SOLAR EMPIRE
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The Solar System
Articles for all the major heavenly bodies of our solar system are presented here for your perusal. The information at this time is incomplete but accurate to the best of my knowledge. This is an ongoing project to which I shall continue to keep adding more articles when I can.
The Sun - The Planets: Mercury, Venus, The Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris
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Constellations Tag Cloud
Below is a clickable handmade tag-cloud for all of the 88 constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. It is an ongoing project which is about 2/3 of the through. Eventually each constellation shall have its own dedicated page detailing the stars, mythology and detailed information about the constellation.
Andromeda, Antlia, Apus, Aquarius, Aquila, Ara, Aries, Auriga, Boötes,
Caelum, Camelopardalis, Cancer, Canes Venatici, Canis Major, Canis Minor,
Capricornus, Carina, Cassiopeia, Centaurus, Cepheus, Cetus, Chamæleon, Circinus,
Columba, Coma Berenices, Corona Australis, Corona Borealis, Corvus,
Crater, Crux, Cygnus, Delphinus, Dorado, Draco, Equuleus,
Eridanus, Fornax, Gemini, Grus, Hercules, Horologium,
Hydra, Hydrus,Indus, Leo, Leo Minor, Lepus, Libra, Lupus, Lynx,
Lyra, Mensa, Microscopium, Monoceros, Musca, Norma, Octans,
Ophiuchus, Orion, Pavo, Pegasus, Perseus, Phœnix, Pictor, Pisces,
Piscis Australis, Puppis, Pyxis, Reticulum,
Sagitta, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Sculptor, Scutum, Serpens, Sextans,
Taurus, Telescopium, Triangulum, Triangulum Australis, Tucana, Ursa Major,
Ursa Minor, Vela, Virgo, Volans, Vulpecula
What's New?
What's new is a simple list of updates to this website with the latest additions at the top of the list. Updates to pages other than the homepage are clickable.
Telescope Blanks free to download
Submit a site
Tonight's Moon Phase added (see below)
Messier Catalogue page has now been completed
Orion's Belt and Sword
How to find the star Aldebaran
Historical and defunct constellations
Tonight's Moon Phase
Below is computer generated image of the approximate moon phase. I hope to refine the code in the near future to include more detail.
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