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This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) jointly published a thematic study on heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy to be used as a guide to UNESCO in its evaluation of the cultural importance of archaeoastronomical ...
Tonantzintla, Mexico Observatorio Solar Carl Sagan: 2000 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Observatory House (defunct) 1789 Slough, UK Observatory of the rue Serpente (defunct) 1890–1968 Paris, France Oil Region Astronomical Observatory: Venango County, Pennsylvania, US Onan Observatory: 1990 Norwood Young America, Minnesota, US
An astronomical catalogue is a list or tabulation of astronomical objects, typically grouped together because they share a common type, morphology, origin, means of detection, or method of discovery. Astronomical catalogs are usually the result of an astronomical survey of some kind.
The regions with higher density of stars are shown; these correspond with known star clusters (Hyades and Coma Berenices) and moving groups. This is a list of nearby stellar associations and moving groups. A stellar association is a very loose star cluster, looser than an open cluster. A moving group is the remnant of such a stellar association ...
OANTON was dedicated in February 1942 in a ceremony attended by the President of Mexico, Manuel Ávila Camacho, and other dignitaries. [2] The project was begun some time earlier by Luis Enrique Erro , who was an astronomer by training but for many years had been the Mexican ambassador to the United States.
Pages in category "Astronomical observatories in Mexico" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
The Messier catalogue: the Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1771. Nebulae and Star Clusters was published in 1781, with objects M1–M110. The New General Catalogue or NGC, compiled in the 1880s by J. L. E. Dreyer, lists objects NGC 0001 – NGC 7840. It is one of the largest ...
The Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars was first published in 1786 by William Herschel in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. [1] In 1789, he added another 1,000 entries, [2] and finally another 500 in 1802, [3] bringing the total to 2,500 entries. This catalogue originated the usage of letters and catalogue ...