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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.
Early in 2009, the R.O.M. announced that it had sold the building and site to the University of Toronto, which plans to demolish the existing building to make way for additional facilities. [4] [5] In September 2014, the university announced preliminary plans for new facilities to be built on the site. [6]
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]
Stars & Planets Guide – Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 6.0) [11] Cambridge Double Star Atlas – James Mullaney and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 7.5) Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects – James Mullaney and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 7.5) Pocket Sky Atlas – Roger Sinnott (stars to magnitude 7.5)
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College , the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada .
University College 1858 Frederick Cumberland and William G. Storm. University College Union [UP] University College 1885 Former private home University of Toronto Schools (371 Bloor Street West) [FE] 1910 Darling and Pearson: Secondary school associated with the University of Toronto. Varsity Arena: 1927 T. R. Loudon along with Pearson and Darling
Globe at Night is an international scientific research program that crowdsources measurements of light pollution in the night sky. At set time periods within each year, the project asks people to count the number of stars that they can see from their location and report it to the project's website.
The area includes the main campuses of the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as university affiliated health-care research hospitals including the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Women's College Hospital, and the MaRS Discovery District.