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Al-Farghani composed several works on astronomy and astronomical equipment that were widely distributed in Arabic and Latin and were influential to many scientists. His best known work, Kitāb fī Jawāmiʿ ʿIlm al-Nujūmi (whose name translates to Elements of astronomy on the celestial motions ), was an extensive summary of Ptolemy's Almagest ...
Gerald James Toomer (born 23 November 1934) is a historian of astronomy and mathematics who has written numerous books and papers on ancient Greek and medieval Islamic astronomy. In particular, he translated Ptolemy 's Almagest into English.
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The company had been U.S. owned until April 2005 when it was acquired by SW Technology Corporation, a Delaware company and affiliate of Synta Technology Corporation of Taiwan. Synta is a manufacturer of astronomy equipment and related components and at that time had been a supplier for Celestron for over 15 years. [5]
As of 2023, Birmingham has two Fortune 500 public companies: Regions Financial Corporation and Vulcan Materials Company. [1] Multiple other Birmingham companies rank in the top 1000. Private companies with revenue over one billion
Name: Lifespan: Country of work : George N. Saegmuller: 1847–1934 US Bernhard Schmidt: 1879–1935 Germany Ibn al-Shatir: 1304–1375 Syria: James Short: 1710–1768
Ptolemy's Handy Tables (Ancient Greek: πρόχειροι κανόνες, romanized: Procheiroi kanones) is a collection of astronomical tables that second century astronomer Ptolemy created after finishing the Almagest. The Handy Tables elaborated the astronomical tables of the Almagest and included usage instructions, but left out the ...
The BAA continues to contribute to the science of astronomy, even despite modern competition from space-based telescopes and highly automated professional observatories. Modern digital sensors, coupled with techniques such as lucky imaging , mean that even modest amateur equipment can rival what professional observatories could have achieved a ...