General astronomy

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Astronomical Image Processing System (AIPS)

Astronomy; General astronomy

Developed by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Arcturus

Astronomy; General astronomy

An old subgiant disk star (K2 IIIp, mv = 0.06) about 11 pc distant.

Astrophysical Data Facility (ADF)

Astronomy; General astronomy

Is responsible for designing, developing, and operating data systems that support the processing, management, archiving and distribution of NASA mission data. The ADF serves three broadly-defined ...

Ap star

Astronomy; General astronomy

1) Peculiar A-type stars ("magnetic" A stars) that show abnormally strong lines, sometimes of varying intensity, of certain ionized metals. Recent evidence indicates that all Ap stars are slow ...

Apollo

Astronomy; General astronomy

Prototype of a small group of asteroids whose orbits intersect that of Earth.

The weak form of the anthropic principle states that life can exist only during a brief period of the history of our universe. The strong form of the principle states that out of all possible values ...