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(Encyclopedia) International Ultraviolet Explorer: see ultraviolet astronomy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cosmic Background Explorer: see infrared astronomy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kuiper Airborne Observatory: see infrared astronomy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer: see ultraviolet astronomy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gamma-Ray Observatory: see gamma-ray astronomy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bond, William Cranch, 1789–1859, American astronomer, b. Portland, Maine. He early aided his father in the trades of silversmith and clockmaker in Boston. He soon became an expert in the making of c...

(Encyclopedia) Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory: see gamma-ray astronomy. ...

(Encyclopedia) United States Naval Observatory, a federal astronomical observatory, located in Washington, D. C. It evolved from the Navy's oldest scientific institution, the Depot of Charts and Instruments, founded...

(Encyclopedia) azimuth ăzˈəməth [key], in astronomy, one coordinate in the altazimuth coordinate system. It is the angular distance of a body measured westward along the celestial horizon from the observer's sou...

(Encyclopedia) Herschel hûrˈshəl [key], family of distinguished English astronomers. Sir William Herschel,Sir William Herschel, 1738–1822, born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, was a great pioneer in astronomy. Bor...