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    Extragalactic astronomy is the branch of astronomy concerned with objects outside the Milky Way galaxy. In other words, it is the study of all astronomical...
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  • An extragalactic planet, also known as an extragalactic exoplanet or an extroplanet, is a star-bound planet or rogue planet located outside of the Milky...
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  • (observatory) Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory, in Korea BOOMERanG – (telescope) Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics...
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    Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way galaxy and all its contents. This is in contrast to extragalactic astronomy, which is the study of everything...
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    26, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2020. Peter Schneider (2006). Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology. Springer. page 4, Fig. 1.4. ISBN 978-3-540-33174-2...
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  • 1089 is the integer after 1088 and before 1090. It is a square number (33 squared), a nonagonal number, a 32-gonal number, a 364-gonal number, and a centered...
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    In astronomy, extinction is the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation by dust and gas between an emitting astronomical object and the...
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  • attenuation being greater for blue light than for red. extragalactic astronomy The branch of astronomy that studies objects and phenomena outside of the Milky...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Astronomy. Wikibooks has more on the topic of: Astronomy NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) (NED-Distances) Core...
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    Christopher J. Conselice is an astrophysicist who is Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy at the University of Manchester. Conselice grew up in Neptune Beach...
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    the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (CEA), and the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation (CfAI), which together form the Durham Astronomy Research Cluster...
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    The cosmic distance ladder (also known as the extragalactic distance scale) is the succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances...
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    astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many objects previously...
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    Cosmic dust (category Extragalactic astronomy)
    astronomers, as it obscures objects they wished to observe. When infrared astronomy began, the dust particles were observed to be significant and vital components...
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    especially extragalactic, astronomy, new observations may complicate some prior models and findings. Future developments in gamma-ray astronomy will integrate...
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    1088/0004-6256/143/2/40. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 38472632. Schneider, P. (2006). Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology : an introduction. Berlin: Springer. p. 55. ISBN 9783540331759...
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    In astronomy, a correlation function describes the distribution of objects (often stars or galaxies) in the universe. By default, "correlation function"...
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  • primarily for his work in astrobiology, galactic astronomy and extragalactic astronomy, history of astronomy, gnomonics, and the search for extraterrestrial...
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    He is Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy at the Institute for Astronomy, an institute within the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of...
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  • Peculiar velocity (category Extragalactic astronomy)
    frame in which the average velocity of some objects is zero. In galactic astronomy, peculiar motion refers to the motion of an object (usually a star) relative...
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  • Galactic corona (category Extragalactic astronomy)
    The terms galactic corona and gaseous corona have been used in the first decade of the 21st century to describe a hot, ionised, gaseous component in the...
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    Intergalactic star (category Extragalactic astronomy)
    and studies have elaborated on the issue and described the diffuse extragalactic background radiation in more detail. Some Vanderbilt astronomers report...
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    heliocentric frame is most useful in those cases, galactic and extragalactic astronomy is easier if the Sun is treated as neither stationary nor the center...
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    dust. Extragalactic astronomy – study of objects (mainly galaxies) outside our Galaxy, including galaxy formation and evolution. Stellar astronomy – concerned...
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  • Australian Aboriginal astronomy has been passed down orally, through ceremonies, and in their artwork of many kinds. The astronomical systems passed down...
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    Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. It provides...
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    Supergalactic coordinate system (category Extragalactic astronomy)
    Scoles, Sarah (4 October 2016). "How Vera Rubin confirmed dark matter". Astronomy. Lahav, O.; et al. (1998). "The Supergalactic Plane revisited with the...
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    specializes in radio astronomy and extragalactic astronomy. She is the distinguished professor of arts and sciences in astronomy at Cornell University...
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    branches of astronomy include planetary astronomy, astrobiology, stellar astronomy, astrometry, galactic astronomy, extragalactic astronomy, or physical...
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    Tully–Fisher relation (category Extragalactic astronomy)
    In astronomy, the Tully–Fisher relation (TFR) is a widely verified empirical relationship between the mass or intrinsic luminosity of a spiral galaxy...
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