Astronomy
Astronomy is the scientific study of matter, gravity and light and celestial objects (such as stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets and nebulae). These objects are outside the earth's atmosphere and astronomy includes the study of their physical and chemical properties. vCalc's Astronomy library contains equations and constants used to study these celestial objects.
Featured in the library is the Astronomy Calculator: It has 31 functions covering:
- Kepler's 3rd Law
- Small Angle Formula
- Flux and Magnitude formulas
- Telescope formulas
- Mass formulas
- Relative Size formulas
- Wavelength formulas
- Luminosity formulas and others
The Astronomy library also accommodates the units used in Astronomy with automatic unit conversions. These include units of mass (e.g., Solar Masses), distances (e.g., light years), and time (e.g., sidereal days).
Finally, the astronomy library had useful data related to the field of astronomy including the mass of stars and planets, commonly used astronomical distances and more.
Parent Categories
Subcategories
Astronomy Calculators and Collections
- 1.1 Let's Define a Universe Collection MichaelBartmess
- Apsis KurtHeckman
- Astronomy Calculator sspickle
- Astronomy and Aerospace Units KurtHeckman
- Exoplanet Calculator sspickle
- Lens Maker's Equation Calculator TylerJones
- Planet Building Calculator ChuckA
- Small Angle Formula Collection KurtHeckman
- The Universe Collection MichaelBartmess
Astronomy Equations
- Absorbance MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Acceleration Due to Gravity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Age of Universe (estimated) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Angle from Size and Distance sspickle Use Equation
- Angular Frequency from Period MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Apsis-Apocenter (maximum distance) EmilyB Use Equation
- Apsis-Apocenter (minimum speed) EmilyB Use Equation
- Astro Distances KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Astro Travel Time KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Astronomical Albedo EmilyB Use Equation
- Astronomical Distance Conversions KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Back Hole Event Horizon MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- barycenter distance (r1) KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Black Hole Mass KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Blackbody Temperature from peak wavelength sspickle Use Equation
- Blackbody wavelength from Temperature sspickle Use Equation
- Difference in magnitudes from Flux Ratio sspickle Use Equation
- Distance from absolute and apparent magnitude sspickle Use Equation
- Distance from Size and Angle sspickle Use Equation
- Distance Light Traveled KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Drake Equation (original) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Escape Velocity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Escape Velocity (Using Density) Billy Use Equation
- Flux Ratio KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Flux Ratio from Magnitudes sspickle Use Equation
- Force of Gravity MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Force of Sun's gravity on planets MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Friedman Equation MFriedmanMD Use Equation
- Full Impulse Speed KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Galaxy Recession Velocity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Geosynchronous Orbit EmilyB Use Equation
- Goldilocks Zone ChuckA Use Equation
- Gravity Radius KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Gregorian Calendar to Julian Day Number (JDN) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Hill Sphere Radius KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Hubble Constant eng Use Equation
- Hubble Law sspickle Use Equation
- Hubble Time sspickle Use Equation
- Index of Refraction of a Lens TylerJones Use Equation
- Index of Refraction of a Material Surrounding a Lens TylerJones Use Equation
- J2 Perturbation Acceleration eng Use Equation
- K3L-Mass from Period and Separation sspickle Use Equation
- Kilometer to Light-years KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Kilometers to Kilo-light-years KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Kilometers to Light-days KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Kilometers to Light-hours KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Kilometers to Light-minutes KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Kilometers to Light-seconds KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Kilometers to Mega-parsecs KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Kilometers to Parsecs KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Konecny Station Parameters ChuckA Use Equation
- Lagrange Points L1 and L2 KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Lens Maker's Equation (solved for `f`) TylerJones Use Equation
- Light-seconds to Kilometers KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Light-years to Kilometers KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Lorentz factor vCollections Use Equation
- Luminosity from Mass sspickle Use Equation
- Luminosity from Stellar Radius and Surface Temp KurtHeckman Use Equation
- lux - to - vMag MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Magnification of a Telescope sspickle Use Equation
- Malus' Law EmilyB Use Equation
- Martian Weight KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Mass from Acceleration and Radius sspickle Use Equation
- Mass from Luminosity sspickle Use Equation
- Mass from Speed and Separation sspickle Use Equation
- mass of extra-solar planet from M, r and R sspickle Use Equation
- mass of extra-solar-planet from M, v and V sspickle Use Equation
- Modified Julian Day (MJD) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Orbit velocity Carol Use Equation
- Orbital Period from Mass and Separation sspickle Use Equation
- Photon energy ekskekel Use Equation
- Photon Energy from Wavelength sspickle Use Equation
- Photon Wavelength from Energy sspickle Use Equation
- Planetary Temperature ChuckA Use Equation
- Potential Energy of Gravity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Radial Acceleration (R,T) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- radius from speed and period sspickle Use Equation
- Radius of Curvature of a Lens away from Light Source TylerJones Use Equation
- Radius of Curvature of a Lens toward Light Source TylerJones Use Equation
- Redshift KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Reduced Julian Day (RJD) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Relative Luminosity from relative size and temperature sspickle Use Equation
- Relative Size from Relative Temperature and Luminosity sspickle Use Equation
- Relative Temperature from Relative size and luminosity sspickle Use Equation
- Resolving Power of a Telescope sspickle Use Equation
- Sakuma-Hattori equation Juliet Use Equation
- Schwarzschild Radius MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Seager Equation EmilyB Use Equation
- Size from Distance and Angle sspickle Use Equation
- Solar Mass Equivalent MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Space Travel Time KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Speed from Light Wavelength Shift sspickle Use Equation
- Speed of Circular Motion MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Sphere - Density KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Sphere - Radius from Volume KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Sphere - Volume KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Sphere Volume from Mass and Density KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Standard Gravitational Parameter KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Stephan-Boltzmann Law MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- True Anomaly, `nu`[E] MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Truncated Julian Day (TJD) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Unix Time (seconds) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- vMag - to - lux MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Warp Speed KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Wavelength of Light vCollections Use Equation
- Wavelength shift from speed and wavelength sspickle Use Equation
Astronomy Data Items
- (muD) Sun pro Use Data Item
- 10 parsecs KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Acceleration due to Gravity on Neptune KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Age of Universe (estimate) MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- astronimical unit (m) KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- astronomical unit (km) KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- astronomicalUnits per lightyear MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Density of the Universe MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Earth orbit inclination to invariable plane Juliet Use Data Item
- Gravity of Earth KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Jupiter KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Mars KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Mercury KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Pluto KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Saturn KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of the Moon KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of the Sun KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Uranus KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Venus KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Vesta KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Hubble Constant Juliet Use Data Item
- Kilo-Light Year KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Light Day KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Light Hour KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Light Minute KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Light Second KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Light Year KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Mass of 51 Pegasi B MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Mass of Jupiter KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Mass of the Earth MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Mega-Parsec KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- m_(Neptune) KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Orbital Velocity of the Earth KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Parsec KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Planck Constant KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Solar Mass MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Synodic month MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Temperature of the Universe MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- `9.8 m/s^2` KurtHeckman Use Data Item
Astronomy WikiClips
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