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Altitude and Azimuth are coordinates used to describe the position of a celestial object in the sky at a specific time. This is called the Horizontal Coordinate System. Altitude refers to the vertical

In this post I will show the Big Dipper and Ursa Major. The Big Dipper is not a constellation, it is called an asterism, which is only a pattern of stars within a constellation. In this case, the Big Dipper

Today I continue the section on Facts about the Solar System planets with the planet Earth. Earth is the third planet in distance from the Sun. It has a sidereal year of 365.256 Earth days and sidereal

The Celestial Sphere is an imaginary sphere that contains a smaller sphere called Earth. When we look from Earth towards the Celestial Sphere we see all the stars, planets and different space objects projected

Today I am starting the section called Stargazing. Polaris is a very easy to find star in the northern hemisphere. It is also called the North Star because in this present epoch it is always due North.

Today I continue the section on Facts about the Solar System planets with the planet Venus. Venus is the second planet in distance from the Sun. It has a sidereal year of 224.7 Earth days and sidereal

Today I will start the section on Facts about the Solar System planets with the planet Mercury. Mercury is a rocky planet, the closest to the Sun. It has a sidereal year of 88.0 Earth days and sidereal

Hello. I am introducing myself to the HIVE community. I have decided to create a blog exclusively for the topic of astronomy. This blog will go through concepts that are related to space, its observation,