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Tricks of the Trade

Since Astronomers began to chart the heavens (probably before recorded history as we know it), they have been learning tricks for finding out more about the stars than would seem possible, given their limited experimental tools. I don't know many of these, but I can point out a few of the important ones.




Jess H. Brewer - Last modified: Mon Nov 23 15:37:00 PST 2015