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Star cartography — Star cartography, stellar cartography, celestial cartography, or uranography (Koine Greek ουρανος [IPA: IPA|uːra nos] , sky, heaven + γραφειν [IPA: IPA|gra pʰiːn] write ) is the branch of astronomy concerned with mapping the stars, galaxies, and… … Wikipedia
Star cluster — Star clusters are groups of stars which are gravitationally bound. Two distinct types of star cluster can be distinguished: globular clusters are tight groups of hundreds of thousands of very old stars, while open clusters generally contain less… … Wikipedia
star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… … Universalium
Variable star — A star is classified as variable if its apparent brightness as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star s actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star s light that is blocked from… … Wikipedia
BSA Gold Star — Infobox Motorcycle name = 1956 BSA Gold Star DBD34 aka = manufacturer = Birmingham Small Arms Company(BSA) production = predecessor =1955 BSA Gold Star DB34 successor =1971 BSA B50 parent company = class = Clubmans racer platform = swing arm… … Wikipedia
International Star Registry — The International Star Registry (ISR), founded in 1979, enables buyers to name a star as a gift or memorial. Once the star is named, the ISR publishes its telescopic coordinates in a book called Your Place in the Cosmos. The names in this book… … Wikipedia
Mizar (star) — This is an article about the star, for other uses please see Mizar (disambiguation) Starbox begin name=Mizar Starbox observe epoch=J2000 ra=13h 23m 55.5s dec=+54° 55 prime; 31 Prime; appmag v=2.23 constell=Ursa Major Starbox character class=A2… … Wikipedia
Pioneer Star — The Pioneer Star is an alternative name of Mizar, Zeta Ursae Majoris ( zeta; UMa). It lies middle of the handle of the Big Dipper.Zeta Ursae Majoris is: * With Alcor (80g UMa), well known naked eye pair. * First discovered telescopic double star… … Wikipedia
Galileo Galilei — For other uses of Galileo , see Galileo (disambiguation). For other uses of Galileo Galilei , see Galileo Galilei (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Parallax — For other uses, see Parallax (disambiguation). A simplified illustration of the parallax of an object against a distant background due to a perspective shift. When viewed from Viewpoint A , the object appears to be in front of the blue square.… … Wikipedia
