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Astronomy Quotes


"Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography."


"We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy."


"From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour."


"It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are."


"My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star."


"But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up."


"This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured."


"This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords."
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