The following are terms from A-Z related to space & astronomy:
Absolute magnitude – also known as absolute visual magnitude
Relates to measuring a heavenly object’s brightness when viewed from 10 parsec or 32+ light years.
Astronomical and technical terms used frequently in astronomy and space exploration can be difficult to understand like 'celestial pole' or 'constellation' or 'orbital plane'. Oct 14 Sign in News Astronomy News Time Zone News Calendar & Holiday News Newsletter Live events World Clock Main World Clock Extended World Clock Personal World Clock
astronomical catalogue Also spelled astronomical catalog. A list of astronomical objects
Typically grouped together because they share a common type
This glossary of astronomyis a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to astronomyand cosmology
Their sub-disciplines
And related fields. Astronomy is concerned with the study of celestial objectsand phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth.
It is designed to cover all of astronomy, includingparticle physics and some statistics; in this sense the Glossary is aslight departure from the extragalactic focus of the rest of theknowledge base. It is expected that the Glossary will eventually serve as one of manyentry points into the major holdings of LEVEL5.
