. September 10 – Yevgeny Khrunov (died 2000), Soviet cosmonaut. September 26 – Charles C. Conley (died 1984), American mathematician specializing in dynamical systems.
At the time of his death he had authored 12 monographs on astronomy and the history of astronomy, including, in 1989 the influential textbook Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei, and the recently updated and revised 2nd edition (2006) written along with Gary Ferland of the University of Kentucky. Alongside his more than ...
Virginia Louise Trimble (born November 15, 1943) is an American astronomer specializing in the structure and evolution of stars and galaxies, and the history of astronomy. [2] She has published more than 600 works in Astrophysics, [ 3 ] and dozens of other works in the history of other sciences.
The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934, at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.They were hosted by Will Rogers and Rogers also presented all of the awards. This was the last time that the Oscars' eligibility period was spread over two different calendar years, creating the longest time frame for which films could be nominated: the seventeen months from August 1, 1932, to December ...
By historical astronomy we include the history of astronomy; what has come to be known as archaeoastronomy; and the application of historical records to modern astrophysical problems." Historical and ancient observations are used to track theoretically long term trends, such as eclipse patterns and the velocity of nebular clouds.
The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280306-9. Magli, Giulio (2004). "On the possible discovery of precessional effects in ancient astronomy". arXiv: physics/0407108. Neugebauer, Otto (1969) [1957]. The Exact Sciences in Antiquity (2 ed.). Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-22332-2. Pannekoek ...