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How to Make the Dream Come True: The Astronomers' Data Manifesto [PDF]
Astronomy is one of the most data-intensive of the sciences. Data technology is accelerating the quality and effectiveness of its research, and the rate of astronomical discovery is higher than ever. As a result, many view astronomy as being in a 'Golden
Norris, Ray P
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International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009): Selected Resources.
The article reviews web sites on general astronomy and 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) such as the following, available at http://www.astronomy2009.org, 100 Hours of Astronomy available at http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org and Dark Skies ...
Mandy Taha, Joseph R. Kraus
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Entre L’Introductoire d’astronomie, première œuvre astronomique écrite en français ca 1270, et une compilation jusqu’alors inconnue des passages astronomiques de L’Image du monde, datant du premier quart du xve siècle, les traditions astronomiques latine
Pauline Lambert
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This is the first of a series of notes on the technical lexicon of Greek astronomy. Between the 5th and 4th centuries BC, in Greece, the study of the sky becomes an autonomous discipline, whose concepts and practices favour the formation of a specific ...
Luca Simeoni
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Astronomical Investigation to Verify the Calendar Theory of the Nasca Lines
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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An Online Tutor for Astronomy: The GEAS Self-Review Library
We introduce an interactive online resource for use by students and college instructors in introductory astronomy courses. The General Education Astronomy Source (GEAS) online tutor guides students developing mastery of core astronomical concepts and ...
Muise, Amy Smith, Vogt, Nicole P.
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Telaah Ayat-Ayat Hisab Rukyah Perspektif Astronomi
The discourse of the verses of the Qur’an regarding the reckoning (hisab) and determining date by sighting of moon (rukyat) did not find passages that describe implicitly on an initial determination by using the lunar month of reckoning, but explicitly ...
Nursodik Nursodik
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Jets, Disks and Winds from Spinning Black Holes: Nature or Nurture?
A brief summary is given of an alternative interpretation of the Event Horizon Telescope observations of the massive black hole in the nucleus of the nearby galaxy M87. It is proposed that the flow is primarily powered by the black hole rotation, not the
Roger Blandford, Noémie Globus
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Exploring the Time Domain With Synoptic Sky Surveys [PDF]
Synoptic sky surveys are becoming the largest data generators in astronomy, and they are opening a new research frontier, that touches essentially every field of astronomy.
A. A. Mahabal +17 more
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