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Celestial cartography, [1] uranography, [2] [3] astrography or star cartography [citation needed] is the aspect of astronomy and branch of cartography concerned with mapping stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects on the celestial sphere. Measuring the position and light of charted objects requires a variety of instruments and techniques.
MKF-6 camera lenses. The MKF-6 and mod. is a multispectral, multifunctional camera that was designed, made in DDR a.k.a. GDR (East Germany), Carl Zeiss Jena, for the purpose of remote sensing of the Earth's surface (MA 6 system for: Soyz (Focke Wulf), Salut, MIR (PAZ system), iSS (NSS system )), Kino, content, etc..
A celestial map by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit, 1670. A star chart is a celestial map of the night sky with astronomical objects laid out on a grid system. They are used to identify and locate constellations, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and planets. [1] They have been used for human navigation since time immemorial. [2]
Other major celestial atlases since 1997 have also incorporated the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogue data. These include Sky Atlas 2000.0 (2nd edition to 8.5 mag), [ 2 ] the Cambridge Star Atlas (3rd edition to 6.5 mag), [ 3 ] Uranometria 2000.0 (2nd edition to 9.7 mag), [ 4 ] the Bright Star Atlas 2000.0 (to 6.5 mag), [ 5 ] and the Pocket Sky ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Celestial cartography" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The Sydney 'Star Camera' used in the Carte du Ciel project, original publication, 1892. The Carte du Ciel (French pronunciation: [kaʁt dy sjɛl]; literally, 'Map of the Sky') and the Astrographic Catalogue (or Astrographic Chart) were two distinct but connected components of a massive international astronomical project, initiated in the late 19th century, to catalogue and map the positions of ...
Sky-Map.org (or WikiSky.org) is a wiki and interactive sky map that covers over half a billion known celestial bodies. [1] WikiSky is designed, in part, as a wiki.Users can edit information about different stars by writing articles, adding Internet links, uploading images, or creating a special interest group for a specific task.
Star atlases, mapping stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects on the celestial sphere. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.