Celestial Events – Page 3 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Beginner Astronomy Resource

Glad to help point you to some astronomy resources for beginners. I think that a very good place to…

The plane that contains the orbit of the Earth (known as the “ecliptic”) is tilted by 7.25 degrees relative…

Sky and Telescope provides an online interactive sky chart that I think can provide the information you are looking…

I think that the clearest terms to use to refer to the two equinoxes each year is to refer…

One option is to use the positions of the Moon and North Star on the early evening of March…

Since the time standard we used is based on the position of the Sun, while the positions of stars…

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