distorted or multiple images of an astronomical object. The mirages might be observed for such celestial objects as the Sun, the Moon, the planets, bright...

A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky...

her magic. Fata Morgana mirages significantly distort the object or objects on which they are based, often such that the object is completely unrecognizable...

ducting include the green flash, Fata Morgana, superior mirage, mock mirage of astronomical objects and the Novaya Zemlya effect. Anomalous propagation Earth-Ionosphere...

after her successful adventure, prompting another adventure. Mirage of astronomical objects Crown flash Fogbow Young, A. (2006). "Green flashes at a glance"...

For comparisons with the light travel distance of the astronomical objects listed below, the age of the universe since the Big Bang is currently estimated...

conditions. Mirage of astronomical objects Fata Morgana (mirage) Tropospheric propagation Heidorn, Keith (July 15, 1999). "The Superior Mirage: Seeing Beyond"...

Evolution of Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects and the Production of Near-Earth Objects on Retrograde Orbits". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society...

conditions. Looming and similar refraction phenomena Mirage of astronomical objects Fata Morgana (mirage) Werf, Siebren Y. van der; Können, Günther P.; Lehn...

or stretch or shorten, the images of distant objects without involving mirages. Turbulent air can make distant objects appear to twinkle or shimmer. The...

astronomy, seeing is the degradation of the image of an astronomical object due to turbulence in the atmosphere of Earth that may become visible as blurring...

telescopes and observatories are located in space to observe astronomical objects in wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that cannot penetrate the Earth's...

flying objects (UFOs) is a difficult task due to the normally poor quality of the evidence provided by those who report sighting the unknown object. Observations...

hemispheres: The upper hemisphere, where objects are above the horizon and are visible, and the lower hemisphere, where objects are below the horizon and cannot...

inferior mirage. Fata Morgana mirages tremendously distort the object or objects which they are based on, such that the object often appears to be very unusual...

describe certain astronomically puzzling objects: So far, the clumsily long name "quasi-stellar radio sources" is used to describe these objects. Because the...

characterize and study interstellar objects (ISOs) like the peculiar Oumuamua detected in 2017. They intend to use astronomical surveys like the Vera C. Rubin...

2022. It has a spectroscopic redshift of 12.34, making it one of the most distant galaxies and astronomical objects ever discovered. According to current...

interpretations of quantum mechanics Minto wheel Minuano Minute Physics Mioara Mugur-Schächter Mir (lens) Mirage of astronomical objects Mirau interferometer...

identified as ordinary objects or phenomena. The 1952–1955 study for the USAF used the following categories: "Balloon; Astronomical; Aircraft; Light phenomenon;...

make distant objects seem higher or, less often, lower than they actually are. An unusually large refraction may cause a distant object to appear ("loom")...

Aratus in the third century BC. It is now one of the 88 constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. The constellation was also known as...

of astronomy, visiting the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton together. His father later served as the paid secretary-treasurer of the Astronomical Society...

surface of the plate. After flipping from positive to negative as the viewing angle is adjusted, viewers experience an apparition in space, a mirage that...

type of objects. Experts have identified most reported saucers as known phenomena, including astronomical objects such as Venus, airborne objects such...

directly observable astronomical and geological phenomena. For millennia, these have arose admiration and curiosity, being admitted as of superhuman nature...

ISBN 9783319031705. Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Anders, F. (January 2020), "Clusters and mirages: cataloguing stellar aggregates in the Milky Way", Astronomy & Astrophysics...

John Herschel who published Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope in 1847 and David Gill...

unknown flying objects are nonsense... I urge immediate Congressional action to reduce the dangers from secrecy about unidentified flying objects." In 1962...

best-fit solutions to the aphelion distance (maximum distance) of this object.[b] For objects at such high eccentricity, the Sun's barycentric coordinates...