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June 3rd, 2007 Taurus 23rd, 2007
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The logo of XXIX Astronomy Day appeared on July 14th, 2007. For this year I've taken the main photo of total eclipse of the Moon occured on March 3th, and I have added the flag along with the date and the logo. |
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January 11th, 2007 Sagittarius 22nd, 2007
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The McNaught comet was discovered by the become fond of astronomer Robert H. Mc-Naught the 7 of August of 2006 from Australia. The perihelion or point next to the Sun took place the 7 of January of 2007 reaching a visual magnitude of -1 in spite of being already very next to the Sun I could locate it from you locate of Inca (Majorca, Spain) on January 11th, 2007. |
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August 27th-2006 Leo 18th, 2006
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About to the changes produced in our Solar System
one updates the pages of the Solar System and
Asteroids.
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August 26th, 2006 Leo 17th, 2006
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The past 24 of August IAU classified to the Ceres asteroid, the one of greater size to the first dwarf planet of the Solar System in order to its distance. At the moment they are: Ceres, Pluto, Charon and 200UB313.... |
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August 25th, 2006 Leo 16th, 2006
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The past the 24 of August IAU classified and defined the term planet, dwarf planet and other objects of the Solar System, degrading to dwarf planet Pluto to planet. Our Solar System is formed at the moment by eight planets that in order of distance to the Sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune... |
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June 13th, 2006 Taurus 31st, 2006 |
The next Astronomy Day, XXVIII edition will take place on July 25th, 2006. The logo for this event is elaborated by the photo that I made in the temple of Kom Ombo corresponding to the old Egyptian calendar. The calendar at time of the Pharaohs was to pave formed by 12 months of 30 days and five days complementary called epagomens. Also the weeks by seven days were counted whose first day Toth was called like the first month. |
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July 22nd, 2005 Cancer 3rd, 2005 |
The constellation of Vulpecula, the fox was added by Hevelius in 1687 in century XVII, its old name was Vulpecula cum Ansere or the vixen with ansar. ... |
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July 19th, 2005 Gemini 29th, 2005 |
One is the flying fish. The constellation of Volans was designed by the Dutch navigator Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederik de Houtman at the end of century XVI. The original name was Piscis Volans that represents the animal at issue. ... |
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July 14th, 2005 Gemini 24th, 2005 |
Virgo, also well-known in Greek mythology like Astrea (in Greek Αστραια Astraia or Αστραιη Astraiê, "the starred one", or also Αστραπη Astrapê, "lightning"; in Latin Astraea) it was the virgin goddess that took rays of Zeus in its arms. Astrea was daughter Zeus and Temis, being because one titánide and personifying next to its mother to justice. According to other sources, she was daughter of Astreo and Eos. It was also the last inmortal that lived between the humans during the golden Era of Cronos, leaving the Earth last when this one envileció in the Era of the bronze. Zeus raised it the sky, locating it between stars like the Virgo constellation, and the balance of the justice that took in the hands turned the near constellation Libra. ... |
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July 12th, 2005 Gemini 22nd, 2005 |
One is the Vela, old ship of Argus, who along with Puppis (the stern), Carina (the keel) forms a gigantic sector that dominates the austral firmament, crosses in all their length the strip of the Milky Route, does not surprise therefore, that stops the old ones wanted to symbolize the great Ship of the Argonauts which, with the unfolded Velas and to the orders of Jasón and of helmsman Canopo or Canopus one goes to the conquest of the legendary vellocino of gold. These old cultures comprise of the Mediterranean that does more than two thousand years, by the precession of the equinoxes the constellation was visible for those northern latitudes; however, at the present time he is invisible from practically all the North hemisphere. They were called Argonauts in the poem of Apolonio de Rodas, to the companions who helped to Jasón in their expedition in search of the vellocino of gold, the name comes from the ship Argus. According to the tradition they accompanied all the heroes to him by the time. ... |
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July 7th, 2005 Gemini 17th, 2005 |
The great God says to Greek mythology that Zeus encaprichó with the Callisto nymph of the goddess Morning call, of which Zeus disguised itself to approach the nymph until being able to make the love with her. As Callisto were pregnant and Morning call realized the occurred thing when it took a bath with all his nymphs, separated it from himself. Hera, the wife of Zeus listened that Callisto had paid to its Arkas son, reason why an attack of jealousy, turned it a bear or the constellation of the Little Bear, Ursa Minor. ... |
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July 5th, 2005 Gemini 15th, 2005 |
Although for Egyptian the constellation of the Bear Mayor or Ursa Major it even represented the silhouette of a wild boar and hipopotamus for other civilizations, is the bear with the animal that has been more associated east asterism throughout the times between people who never maintained contacts to each other, like Arabs, Phoenicians and iroqueses (these of North America). The great God says to Greek mythology that Zeus encaprichó with the Callisto nymph of the goddess Morning call, of which Zeus disguised itself to approach the nymph until being able to make the love with her. As Callisto were pregnant and Morning call realized the occurred thing when it took a bath with all his nymphs, separated it from himself. Hera, the wife of Zeus listened that Callisto had parido to its Arkas son, reason why an attack of jealousy, turned it a bear. ... |
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July 3rd, 2005 Gemini 13th, 2005 |
The constellation of Toucan or Tucana was designed by the Dutch navigator Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederik de Houtman at the end of century XVI, does not have therefore, mythology. They have wanted to represent a toucan. ... |
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June 30th, 2005 Gemini 10th, 2005 |
The constellation of the austral triangle or Triangulum Australe was designed by the Dutch navigator Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederik de Houtman at the end of century XVI, does not have therefore, mythology. Both navigators observed their triangular form and wanted to reflect the constellation of Triangulum of the North hemisphere for the austral one. ... |
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June 28th, 2005 Gemini 8th, 2005 |
Triangulum. This smaller constellation has been associated to different geographic places. This does not have to be surprising, because its form is similar to the one of the Greek letter delta, sometimes was denominated associated Delta and therefore to Egypt and the Nile, whose delta contributed fertile earth. Also it was associated to the island of Sicily, to which their three promontories give a triangular form him. ... |
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June 25th, 2005 Gemini 5th, 2005 |
Telescopium lacks mythology since it were invented by Nicolas Louis of the Caille in century XVIII along with other 13 constellations, represents the modern telescopes for the astronomical observation. ... |
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June 23th, 2005 Gemini 3rd, 2005 |
The bull or Taurus represents the fertility and the force as well as the sense of protection. During many centuries and in many towns the chaste one of the bull has been recognized. Also it is necessary to mention the meaning of the horns, that represented the abundance. One thinks that it has origin the constellation of Taurus in old Babylonia. But there is more: According to Rappenglueck Investigator (1997), the bull uro that is in cave paintings of the cave of Lascaux can represent the constellation of the Bull, which would put an age to him to this constellation of near 40,000 years. The interesting thing of this supposition is the presence of a group of points that can represent the Pleiades inclusively and, is a drawing can form to the Hyades. In the cave of Altamira, also images exist that could represent the Bull as a whole: an agglomeration of bison raised or fallen females can represent the Pleiads and an pregnant mare could represent the Hyades that as a whole total with one ciervas, could show the constellation of the Taurus (White Martín, 2001). ... |
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June 20th, 2005 Taurus 38th, 2005 |
The constellation of Sextans was designed by Johannes Hevelius in 1687, its original name was Uranian Sextans and represents the astronomical instrument used to measure the position of stars. ... |
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June 17th, 2005 Taurus 35th, 2005 |
Presentation in the Web of the logo of XVII the Astronomy Day that will have like date next the 5 of August. The logo is selected of the first image obtained with pencil on paper of the diffuse nebula M42 or nebula of Orion, marked with effects of relief and false colour to give greater relevance. him... |
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June 3rd, 2005 Taurus 21st, 2005 |
The constellation of Serpens Cauda and Ophiuchus has been known for more than fifty centuries and the old ones saw in her the figure of a gigantic man narrowing one long serpent. Serpentarius was called to him; but immediately the authentic human figure was distinguished (to which it was designated with the name of Greek origin Ofiuco, that it means: The one that takes the serpent; of the one of the winding reptile which, showing to the right and the left seems to move the long neck in direction the northwest (head of the serpent or Serpens Caput) while the western South flank of Ofiuco surrounds with its ring of great volume (tail of serpent or Serpens Tail). To 1930, the Astronomical Union the International fixed the limits that was to attribute to the different parts that are those that at the moment is known. ... |
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June 1st, 2005 Taurus 19th, 2005 |
The constellation of Serpens Caput and Ophiuchus has been known for more than fifty centuries and the old ones saw in her the figure of a gigantic man narrowing one long serpent. Serpentario was called to him; but immediately the authentic human figure was distinguished (to which it was designated with the name of Greek origin Ofiuco, that it means: The one that takes the serpent; of the one of the winding reptile which, showing to the right and the left seems to move the long neck in direction the northwest (head of the serpent or Serpens Caput) while the western South flank of Ofiuco surrounds with its ring of great volume (tail of serpent or Serpens Tail). To 1930, the Astronomical Union the International fixed the limits that was to attribute to the different parts that are those that at the moment is known. ... |
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February 5th, 2005 Capricornius 17th, 2005 |
The constellation of Scutum is a modern constellation that dates from century XVII. It was invented by Johannes Hevelius when it included it in his catalogue in 1690. The true name of the constellation is "Shield of Sobieski". John III Sobieski (1624-1696) was the last great king of Poland and Lithuania that was the true one whips of the Turks to whom it won in thousands and one battles culminating with the expulsion of these of Vienna in 1683, which also supposed the expulsion of the Turks of Europe and seven years later, Hevelius commemorating such feats, decided to create a constellation with the name of "Shield of Sobieski". |
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January 2nd, 2005 Sagittarius 16th, 2005 |
Scultor, or the sculptor, is a created modern constellation in 1752 by the French astronomer of the century XVIII Nicolas Louis de Lacaille as the study of the sculptor denominating itself in the beginning with the name of Factory of the sculptor.. ... |
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