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Maria Reiche's line to archaeoastronomy [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2013 Maria Reiche was a German mathematician and archaeologist that, from 1940, devoted her life to the study of the Nazca Lines, the most famous Peruvian geoglyphs, gaining recognition and preservation of them. Created by removing the upper most layer of the
Sparavigna, A.C.
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Determination of astronomical orientation of archaeological sites on the hour angle of the Sun on the example of petroglyph spiral (Mountain Altai) [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2016 The required accuracy of the determination of astronomical orientations of archaeological sites, in accordance with a resolution of the unaided human eye (1-2 minutes in degree measure) is substantiated in this article.
Gienko E.G.
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Astronomical Investigation to Verify the Calendar Theory of the Nasca Lines
Applied Sciences, 2021 As in many regions of the world, astronomy also played a major role in the ancient Peruvian cultures. However, the discussion of the astronomical relevance of the Nasca geoglyphs is very controversial.
Christiane Richter +2 more
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Quaternary, 2023 Prehistoric astronomical observatories include a specific type of rock-cut monuments from the Mountainous Thrace in Bulgaria, with a specific shape and orientation in space, which are part of the characteristic representatives of the archeoastronomical ...
Alexey Stoev +4 more
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A Preferred Orientation Angle for Bipolar Planetary Nebulae
Galaxies, 2020 We present preliminary results from measuring Galactic orientation angles of 766 elliptical and bipolar Planetary Nebulae (PNe) in the Hong Kong/Australian Astronomical Observatory/Strasbourg Observatory H-alpha Planetary Nebula research platform and ...
Andreas Ritter, Quentin A. Parker
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Auroral meridian scanning photometer calibration using Jupiter [PDF]
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 2016 Observations of astronomical sources provide information that can significantly enhance the utility of auroral data for scientific studies. This report presents results obtained by using Jupiter for field cross calibration of four multispectral auroral ...
B. J. Jackel +10 more
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Serious Gaming for Virtual Archaeoastronomy
Studies in Digital Heritage, 2020 Many cultures worldwide have left traces of sacred architecture and monuments which often show correlation to astronomical events like solstitial sunrises. Virtual archaeology can be used to explore such orientation patterns using digital reconstructions
Georg Zotti +2 more
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Archaeoastronomical analysis of the master plan of Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH) [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2019 The article describes the study of the VDNH complex in Moscow using archaeoastronomy methods. The analysis concerns the orientation of the two main alleys of VDNH and the two most important buildings at the northwestern end of these alleys.
Yulemaante, T.
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Virtual Archaeology Review, 2019 This paper describes developments in virtual archaeology that started in a research project about the possible astronomical entrance orientation of Neolithic circular ditch systems (German Kreisgrabenanlagen, KGA) of Lower Austria.
Georg Zotti, Wolfgang Neubauer
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ACCURATELY CALCULATING THE SOLAR ORIENTATION OF THE TIANGONG-2 ULTRAVIOLET FORWARD SPECTROMETER [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018 The Ultraviolet Forward Spectrometer is a new type of spectrometer for monitoring the vertical distribution of atmospheric trace gases in the global middle atmosphere. It is on the TianGong-2 space laboratory, which was launched on 15 September 2016. The
Z. Liu, S. Li
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