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Observational astronomy is focused on acquiring data from observations of astronomical objects. This data is then analyzed using basic principles of physics. Theoretical astronomy is oriented toward the development of computer or analytical models to describe astronomical objects and phenomena. These two fields complement each other.
List of astronomical catalogues. List of NGC objects. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000) List of NGC objects (5001–6000) List of NGC objects (6001–7000) List of NGC objects (7001–7840) List of IC objects
The astronomical phenomenon is caused by the interaction between two stars orbiting each other. A small white dwarf, which is a dead star, is locked in a cosmic dance with a much larger red giant ...
Mayan astronomers discover an 18.7-year cycle in the rising and setting of the Moon.From this they created the first almanacs – tables of the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets for the use in astrology.
Astronomers have detected the signal of a rainbow-like phenomenon known as the “glory effect” on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. Astronomers have detected the signal of a ...
The mystery “suggest[s] possibilities of unknown astronomical phenomena and novel physical origins beyond the Standard Model”, said Toshihiro Fujii, from Osaka Metropolitan University, who led ...
The Babylonians were the first civilization known to possess a functional theory of the planets. [9] The oldest surviving planetary astronomical text is the Babylonian Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa, a 7th-century BC copy of a list of observations of the motions of the planet Venus that probably dates as early as the second millennium BC.
Astronomical events are celestial body events such as eclipses, novae or planetary collisions studied by the scientific discipline of astronomy, whereas "astronomy events" refers to social events such as academic meetings, conferences and other such newsworthy occasions relating to astronomy.