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Category: Astronomy Glossary

This is where we will attempt to explain some of the concepts of astronomy and some of the jargon, acronyms and just general esoteric things.

Astronomy Glossary

Rayleigh Scattering

Rayleigh scattering is the name given to the effect where the path of light is changed. Sunshine ‘white light’ containing all the colours we can see (and lots of things …

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Mars and Jupiter over Sharp Tor
Astronomy Glossary

Conjunction

A conjunction is when two things appear close together in the sky as seen from Earth. The planets, the Moon and the Sun seem to wander around compared to the …

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Astronomy Glossary

About our Glossary

We are working on building a glossary of astronomy terms to help explain all things astronomical. It will take a long time to build up this glossary, if there is …

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