Astronomical Concepts Explained

[bomberbaz]

Following on from previous threads that I have read in here, I just wanted to clear a few things up in my mind and I found this web page and it has helped me understand quite a few things much better than I previously did. (btw, if you look at the time you can see I obviously am a insomniac or need to get out more)

Link: http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Astronomical_Concepts

It would be handy if you have stellarium installed on your PC http://www.stellarium.org/

There is some very good stuff in here explained in lay terms and especially good bit about EQ / AZ and the difference in how they work and the stuff about Units of measurement.

I think this might be particularly useful to begginers such as I, see what you think.

Baz

[Mr Q]

I read through it and consider it a good source of beginner information. Sometimes, when we have an understanding of certain stargazing concepts, when we try to explain these to others, having several different explanations that arrive at the same points can be most valuable.

[BinocularSky]

You may also find the glossary and tutorials on my Astronomical Unit web site to be useful.

[Michaelo]

Excellent! I'm a beginner and it suits me perfectly

@tetenterre, thanks for the glossary link, I needed that... keep coming across anagrams and am left wondering

[skir]

That looks very useful and I'll use it one my own computer is working properly again so I can read it whilst using stellarium.