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2 giorni fa · Scoperta e scelta del nome. Urano è il primo pianeta scoperto in tempi moderni; era già stato osservato in molte occasioni precedentemente, ma fu sempre scambiato per una stella. La prima osservazione documentata è quella del 1690 di John Flamsteed, che lo catalogò come stella 34 della costellazione del Toro.
5 giorni fa · The property, which was lived in at various times by astronomer John Flamsteed, artist Joseph Wright, scientist John Whitehurst and, more recently, was the headquarters of Smith Clocks until...
18 mag 2024 · He has long found Flamsteed a fascinating figure, especially in his design and construction of the new telescopic-sighted micrometric astronomical instruments after 1660, first used extensively in the new Royal Observatory, Greenwich, where he became the first Astronomer Royal in1675.
1 giorno fa · In seguito l'astronomo inglese John Flamsteed inventò un nuovo sistema di nomenclature, denominato in seguito nomenclatura di Flamsteed, molto simile a quello di Bayer, ma basato sull'utilizzo di numeri al posto delle lettere greche; il numero 1 però non era assegnato alla stella più luminosa, ma alla stella con ascensione retta (una coordinata astronomica analoga alla longitudine terrestre ...
5 giorni fa · The observatory is named in honour of England's first Astronomer Royal, the Reverend John Flamsteed (1646-1719), who was born in Derbyshire and attended Derby School. Regular monthly observing sessions are held (weather permitting) at the facility and new people are always welcome.
4 giorni fa · Astronomer John Flamsteed, artist Joseph Wright and scientist John Whitehurst have all called 27 Queen Street home, but now the city centre site is disused and in disrepair.
20 ore fa · Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan -coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which in astronomy is called 'ice' or volatiles. The planet's atmosphere has a complex layered cloud structure and has the lowest minimum temperature of 49 K (−224 ...
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