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Clear Sky Charts (called clocks until February 29, 2008) are web graphics which deliver weather forecasts designed specifically for astronomers.They forecast the cloud cover, transparency and astronomical seeing, parameters which are not forecast by civil or aviation forecasts. [1]
Educational observatory This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in operation.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Timeline of the Gaza war Initial attacks (7 October – 27 October 2023) Invasion of the Gaza Strip (28 October – 23 November 2023) First ...
The Andromeda Rock is a rock jutting out of the Mediterranean in front of the old town of Jaffa, in present-day Israel, where it serves as a local tourist attraction.. According to Greek mythology, this was the site where King Cepheus's daughter Andromeda was chained and sacrificed to a sea monster, but was timely rescued by Perseus, who then married An
Bonaparte Visits the Plague Victims in Jaffa (French: Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa) is an oil-on-canvas painting commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and painted in 1804 by Antoine-Jean Gros, portraying an event during the French invasion of Egypt. [1]
The Oregon Star Party (OSP) was founded in 1987 and is considered one of the best annual events in the United States for observational astronomy. [1] [2] The Oregon Star Party takes place in the Ochoco National Forest, near the geographical center of the state of Oregon.
[10] [11] [12] Red band sources for the southern sky include the short red (SR) plates of the SERC I/SR Survey and Atlas of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (referred to as AAO-SR in DSS2), [13] the Equatorial Red (SERC-ER), [5] and the F-band Second Epoch Survey (referred to as AAO-SES in DSS2, AAO-R in the original literature), [14] all ...
Newbrook Observatory (disused) Oldman River Observatory, Lethbridge Astronomical Society, Lethbridge; Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, University of Calgary, Priddis, Alberta; Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station (historic site) Sunridge Observatory, south of Medicine Hat; Telus World of Science Edmonton RASC Observatory, Edmonton