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Astronomical Applications: Data Services
URL: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/

Description:
Provides "fundamental astronomical reference data, the position, brightness, and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies": Sun and Moon rise and set times, phases of the Moon, eclipses, planetary transits, positions of the Sun and Moon, the seasons (equinoxes, solstices, perihelion, aphelion), celestial navigation, and more. Enter data and produce your own table. Includes a navigational star chart. From the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Publisher:
U.S. Naval Observatory

Extra Keywords
civil twilight analemmas altitude azimuth

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Astronomy
Calendars
Nautical astronomy

LII Database Information:
Record 5955 created by Carole Leita on 12/06/1998
Last modification on 06/01/2006
Published: 12/06/1998  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5955