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On what basis is the information about the distance and velocity of the Voyager probes determined?
Voyager 1 was the first-ever object to reach interstellar space on
August 25, 2012 when it passed beyond the sun’s realm of plasma
influence (the heliosphere)[...]
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Although some of their ...
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Any ideas for an astronomy + ML project? [closed]
I wish to do an astronomy related project which incorporates machine learning.Do you have any suggestions?
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Obtain IR diffuse data from WISE
I need some help obtaining IR background diffuse data from the WISE observation. There is already some work done in this regard; see: http://wise.skymaps.info/ . These are .fits files. How do I find ...
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Why do we use FITS format for scientific images especially in astronomy? How is it different from formats such as JPEG, PNG etc?
I am new to astronomy and I found that the telescopic dataset can be stored in the FITS format instead of JPEG. Why do we have a special image format just for scientific images?
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Astronomical databases for machine learning?
I was reading this question about open problems in astronomy. The bounty-receiving answer says that
I have just left the field where some colleagues are trying to develop some software to use ...
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Acronyms of catalogs in SIMBAD database
How to find acronym of specific catalog in SIMBAD database? For example, I want to select
stellar names, object types and all binary stars from "Stellar effective magnetic fields. II." catalog (...
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