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The Place of the Sky in Persian Miniatures from the Beginning until the Tenth (Hijri) Century [PDF]

open access: yesپیکره, 2015
The sky has always had a special place in Persian religious and mythical be-liefs. It has been interpreted as a representation of holiness and refinement. This study aimed to examine the place as well as the significance of the sky in Persian miniatures.
Adham Zargham, Elham Heidari
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Words Denoting the Sky in Mongolic Languages: Etymology and Semantics

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2022
Introduction. The articles examines etymologies and semantics of Mongolic words denoting the sky. The system of astronomical terms in Mongolic languages is structurally complicated due to multiple layers of pre-Buddhist, Buddhist and other beliefs ...
Anna V. Dybo   +5 more
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The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
We utilize Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging and spectroscopy of ~53,000 star-forming galaxies at z ~ 0.1 to study the relation between stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity.
C. Tremonti   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The third generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) took data from 2008 to 2014 using the original SDSS wide-field imager, the original and an upgraded multi-object fiber-fed optical spectrograph, a new near-infrared high-resolution ...
S. Alam   +499 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The other blue: Role of sky in the perception of nature

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Nature is frequently operationalized as greenery or water to estimate the restorativeness of the environment. Pursuing a deeper understanding of the connection between representation of naturalness and its relationship with restoration, we conducted an ...
Izabela Maria Sztuka   +9 more
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The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness [PDF]

open access: yesScience Advances, 2016
The world atlas of zenith artificial night sky brightness is modelled with VIIRS DNB data and calibrated with more than 35,000 observations. Artificial lights raise night sky luminance, creating the most visible effect of light pollution—artificial ...
F. Falchi   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog: Sixteenth Data Release [PDF]

open access: yesAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2020
We present the final Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV) quasar catalog from Data Release 16 of the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS).
B. Lyke   +36 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Quick Look at the 3 GHz Radio Sky. I. Source Statistics from the Very Large Array Sky Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is observing the entire sky north of −40° in the S band (2 GHz < ν < 4 GHz), with the highest angular resolution (2.″5) of any all-sky radio continuum survey to date.
Y. Gordon   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heavenly Houses [PDF]

open access: yesمنظر
In the Persian language, "Sar Panah" (in English, shelter) is a common word used for house. The purpose of a shelter is to protect humans. This compound word consists of two words: Sar means authentic and up, and Panah means a protector.
Seyed Amir Mansouri
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Celestial Apparitions: Media-Machine, Broadcasting and Aerial Advertising

open access: yesMedia Theory, 2022
In the interwar period, as commercial aviation was beginning to take shape, a range of technical innovations led to the development of the field of ‘aerial advertising’.
Ghislain Thibault
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