Astronomical Almanac

Astronomical Almanac

The Astronomical Almanac [.] is an almanac published by the United States Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office, containing solar system ephemeris and catalogs of selected stellar and extragalactic objects.

The Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac provides detailed discussion of usage and data reduction methods used by the Almanac [] .

Publication history

" "The Astronomical Almanac" is the direct descendant of the British and American navigational almanacs. The British "Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris" had been published since 1766, and was renamed "The Astronomical Ephemeris" in 1960. "The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac" had been published since 1852. In 1981 the British and American publications were combined under the title "The Astronomical Almanac"." [" [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/asa_history.php History of the Astronomical Almanac] ." United States Naval Observatory.]

References

External links

* [http://asa.usno.navy.mil/ The Astronomical Almanac Online]


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