Setting circles are used on telescopes equipped with an equatorial mount to find celestial objects by their equatorial coordinates, often used in star...
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Amateur astronomy (section Setting circles)
adoption of digital setting circles, any classical engraved setting circle is now specifically identified as an "analog setting circle" (ASC). By knowing...
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objects in the night sky. It can be used instead of or in addition to setting circles or go-to/push-to systems. Many celestial objects of interest are too...
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Dobsonian style altazimuth mount. Digital setting circles: The invention of microprocessor-based digital setting circles has allowed any altazimuth mounted telescope...
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allow for the use of mechanical setting circles to locate astronomical objects although modern digital setting circles have removed this shortcoming. Another...
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at objects with known right ascension and declination by the use of setting circles. The first star catalog to use right ascension and declination was...
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The Setting Sun (斜陽, Shayō) is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai first published in 1947. The story centers on an aristocratic family in decline and crisis...
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equipped with equatorial mounts and setting circles employ the equatorial coordinate system to find objects. Setting circles in conjunction with a star chart...
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apparent diurnal motion of the sky. They may also be equipped with setting circles to allow for the location of objects by their celestial coordinates...
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scanning calorimetry, or the differential scanning calorimeter Digital setting circles, on telescopes Digital still camera, a type of camera Doppler shift...
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coordinate system Lunar standstill Position of the Sun Right ascension Setting circles U.S. Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac Office (1992). P. Kenneth...
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A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany...
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Circles in two perpendicular families Circles of Apollonius – Several sets of circles associated with Apollonius of Perga Archimedean circle – Circle...
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Inferno (Dante) (redirect from Circles of hell)
one circle for violence (Circle 7) and two circles for fraud (Circles 8 and 9). As a Christian, Dante adds Circle 1 (Limbo) to Upper Hell and Circle 6 (Heresy)...
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used to measure the altitude of the polar axis of the mount. If the setting circles of the mount are then used to find a bright object of known coordinates...
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Astrometry (redirect from Error circle)
"observational clock" he invented. When telescopes became commonplace, setting circles sped measurements English astronomer James Bradley first tried to measure...
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a 2024 action-adventure game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is based on the Indiana...
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The stone circles are positioned over previous timber circles. A radiocarbon date of 2030 ± 180 BCE has been found for the timber circle at Machrie Moor...
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In geometry, Villarceau circles (/viːlɑːrˈsoʊ/) are a pair of circles produced by cutting a torus obliquely through its center at a special angle. Given...
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circles, Ó Nualláin called them "Cork–Kerry stone circles" and the stone to the southwest he called the "axial stone". Ó Nualláin studied 88 circles with...
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physics, circle bundles are the natural geometric setting for electromagnetism. A circle bundle is a special case of a sphere bundle. Circle bundles over...
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by Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini fitted with setting circles, and one supposedly built by English clockmaker and inventor George...
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different types of writing circles or writing groups based on location, style of writing, or format. Normally, the goal of a writing circle is to improve one's...
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days, math circles frequently partner with other mathematical education organizations, such as CYFEMAT: The International Network of Math Circles and Festivals...
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lines to lines and circles to circles; but an inversion in a circle is not, distorting distances and mapping any line to a circle passing through the...
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In geometry, the Malfatti circles are three circles inside a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to the other two and to two sides of the...
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systems, the 0.80 m telescope must still be pointed manually, using setting circles. It is often used by visiting undergraduate astronomy students. Other...
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Circles is a composition for female voice, harp and two percussionists by the Italian composer Luciano Berio. Written in 1960 Circles is a setting of three...
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regular 257-gon using Carlyle circles, as many as 24 Carlyle circles are to be constructed. One of these is the circle to solve the quadratic equation...
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Callanish Stones (redirect from Callanish stone circle)
Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. p. 149. ISBN 0300114060. Burl, Aubrey (2005). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain...
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