"Astronomy Through Practical Investigations No. 9" likely covers a range of topics, each designed to illuminate specific ...

The Sun's angular diameter, as observed from Earth, is approximately 0.5°. This is based on Earth's average distance of 93 million miles (150 million km) from the Sun. From Mercury, at an average ...

You know I like to use pictures for data from time to time, right? One problem is that I don't know much about cameras. There, I said it. Really, almost all of my photos are made with my phone. That ...

AFTER the successful measurement of Capella as a double star by Prof. A. Michelson's interferometer method applied to the 100-in. reflector at Mount Wilson, it was known that he intended to attempt ...