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  • An astronomical day refers to a length of day of exactly or nearly 24 hours beginning at noon instead of at midnight. The exact length has been variously...
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  • date" of "36" include an astronomical Julian Day Number, or the year AD 36 in the Julian calendar, or a duration of 36 astronomical Julian years). This is...
    53 KB (6,424 words) - 05:35, 19 November 2024
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    has moved the geodetic prime meridian 102.478 metres east of its last astronomic position (measured at Greenwich). The position of the current geodetic...
    18 KB (2,279 words) - 15:05, 31 October 2024
  • may be practicable the astronomical and nautical days will be arranged everywhere to begin at midnight. In ancient Egypt the day was reckoned from sunrise...
    33 KB (3,588 words) - 09:25, 13 November 2024
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    nakṣatra ahórātra, or astronomical day, contains 60 ghalikās. A nakṣatra māsa, or astronomical month, consists of 30 days. Taking a day to be 24 hours, the...
    11 KB (1,197 words) - 14:39, 3 November 2024
  • refer to either an astronomical day starting at noon or a civil day starting at midnight. As the general public had always begun the day at midnight, the...
    21 KB (2,377 words) - 22:46, 5 November 2024
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    used to refer to any clock that shows, in addition to the time of day, astronomical information. This could include the location of the Sun and Moon in...
    58 KB (6,728 words) - 22:05, 22 October 2024
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    Dynamical Time (TDB) leads to a value for the speed of light in astronomical units per day (of 86,400 s). By 2009, the IAU had updated its standard measures...
    53 KB (5,370 words) - 18:29, 22 November 2024
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    The Prague astronomical clock or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [praʃskiː orloj]) is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in...
    23 KB (2,510 words) - 21:01, 10 November 2024
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    sometimes erroneously confused for Conrad Dasypodius who constructed the astronomic clockwork in the Strassbourg cathedral. "Personal and släktartiklar detail"...
    2 KB (146 words) - 00:53, 13 December 2021
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    distinguish a visible horizon for reference (i.e. after astronomic dawn or before astronomic dusk). Under good atmospheric conditions with the absence...
    33 KB (3,811 words) - 03:22, 19 November 2024
  • Nautical time (redirect from Nautical day)
    before am. The astronomical day of 10 July, would commence at noon of 10 July civil reckoning and ended at noon on 11 July. The astronomical day was brought...
    8 KB (1,219 words) - 15:33, 28 August 2024
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    Winter solstice (redirect from Shortest day)
    observations are of the day of the solstice rather than the instant. This is often done by observing sunrise and sunset or using an astronomically aligned instrument...
    24 KB (2,703 words) - 04:37, 17 November 2024
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    pronunciation: [d͡ʒən̪t̪ər mən̪t̪ər]) is an assembly of stone-built astronomical instruments, designed to be used with the naked eye. There were five...
    6 KB (527 words) - 08:45, 22 November 2024
  • the Solar Carriage and Ship: the Heavenly Body in the Course of an Astronomical Day)". In: Tautosakos darbai t. 54, p. 13-25. ISSN 1392-2831. [1] Straižys...
    3 KB (405 words) - 22:57, 8 November 2022
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    Day is celebrated on the March equinox (around March 20) to mark the arrival of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and of astronomical autumn...
    109 KB (12,336 words) - 21:00, 21 November 2024
  • Leap year (redirect from Leap day)
    that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to...
    45 KB (5,501 words) - 04:26, 16 November 2024
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    Easter (redirect from Easter day)
    not an astronomical full moon, but the 14th day of a lunar month. Another difference is that the astronomical equinox is a natural astronomical phenomenon...
    116 KB (11,649 words) - 04:57, 17 November 2024
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    Observatory". May 2020. Astronomical League information page on Astronomy Day Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Astronomy Day Sky And Telescope A Csillagászat...
    7 KB (327 words) - 00:36, 10 August 2024
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    The Burmese calendar recognizes two types of day: astronomical and civil. The mean Burmese astronomical day is from midnight to midnight, and represents...
    12 KB (1,220 words) - 01:41, 6 November 2024
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